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The Helmet.fi online service of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area libraries will be updated in 2023. The new online library will utilise Finna, which is a free-of-charge online service platform maintained by the National Library of Finland.

The first-ever Oodi Book Festival is set to take place just before the beloved Central Library’s fourth anniversary on 3–4 December 2022. Oodi invites residents of all ages to attend the festival programme!

The Oodi Book Festival marks the beginning of the Book Heaven project, focusing on library literary events. The project explores different ways of implementing literary events and their effects on visitors’ reading enthusiasm.

The aim of the campaign is to collect Christmas cards for the elderly clients of home care and housing services.

E-books or e-audiobooks are no longer listed in the Helmet search. The books and audiobooks of Ellibs and OverDrive can be found directly on the services’ own websites or apps.

Helsinki City Library has launched a project to promote reading, improve the service experience and encourage clients to borrow from the shelves through co-creation.

Vantaa libraries adopt a new printing system, which has been developed based on the employees’ and library visitors’ wishes. You will need a library card for printing, photocopying, and scanning documents.

Helsinki libraries will be introducing a new printing system at the beginning of 2023. Customers will no longer log into computers using their personal credentials. To print materials, you will first have to create a printing account. Free printing will no longer be available in Helsinki.

Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra to play chamber music in Helsinki’s libraries in November. The tour consist of 12 free concerts in libraries in Helsinki. 

The library, located at the shopping centre Myllypuron Ostari, has undergone a complete transformation. The library was previously located in a small corner space, but it has now been expanded to the adjacent community centre. The entire library has been renovated and now the total area is 450 m2, which is three times more than before.

Now is your chance to make an impact on Vantaa City Library’s movie collection by answering the movie-collection survey.

Myyrmäki, Tikkurila and Koivukylä libraries will be open also on Sundays from October to the end of the year. During sundays, there is no customer service at the libraries.