FUN FUN has returned from summer break to resume work. Autumn started with a working committee meeting in August, where the committee planned upcoming meetings for the fall. Additionally, the committee decided to establish a specialist working group to update the interlibrary loan pricing list. FUN’s first meeting of the fall was held on September 17th. …
On a Monday in November, it felt like I was looking behind the curtain of a grand theatre. Everything had happened quickly. After getting the idea for a FUN staff visit and green light from my home organization, I was warmly welcomed to the University of Helsinki Library by University Librarian Minna Niemi-Grundström. Many reasons to smile. I …
The University of the Arts Helsinki is a multidisciplinary arts university, ranging from deep artistic research to more traditional scientific research. The diversity of research traditions also influences the materials offered by the university library. The University of the Arts’ resources – both electronic and printed – support the University’s activities. At the same time, …
Open science is no longer a new undertaking for university libraries. Its forms and conten, however, has changed since the beginning: new international and national policies have seen the light of day and some of the tasks have been standardised and have reached a maturity level which warrants a renewal of the local policies at …
The PUBMET conference held in Zadar, Croatia, celebrated its tenth anniversary this year. Originating as a small, initially local conference, it has grown into an internationally significant forum for open publishing discussions, attracting influential speakers in the field every year. Changing Research Publications from Commodities to Public Goods The highlight of this year’s conference was …
Ari Muhonen, the director of Jyväskylä University’s Open Science Centre, has been elected as FUN’s next chair for the term 2021-2022. Earlier in his career, Ari has worked as the director of University of Helsinki’s Viikki Campus Library, as well as the head librarian at Aalto University and Helsinki University of Technology. Ari is also …
FUN’s meeting 3/2020 was again held as an online event. The memorandum is now available online (in Finnish).
FUN is participating in organising the annual Bibliometrics Seminar, which is going to be held as a webinar on 22.9.2020. The theme of the event is “Considering the diversity of publishing along with different sources of information and research methods in research evaluation”. The seminar is bilingual: some speeches will be held in English, others …
Aalto-yliopiston oppimispalvelut /Aalto-universitetets lärcentret / Aalto University, Learning Centre Oppimiskeskuksen palvelut poikkeustilanteen aikana Lärcentrets bibliotekstjänster under undantagstiden Services of the Learning Centre during the exceptional circumstances Helsingin yliopiston kirjasto / Helsinki University Library Asiakaspalvelu ja kirjojen lainaaminen poikkeustilanteissa Customer service and borrowing books in the exceptional situation Itä-Suomen yliopiston kirjasto / University of Eastern Finland …
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 …