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You can vote in advance in municipal elections in many of the Metropolitan area libraries. Advance voting in elections 26.5.–8.6.2021. 

Central Library Oodi in Helsinki and Entresse, Iso Omena, Pikkulaiva and Sello in Espoo are open on Thursday 13 May (Ascension Day).

Libraries have remained open throughout the winter, but only to a limited extent. The libraries in the metropolitan area are ready and able to open their facilities and services quickly once they are allowed to do so.

The meeting and collection facilities of the Helmet libraries will be closed to customers between 30.11.2020 and 16.5.2021, but the libraries will remain open in limited form for short-time visits. 

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Over 3 000 in-demand magazines are now available through OverDrive alongside ebooks and audiobooks in the Libby app and on OverDrive site. 

From now on your reservations will have an identifying number telling the place in the reservation shelf. You can find the reservation number from the reservation notification sent to you.

The largest contributor to the carbon footprint of libraries is energy consumption. Thirteen pilot libraries throughout Finland participated in the study conducted in autumn 2020. Kallio Library from Helsinki was among them.

The winners of the writing competition held by Helsinki City Library have been selected.The theme of ‘hope’ inspired almost 300 writers, some wrote also in English.

In 2020, the use of libraries’ e-materials has reached unprecedented heights. However, not all Finns are in an equal position, because the availability of e-materials in libraries differs from one municipality to another. This is one of the problems that the libraries’ digital media project aiming at a one-stop-shop e-library wants to change. 

The visits to the online services of the libraries in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area increased by three million compared to 2019. Customers read and listened to plenty of e-books, but the borrowing of digital magazines gained the most immense popularity.