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Finnish Public Libraries in 2014

Finnish Public Libraries in 2014 NAPLE Assembly Athens , May 13, 2014 Leena Aaltonen, Counsellor for Cultural Affairs. Finnish Public Libraries in 2014 . Municipality reform R eorganisation of the regional library network Library Act reform current Library Act dates from 1998

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Finnish Public Libraries in 2014

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  1. Finnish Public Libraries in 2014NAPLE AssemblyAthens, May 13, 2014Leena Aaltonen,Counsellor for CulturalAffairs

  2. Finnish Public Libraries in 2014 • Municipalityreform • Reorganisation of the regionallibrarynetwork • Library Act reform • current Library Act datesfrom 1998 • new act willcome into force on the 1st of January 2016 • Impactevaluation of the librarydevelopmentprojectsfundedby the ministry of education and culture is startinglaterthisyear • Public interface FINNA (National Digital Library project) http://www.kdk.fi/en/public-interface • publiclibrarieswill join Finnagradually

  3. Finnish public libraries in 2013Some figureshttp://tilastot.kirjastot.fi/en-GB/ • Libraries 815. Main Libraries 291 Mobile libraries 148. One library boat • Collection: 38 mill. (of which books 34 mill.) • Person years: 4 183 • Visits/inhabitant: 9,5 (total 51 mill.) • Virtual visits: 53 mill. visits on library web-services • Lending/inhabitant: 17,2 (total 93 mill.) • Costs/inhabitant: 59 euros • Population: 5,4 mill.

  4. The Helsinki Central Library project Officialjubileeproject of the Finnishindependence (2017) Specialstatefunding Located at the mostvisible and centralsite in Helsinki Library ideologyhighlyvaluedbydecisionmakers Livingroom and center for civicactivities Designedby the Finnish ALA architects Opening 2018

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