1. Library Turku University of Applied Sciences www.turkuamk.fi May 2012 Outi Yrttiranta

2. Discover Finland Distinctive seasonal variations –Nightless nights and midnight sun during the summer –Polar nights and northern lights during the winter Unspoiled nature –The land of the thousand lakes –Vast archipelago –Verdant forests

3. Discover Turku Lively city with lots of students Interesting attractions Extensive variety of leisure time activities Festivals and many other events

4. Turku University of Applied Sciences Around 1900 starting places Around 10 000 students in degree programmes, both young and adult students (around 1000 at Salo) A significant expert organization –Over 700 employees The role of our library is important

5. TUAS Library has 6 + 1 library units located on the campuses serves primarily TUAS students and teachers but is also open to anyone seeking information offers high-quality information resources: both printed and electronic guides and teaches to use the resources

6. Libraries – Locations, Faculties/Degree programmes Loimaa (Business, Business IT, Social Services) Salo (Business, Business IT, IT, DPs in Health Care) Turku, Lemminkäisenkatu (Business, Business IT, Tourism, Catering, Hospitality Management, Beauty care, Biotechnology, Library and information services) Turku, Linnankatu (DPs in Arts and Media) Turku, Ruiskatu (DP’s in Health Care and Social Services) Turku, Sepänkatu (DP’s in Technology, environment and business, ex. Restoration, Logistics, Sustainable development, ) Turku, ICT-Library (Joint library, owned by TUAS, Turku University & Åbo Akademi)

7. www.turkuamk.fi TUAS Library today Opening hours: 251 hours/week / seven library units (Salo: 29 h/week) Collections: –137 660 printed books –9507 e-journals –54 089 e-books Borrowing: 252 072 loans and renewals Visits: 200 000 visits Information searches in the Aura Database: 537 839 Loaded e-articles/records: 435 089 Library skills training lessons 450 hours/year Staff: 23 permanent vacancies (Salo: 2)

8. www.turkuamk.fi E-Services of the TUAS Library Nelli Portal – platform for electronic resources acquired by theTUAS Library –ejournals, dictionaries, ebooks, reference works, bibliographic databases –TUAS network and remote access Aura Online Database Theseus –theses and publications of Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences Library web pages and TUAS intranet Social media applications –Facebook, Second Life, Twitter...

9. www.turkuamk.fi Regional co-operation and networking National networking and projects

10. www.turkuamk.fi

13. Thank You! Questions? Comments? Library internet pages: http://www.tuas. /library