Helsinki University Libraries and Electronic Resources

1. Helsinki University Libraries and Electronic Resources Maria Forsman & Terttu Turunen Social Science Library at the University of Helsinki Leonardo da Vinci Seminar 8.5.2007 Vilnius

2. University of Helsinki in brief • Research, teaching and interaction with society • Bilingual (Finnish and Swedish), teaching also in English • 11 faculties • 38 000 undergraduate students, 57 000 continuing education and Open University students • 7 600 employees, 3 700 of whom researchers and teachers • Funding 509 million euros (2005) • Established in Turku 1640, moved to Helsinki 1828 • Operates on 4 campuses in Helsinki and in 20 other towns in Finland • Aims at establishing its position among the leading multidisciplinary research universities in Europe

3. Libraries at the University of Helsinki- Library and information services on four campuses Two large entities: • National Library • University of Helsinki Libraries • Three campus libraries • Viikki Science Library • National Library of Health Sciences • Kumpula Science Library • Five faculty libraries (theology, law, arts, behavioural sciences, social sciences) • The Undergraduate library

4. Coordination of the operations of the University of Helsinki library system University Senate/ Rectors Administration Office/ Library Coordination Office Director of Library and Information Services Ministry of Education Vice Rector / Library Board Board of the National Library City Centre Campus Library Committee Board of the Kumpula Campus Lib. Board of the Nat. Lib. of Health Sc. Board of the Viikki Science Lib Boards and committees Board National Library TheologyLib. Undergrad. Library Kumpula Science Library National Lib. of Health Sciences Viikki Science Library Law Lib. Arts Fac. Lib. * + Library of the Swedish School of Social Science Fac. of Behavioural Sci. Lib. Soc. Sci. Lib.*

5. Libraries on four campuses Viikki Campus Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, Faculty of Biosciences,Faculty of Pharmacy,Faculty of Veterinary Medicine students 5 300, staff 2 500 Viikki Science Library Meilahti Campus Faculty of Medicine students 2 000 staff 1 500 HUCH 10 000 National Library of Health Sciences City Center Campus Faculty of Theology,Faculty of Law,Faculty of Arts,Faculty of Behavioural Sciences,Faculty of Social Sciences students 22 000, staff 3 000 National LibraryUndergraduate LibraryFive faculty libraries Kumpula Campus Faculty of Science students 6 000, staff 1 000 Kumpula Science Library

6. The Electronic Library of the University of Helsinki - Objectives • High-quality digital resources • User-friendly web services • Flexible study environments • Information literacy promotes learning • Sufficient resources and efficient organisation

7. E-library services at the University of Helsinki • University wide access • Available to users through Nelli-portal (ExLibris/Metalib, SFX) • 12 000 ejournals (f. ex. Elsevier, Springer, Wiley; Ebsco Academic Search Premier, ProQuest AbI Inform) • 6 500 print journal subscriptions • 300 reference databases, handbooks and dictionaries • 3 000 monographs • 250 000 Old English Books (EEBO2005, ECCO 2006) • 80 % licensed in the national FinELib consortium • 20 % licensed by the university

8. The Model of Acquisitions of Electronic Material • FinELib • National consortias (80%) • University of Helsinki (20%) • Coordination Unit • Social Science Library

13. The Electronic Library Usage • University wide access • Available to users through Nelli-portal (ExLibris/Metalib, SFX) • 1,4 million full text article downloads • Licensed dictionaries: 4 million searches

14. Discussion • More electronic material available • Differences between sciences and humanities (incl. social sciences) • Effects of the available library material to research work • Changes in the research work