Helsinki University Libraries and Electronic Resources Maria Forsman & Terttu Turunen Social Science Library at the University of Helsinki Leonardo da Vinci Seminar Vilnius
University of Helsinki in brief Research, teaching and interaction with society Bilingual (Finnish and Swedish), teaching also in English 11 faculties undergraduate students, continuing education and Open University students employees, 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
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 Libraries at the University of Helsinki - Library and information services on four campuses
Administration Office/ Library Coordination Office Director of Library and Information Services 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 Ministry of Education National Library Boards and committees Board Undergrad. Library Theology Lib. Law Lib. Arts Fac. Lib. Fac. of Behavioural Sci. Lib. Soc. Sci. Lib.* Viikki Science Library National Lib. of Health Sciences Kumpula Science Library Coordination of the operations of the University of Helsinki library system * + Library of the Swedish School of Social Science University Senate/ Rectors
Libraries on four campuses Kumpula Campus Faculty of Science students 6 000, staff Kumpula Science Library Viikki Campus Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, Faculty of Biosciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine students 5 300, staff Viikki Science Library Meilahti Campus Faculty of Medicine students staff HUCH 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 , staff National Library Undergraduate Library Five faculty libraries
High-quality digital resources User-friendly web services Flexible study environments Information literacy promotes learning Sufficient resources and efficient organisation The Electronic Library of the University of Helsinki - Objectives
E-library services at the University of Helsinki University wide access Available to users through Nelli-portal (ExLibris/Metalib, SFX) ejournals (f. ex. Elsevier, Springer, Wiley; Ebsco Academic Search Premier, ProQuest AbI Inform) print journal subscriptions 300 reference databases, handbooks and dictionaries monographs Old English Books (EEBO2005, ECCO 2006) 80 % licensed in the national FinELib consortium 20 % licensed by the university
The Model of Acquisitions of Electronic Material FinELib National consortias (80%) University of Helsinki (20%) Coordination Unit Social Science Library
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
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