TURKU UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

1. TURKU UNIVERSITY LIBRARY http://library.utu.fi

2. TURKU UNIVERSITY LIBRARY • one of the largest academic libraries in Finland • 2 200 000 items, 60 kilometres of shelves • open-to-all academic and research library • many services, including borrowing, are free of charge • a legal deposit library • consists of the Main Library, Course Book Library and Faculty Libraries

3. VOLTER - ONLINE CATALOGUE • http://volter.linneanet.fi/webvoyeng.htm • free access on the net • approximately 60 % of the material included so far • foreign literature since about 1976 • Finnish literature since early 20th century • master´s theses of the Turku University since 1979 • also the material of the Student Union of the University of Turku (Call number TYY) • requests to material in the Main Library • reservations to material on loan • renewals • logging in with the student card bar code and surname (user name), and a PIN code (password) • iniatially the PIN code for all patrons 12345 • must by changed immediately to a new code by the patron

4. THE MAIN LIBRARY • open daily during terms • a closed access library • houses four main collections • FENNICA (Call number PÄÄ Fennica) • GENERA (Call number PÄÄ Genera) • Reference Collection (Call number PÄÄ Ref) • Open Shelf Collection (Call number PÄÄ Avo) • Interlibrary Services, Information Services, Library skills training

5. COLLECTIONS AT THE MAIN LIBRARY • FENNICA (Call Number PÄÄ Fennica) • material printed in Finland since 1919 • books, journals, newspapers, ephemera (leaflets, catalogues, annual reports, timetables, pamphlets, programmes etc.) • loan period for books 28 days (home loan or reading room), for journals 14 days (reading room) • some material only for reading room use • course books unavailable for any use • Course Book Library!

6. Main Library Fennica Collection

7. COLLECTIONS continue • GENERA (General collection) • Call number PÄÄ Genera • foreign - non-Finnish - literature • books and journals • home loan period for books 28 days, for journals 14 days • acquired to meet the need of scholars and students at the University

8. Main Library Genera Collection

9. COLLECTIONS continue • Reference Collection (Call number Pää Ref) • open shelf collection • for reading room use • dictionaries, encyclopaedias, directories, biographies etc. • Periodicals Reading Room • Finnish and international current periodicals and newspapers • for reading room use

10. Main Library Reference Collection

11. COLLECTIONS continue… • Open Shelf Collection (PÄÄ Avo) • opened summer 2008 • mainly foreign but also Finnish books • aquisitions from 2007- • home loans 28 days

12. Main Library Open Shelf Collection

13. LOANS AT THE MAIN LIBRARY • material situated in closed stocks must be requested beforehand • requests normally via the online catalogue VOLTER • requests made before 12 o’clock on workdays (Mon-Fri) can be collected after 15 o’clock on the same day in the Main Library • requests made after 12 o’clock can be picked up the day after (not on Saturdays and Sundays) • borrowers can renew their loans and reserve books on loan by themselves

14. OTHER SERVICES AT THE MAIN LIBRARY • Interlibrary Services • supplies customers with loans and article copies from other libraries • fee-based service • Information Services • information retrievals (fee-based service) • guidance and training

15. COURSE BOOK LIBRARY • call number KUR Kurssik. • books assigned to university courses as reading material • several copies per title • Loan period for course books is 14 days, for short term loans 2 days • open shelves -> no requests beforehand! • reservations to material on loan via the online catalogue VOLTER • fines charged for overdue loans

16. Course Book Library

17. FACULTY LIBRARIES • 5 faculty libraries : Educational and Social Sciences, Humanities, Law, Medicine, Mathematics and Science • usually located in the vicinity of the respective faculty and departments • a faculty library may have several departmental libraries • European Documentation Centre (in Educarium):information on the legislation and activities of the European Union.

18. Faculty Library Call Numbers in online catalogue Volter

19. FACULTY LIBRARIES LOANS • some libraries give home loans • some libraries give only overnight and weekend loans • check-out during the last two opening hours • return before 10 a.m. • study carrels at the reading rooms • varied borrowing rules, check with the library! • open shelves -> no requests beforehand

20. BORROWING AND FEES • student card (antenna) = library card • a library card issued free of charge for all other customers in any library loans desk • a customer with several overdue loans is blocked from borrowing and must pay a fine in order to regain borrowing rights

21. OTHER LIBRARY DATABASES • other academic libraries in Turku • Åbo Academi University Library (http://www.abo.fi/library/dbs/alma/) • ALMA library catalogue • School of Economics Library (http://www.tukkk.fi/kirjasto/English/default.asp) • VALPURI library catalogue • union catalogue of Finnish university and research libraries LINDA • accessible on the web when logged into the university network • Remote login via Nelli portal • Nelli portal (http://www.nelliportaali.fi/) • over 200 different web-based reference databases • 27 000 full text Ejournals • Over 300 000 ebooks • Remote login: University of Turku email identification and password

22. Welcome to Turku and Turku University Library! Good luck with your studies!