You can find the programme and most of the proceedings in the conference webpages, published in the new webpages of Helsinki City library, http://www.lib.hel.fi/Page/73a56460-0868-4da8-a666-2866bcc2cd7b.aspx . I wonder if you are familiar with the material of the IFLA satellite meeting in Järvenpää, Finland in th year 2005? The proceedings can be found here, http://www.fla.fi/PHYSICALvsVIRTUAL05/ .
General information on school libraries in Finland, including budgets, pedagogics and administration, can be found at
www.oph.fi/attachment.asp?path=1;443;4160;4681;42165;51564
You may also find below link intresting
http://www.minedu.fi/export/sites/default/OPM/Kirjastot/hallinto/liitte…
http://www.minedu.fi/opencms/opencms/handle404?exporturi=/export/sites/…
There is an organization for school libraries and you find it useful to contact the at
Finnish School Library Association
Huvilinnanaukio 2A14
FI-02600 Espoo
Finland
http://www.suomenkoulukirjastoyhdistys.fi/
The site of the National Board of Antiquities gives information for care for old books (in Finnish): the temperature should be 17-18 degrees (Celsius) and humidity 50%.
http://www.nba.fi/en/
The site of the american Northeast Document Conservation Center states, that authorities disagree on this matter, but that the most frequent recommendation a stable temperature no higher than 70°F (21 degrees Celsius) and a stable relative humidity between a minimum of 30% and a maximum of 50%.
http://www.nedcc.org/resources/leaflets/2The_Environment/01BasicGuideli…
The library of Congress has information about preserving books on their pages,
http://www.loc.gov/preserv/care/books.html
See also AIC pages
http://www.conservation-us.org/index.cfm?...
Do you mean the competition "A motto for Europe", which was arranged by French journal Ouest France? Finland's suggestion was "Perheenä Eurooppa - kotina maailma". In English: Our family is Europe - our home is the world. Finland as a country has no official motto. Sometimes we use three words beginning with S :"Sisu, Sauna and Sibelius" . Sisu is hard to translate, it is something like courage and perseverance, sauna is the Finnish bath and Sibelius is the famous Finnish composer. But this saying is informal!
You find plenty of finnish and spanish audiobooks in HelMet-libraries. You can do advanced search in http://www.helmet.fi/ with finnish keyword ÄÄNIKIRJAT. Then you choose CD as material type and the language you want.
I hope you find interesting and amusing audiobooks wich help you to learn new languages.
The problem is due to compatibility between Firefox and Citrix system which the public computers use. So that is why Firefox is currently removed from public computers in Helsinki. The problem is not yet solved and unfortunately it is still not known when Firefox will be back in public computers.
Your comments have been forwarded to the IT unit of Helsinki City Library.
Thanks for your feedback.
The stripes work as camouflage making zebras indistinguishable to other animals, and on the other hand they also actually help zebras recognize one another. See:
http://animals.howstuffworks.com/mammals/question454.htm
How the stripes have developed is a question of evolution:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution
It is quite complicated to have a list of this kind of magazines. We can suggest few of them accoding the internet lists as follows.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_technology#Journals
http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=findJournals&hybrid=&query=%22educational…
http://aera-cr.asu.edu/ejournals/
The basic division between state and municipal finance for libraries is 34.08% (state) and 65.92% (municipality). As of 1st January 2010, state subsidy for any given municipality is 54,63€ per inhabitants. These figures are from the Finnish language pages of the Ministry of Education. However, since the Ministry of Education is in charge of monitoring public library activities, you may contact the ministry for more information, especially concerning any possible EU funds. http://www.minedu.fi/OPM/Kirjastot/?lang=en
As for outside funding, we could not find any statistics. Situations may vary considerably from one community to another. In some communities and municipalities there might be close cooperation with educational institutes, if...
At least television companys and film distributor companys buy films in Finland.
Here you can see the list of television channels in Finland:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_in_Finland
And here below are film distributor companys in Finland:
http://www.scanbox.com/Scanbox.aspx
http://www.sandrewmetronome.com/
http://www.nordiskfilm.fi/
http://www.futurefilm.fi/info.php?pageCat=8
http://www.fs-film.fi/showPage.php?page_id=1009
You should contact The National Archives (Arkistolaitos) and there the Provincial Archives of Vaasa. You will find the contact information here:
http://www.arkisto.fi/en/arkistolaitos/maakunta-arkistot/vaasan-maakunt…
God sources of information to the genealogist also here:
http://www.arkisto.fi/en/palvelut/sukututkijoille/
You can provide information about working on Finland from the website of Ministry of Employment and the Economy (Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriö):
http://www.mol.fi/mol/en/02_working/05_foreigners/index.jsp
Yes, it is possible in Tikkurila kirjasto (music & media). If you want to reserve practicing time for yourself, please call 09 8392 3583.
Unfortunately this possibility is now mentioned only on the Finnish page http://www.helmet.fi/fi-FI/Kirjastot_ja_palvelut/Tikkurilan_kirjasto/Pa… but we will make the same entries in the English version as soon as possible.
Heikki Poroila
HelMet-musiikkivarasto
There are some Finnish courses online. You can find them via Infopankki. Infopankki is a website published by City of Helsinki:
http://www.infopankki.fi/en/living-in-finland/finnish-and-swedish/finni…
You should visit the library in person and take ID card with you. We'll then continue your registration and the renewals will function again. Sorry for your trouble!
Find your library:
http://www.helmet.fi/en-US/Libraries_and_services
Unfortunately, according to the Finnish national bibliography, Juha K. Tapio's novel "Frankensteinin muistikirja" has not been translated into any other language.
On the website of the Finnish Immigration service there is information about the requirements for residence permits and citizenship in Finland. Information is available also in English:
Finnish Immigration Service
http://migri.fi/en/home
A Finnish citizen can apply for citizenship for a minor child in his/her care. A child is minor is he/she is under 18 years of age and unmarried. It is not allowed to apply for citizenship for a child who is already an adult. You can read about the criteria for obtaining citizenship on the following webpage:
Finnish citizenship/Finnish Immigration Service
http://migri.fi/en/finnish-citizenship
You can find the requirements for residence permit on the following webpage:
Residence...
