Finland adopted a new Constitution in March 2000. Like its predecessor, the new Constitution states that Finnish and Swedish are the national languages of Finland. According to the Constitution, the public authorities are required to provide for the cultural and societal needs of the Finnish-speaking and Swedish-speaking populations of the country on an equal basis. In practice, this means that various social services, education and information must be provided in both languages. The law also ensures bilingual government in Finland. This means that all legislation and other important documents must be available in both Finnish and Swedish.
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School libraries in Finland are usually small, and they are not regulated by the law. Most of the services provided to schools by libraries are delivered by the public libraries and school libraries often have only a small collection of books that can be read and borrowed. Public libraries are regulated by the law, https://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/2016/20161492 (text only in Finnish and Swedish).
Here is couple of links via Google-search http://www.google.fi/
http://www.buddhanet.net/
http://buddhism.about.com/
http://home.earthlink.net/~srama/
There is a lot of information of buddhism and it is quite complex religion, too. You have to just browse all kind of information to get what you want. Books you can find by contacting your nearest local library and using different library catalogues, also in internet.
You can send an interlibray loan request to Helsinki City Library. Our email-adress is ill@hel.fi . You can pay the loan with IFLA-vouchers or International Coupon Réponse.
Helsinki City Library / Interlibrary loans
Box 4100 00099 THE CITY OF HELSINKI
Phone +358 9 310 85433 Fax +358 9 310 85434
Email ill@hel.fi
Unfortunately I couldn't find any of those lists you required, but here are some useful websites for you:
http://www.studentsoftheworld.info/
http://www.interpals.net/
http://www.sinkut.net/
Hi Linda,
At first I apologize, that it took so long to answer, but here's some information:
At the Tampere University of Technology they have Water Supply magazine, so You can ask either your nearest library to make a interlibrary reguest (Phone number just for sure: Interlibrary services +358 -3 -3115 3133)
or get in touch with Water Science & Technology (former Water Supply) magazine. Publisher's E-mail is publication@iwap.co.uk You find more information and online magazines also in page http://www.iwapublishing.com/template.cfm?name=iwapjournals but unfortunately they don't have such an old number in the net.
Photos from Karelia befor the Second World War are not hard to find. There are many photos on the Internet, in the museums and in the archives, and there are numerous books on the subject in all public libraries.
The best places for you to go in Helsinki are:
The Karelian Association
http://www.karjalanliitto.fi/
The National Board of Antiquities
http://www.nba.fi/en/
Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura(The Library of the Finnish Literature Society)
http://dbgw.finlit.fi/fili/
The National Archive
http://www.narc.fi/ka.html
Try these libraries:
the National Library of Finland
http://www.lib.helsinki.fi/english/index.htm
and
the Genealogical Society of Finland http://www.genealogia.fi/sss/indexe.htm
You may however want to specify the...
Here are some links with information on institutes that give instruction in English and general information for foreigners who wish to study in Finland:
http://www.opintoluotsi.fi/link_directory/linkkihakemisto.asp?categoryi… , http://www.opintoluotsi.fi/english/ , http://lasipalatsi.fi/kompassi/english/education.htm , http://finland.cimo.fi/ , http://www.oph.fi/info/maahanmuuttajat/english/index.html .
Any photo ID that s issued by police is enough when applying library card. Passport, ID card of any EU country (the one you linked), Finnish driving license and Kela card with photo are all valid. Here is the Helmet listing about valid ID:s.
Children under 15 need a written consent of their guardian when applying library card. Read more at Helmet Library user regulations.
Pihtiputaa's library belongs to Keski libraries, so the rules for using the Jyväskylä city library's self-service libraries are the same at Pihtiputaa's library.
The rules of use state:
Self-help library is a library that customers can access even when the staff is not present, for example in the evenings and on weekends.
Information on the opening hours of self-service libraries in Jyväskylä can be found in libraries
from the website.
Logging:
Log in to the self-help library with a valid Keski library card and PIN code. You can get a library card and PIN code from all Keski libraries during their service hours.
The library card and PIN code are personal. Each customer logs in with their own card, with the exception of a child under...
Sorry, it is not possible to find Sami names in the internet. They are in the book Yliopiston nimipäiväalmanakka 1999 (email: almanakka@helsinki.fi), the Almanac Office at University of Helsinki. It is a little book (20 FMK).
Information about Finnish libraries and Finnish library system can be found on the library-pages of the Ministry of Culture and Education, https://minedu.fi/en/libraries. You can read about the library network, financing, policies and legislation there.
You can read about developing libraries and the future of the Finnish libraries in Library for Citizens An essential part of the Finnish know-how, https://www.kirjastot.fi/sites/default/files/content/yleisten-kirjastojen-suunta-2016-2020-web-en.pdf
I'm sure you want to visit Oodi, our new, beautiful library and a living meeting place in the center of Helsinki. You can really see there how all the functions of a modern library live in one building in harmony. You can...
I recommend you go to the webpages of the Ministry of Labour, Finland, http://www.mol.fi/english/index.html . On the frontpage you'll find a link to "Employment service". This is a good way to start. When you already are in Finland, you can also browse newspapers and read the college bulletinboard.
Another useful address is, http://www.suomi.fi/english/immigrants_and_emigrants/ a portal of public services, maintained by Finnish government offices. This is not necessarily for job seeking, but contains other useful information on Finnish society.
Please note public library statistics on the following link
http://tilastot.kirjastot.fi/Default.aspx?&langId=en
Statistics concerning research libraries will be found at the following link.
http://yhteistilasto.lib.helsinki.fi/organization.do?action=list&organi…
Early this year 2005 there was 114 cities and 432 municipalities in Finland.
The mobile library in Helsinki had 91322 visitors in 2019 according to newly computed statistics. For detailed information please contact the Mobile library.
https://www.helmet.fi/en-US/Libraries_and_services/Mobile_Library_Helsi…
Nationwide library statistics can be found at https://tilastot.kirjastot.fi/yearlyreports.php
I made a list of Swedish language books and language courses in Helmet. These books and courses have English as a teaching language. You can reserve them via Helmet.
Books:
AUTHOR Herbst, Anna, kirjoittaja.
TITLE Swedish : guaranteed to get you talking / Anna Herbst, Ida
Burguete Holmgren, Pär Sörme.
PUBL DATA [Carlton] : Lonely Planet Global Ltd, 2018.
AUTHOR Holmes, Philip.
TITLE Swedish : a comprehensive grammar / Philip Holmes and Ian
...
In the following link is a good article about the librarian´s role. I hope the article will answer your question partially, at least.
http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/icsu/rowlandppr.htm
We do have both Russian and English book and you can have a library card since you have an address in Finland.
You can obtain a library card and borrowing rights by presenting a photo-enhanced ID-card or passport.
For more information:
http://www.lib.hel.fi/page.asp?_item_id=2316
http://www.lib.hel.fi/page.asp?_item_id=2288
See also our list of libraries
http://www.lib.hel.fi/page.asp?_item_id=2286
