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Kai Ekholm
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Speech by Jenni Haukio, spouse of the President of the Republic of Finland, at the inaugural event of the National Library of Finland on 1 March 2016The grand opening celebration of the National Library after its five-year renovation was held on the first of March 2016. The spouse of President Sauli Niinistö, Mrs Jenni Haukio, opened the Library to the public and gave a touching speech. This is Mrs Haukio’s speech in its entirety as well as some photos from the celebration.
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Freely accessible minority language resources onlineIn 2016, the National Library of Finland will carry out the Digitisation Project of Minority Languages funded by a grant from the Kone Foundation.
By Jussi-Pekka Hakkarainen
The Aviisi project: the golden century of newspapers put to new useThe Aviisi project makes digitised copyrighted newspapers available more extensively than required by current legislation.
By Pirjo Karppinen
COMHIS – Computational History and the Transformation of Public Discourse in Finland, 1640–1910Providing qualitative understanding of historical phenomena and developing generic research methodologies with the help of digitised newspapers.
By Mikko Tolonen
Commemorating the centennial of the birth of Georg Henrik von WrightJune 2016 marks the centennial of the birth of Finnish philosopher Georg Henrik von Wright (1916−2003).
By Risto Vilkko
The Finna API gives developers access to Finnish cultural heritageFinna.fi, a service offering diverse material from Finnish archives, libraries and museums, published its API, api.finna.fi, in February 2016.
By Timo Laine, Maria Virtanen
EUDAT – European Data InfrastructureThe European Commission has a long tradition of supporting the creation of shared information services.
By Juha Hakala
Coactus gothorum, ac vandalorum furor (The fury of the Goths and the Vandals)Did the Hakkapeliitta pillage the Strahov Monastery Library in Prague in 1648?
By Mika Hakkarainen
The National Library’s strategy for 2016–2020Change through digital services and openness – National Library services open to all.
By Dorrit Gustafsson
OTHER LIBRARY NEWS
Kristiina Hormia-Poutanen joins EU’s Open Science Policy Platform
Sibelius’ manuscripts to the National Library
Estate of Toini and Heikki Suomalainen donate Cosmographie from 1652 to the National Library