Vantaa bookmobiles’ evening stops on break on Nov. 23-Dec. 13. Vantaa's bookmobiles will not stop at the afternoon and evening stops due to the health risks related to the coronavirus epidemic. Day-care centers and schools will be served based on orders.
Extensive funding for digital media for children and young people An appropriation of €800,000 for a national acquisition of digital media for public libraries has been set aside from the Parliament’s additional budget. The sum will be spent on procuring e-materials for children and young people.
Christmas mail for the elderly The aim of the campaign is to collect Christmas cards for the elderly clients of home care and housing services.
Etelä-Haaga Library to be renovated into a cosy living room Etelä-Haaga Library will be closed for renovations 16.11.–29.12.2020.
The first-grader campaign is a fun way to support children who are learning to read The Helmet libraries will donate a book to every first-grader in Espoo, Helsinki, Kauniainen and Vantaa. Children who speak Swedish or Russian as their mother tongue will receive a gift book in their own language. Everyone else will get a book written in Finnish.
The joint tour of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra and the City Library is a resounding success The ‘Orchestra at Your Library’ tour organised jointly by the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra and Helsinki City Library reached a total of 1,712 listeners between September and October. The tour consisted of lunch-time chamber music concerts at thirty-five local libraries and mobile libraries in Helsinki.
The brand new children’s mobile library Stoori invites visitors to adventure Helsinki has gained a new mobile library, Stoori. Stoori goes where people are and offers the delightful experience of discovering reading as a hobby.
The flexi customer model allows you to use library services even when you can’t visit the library The Helmet libraries will start using a flexi customer model. It will make using library services easier when you are unable to go to the library yourself.
160-year-old Helsinki City Library keeps up with its time, reaches residents with versatile services Helsinki City Library reaches the age of 160 years on Wednesday the 7th of October 2020. The anniversary is celebrated through work, and customers are as welcome to the library as on any other day.
Kivistö library point and youth center to open on October 7 Kivistö residents’ services are supplemented with a new library point. The bright and colorful premises are situated at Topaasikuja 11.