Aalto-yliopiston oppimispalvelut / Aalto University, Learning Centre Oppimiskeskuksen palvelut poikkeustilanteen aikana Learning Centre services during the exceptional circumstances Helsingin yliopiston kirjasto / Helsinki University Library Kir­jas­ton pal­ve­lut ko­ro­na­vi­ruk­sen ai­heut­ta­mas­sa poik­keus­ti­lan­tees­sa Library Services at the Ex­cep­tional Situ­ation Caused by Corona Virus Itä-Suomen yliopiston kirjasto / University of Eastern Finland Library Kirjastotilat ovat kiinni – muut palvelut …

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According to our new strategy, FUN started to put an effort to internationalization. FUN also made history with organising the first joint meeting ever with Nordic colleagues. It is natural, of course, to begin with the neighbours. Besides, the Nordic university systems are quite similar to each other. We also share the same culture and …

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For the past summers, Tritonia Academic Library in Vaasa has been open all summer long. During summer, there are restricted opening hours and more self-service, but the reading rooms can be accessed as usual, for example. Statistically, there are much less visitors in summer compared to the busiest months during autumn. However, there is still …

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American Library Association (ALA) President Loida Garcia-Febo held an inspiring guest lecture in Tritonia on the 5th of June. During the lecture, Garcia-Febo talked about the significant role of libraries in the society. She also introduced us to the work of ALA, libraries and librarianship in the United States and worldwide. ”Because libraries bring us …

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Information literacy (IL) has been taught in various forms all through my long working career and a long time before that. Early views of necessary learning content were connected with library use, information society skills, and supporting the information searchers’ own lifelong learning. Technological development around early 1990’s made electronic information sources more reachable to …

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On 1st April 2019 the national law concerning digital services, Laki digitaalisten palvelujen tarjoamisesta (306/2019), came into force. According to 2§, all universities and universities of applied sciences are included into the law’s definition of authorities. This law brings the Directive 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the accessibility of the …

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I want to thank the members of FUN for their confidence in me, as I was elected chair of our network for the period 2019-2020. FUN was reorganized in 2018 from a council to a network. At the same time, the new name FUN Finnish University Libraries’ Network was introduced, as was the new logo …

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