Vienna June 05 BWR Reading Support in Finland Policies for Access to Knowledge and Culture

Vienna June 05 BWR A diligently used network 21 loans (+1,24 %) and 13 library visits (+1,21 %) per capita in 2004 Lending of books + 0,50 %, other material 3,17 % www-visits 42 million visits (+18,50 %) 80 % of citizens use public library services.

Vienna June 05 BWR The Library Act:The objective is to promote equal opportunities among citizens for personal cultivation, for literary and cultural pursuits, for continuous development of knowledge, personal skills and civic skills, for internationalisation and for lifelong learning-- to promote the development of virtual and interactive network services and their educational and cultural contents.

Vienna June 05 BWR the Library Policy Programme: Public libraries build and promote the community spirit and strengthen democracy. They are learning environments, and they promote comprehensive literacy as well as media or digital literacy. They network with partners and contribute to the success and welfare of their region.

Vienna June 05 BWR From the Library Strategy 2010 During the next few years the significance of the library will increase as a place for learning and experiences as a conveyor of diverse knowledge and culture, with a view to mastering and organizing information according to user needs.

Vienna June 05 BWR Libraries network 85 % of libraries belong to a regional network with joint computer systems and catalogues on the web. Targeted services are produced in cooperation, with links to services produced by other library networks. Cooperation with kindergartens, schools, local museums and archives - as cultural meeting places with global access.

Vienna June 05 BWR Basic services The provincial governments´ report on printed material in the libraries: 73 % of library loans are book loans, 85 % of acquisitions are books. Acquisition recommendations in the Library Programme: 400 books/1000 inhab/year. Budgets vary a lot in the municipalities - "equal opportunities among citizens" ?

Vienna June 05 BWR Promoting reading on the web libraries.fi, basicly trilungual: Modern Finnish Authors, Electric Verses (contemporary Finnish poetry), the Fire&Smoke Net. Links to authors´organisations, publishers. Listing literary prize winners (Nobel, Booker and others)

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Kirjatti - the Library Cat Sites for children and young people carried out in regional cooperation. New books, CD:s, CD-roms, a subject guide- link library - for children, book reviews written by children and adolescents for others to comment upon. Library-made games, competitions

Vienna June 05 BWR Tervetuloa Kirjastokissa Kirjatin sivuille! Näitä sivuja tekevät Pirkanmaan kirjastot: Hämeenkyrö, Ikaalinen, Juupajoki, Kangasala, Längelmäki, Nokia, Pirkkala, Ruovesi, Tampere, Toijala, Valkeakoski, Virrat ja Ylöjärvi Hämeenkyrö,Ikaalinen,Juupajoki,Kangasala,Längelmäki,Nokia,Pirkkala,Ruovesi,Tampere,Toijala,Valkeakoski,VirratYlöjärvi uutta: Kirjatin päiväkirja -kirjoituskilpailu Kirjatin päiväkirja -kirjoituskilpailu Tunnetko ystäviä -tietokilpailu Tunnetko ystäviä -tietokilpailu Kirjastokieppi eli seikkailu ajalta jolloin Kirjatti oli vasta pieni kissanpentu.irjastokieppi Y L L Ä P I T O

Vienna June 05 BWR Other reading projects Runeberg - about reading and literacy, drama, social skills and learning to find useful information on the web. In close cooperation with the schools. Helsinki City Library - book presentations, also book covers. Net entertainment sites- far from the commercial supply.

Vienna June 05 BWR Aura, 3500 inhabitants

Vienna June 05 BWR The short and frail history or the long, dark winters? Or the aspiration to combine dynamic and economic thinking and new technology in order to promote social equality and general prosperity?