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National Library of Finland

Library in Helsinki, Finland

Summary

Library in Helsinki, Finland

Field	Value
native_name	Kansalliskirjasto
Nationalbiblioteket
name	National Library of Finland
logo	National Library of Finland logo.png
image	National Library of Finland.jpg
image_size	250px
caption	The main building of the National Library of Finland
type	National library
established	1640
location	Helsinki (formerly Turku)
collection_size	3M items
legal_deposit	Yes
director	Kai Ekholm
num_employees	264 (2014)
website

Nationalbiblioteket

The National Library of Finland (, ) is the foremost research library in Finland. Administratively the library is part of the University of Helsinki. From 1919 to 1 August 2006, it was known as the Helsinki University Library ().

The National Library is responsible for storing the Finnish cultural heritage. By Finnish law, the National Library is a legal deposit library and receives copies of all printed matter, as well as audiovisual materials excepting films, produced in Finland or for distribution in Finland. These copies are then distributed by the Library to its own national collection and to reserve collections of five other university libraries. Also, the National Library has the obligation to collect and preserve materials published on the Internet to its web archive . The library also maintains the online public access catalog .

Any person who lives in Finland may register as a user of the National Library and borrow library material. The publications in the national collection, however, are not loaned outside the library. The library also is home to one of the most comprehensive collections of books published in the Russian Empire of any library in the world.

The National Library is located in Helsinki, close to the Senaatintori square. The oldest part of the library complex, designed by Carl Ludvig Engel, dates back to 1844. The newer extension Rotunda, designed by architect Gustaf Nyström, was completed in 1906. The bulk of the collection is, nonetheless, stored in Kirjaluola (Finnish for “book cave”), a 57600 m3 underground bunker drilled into solid rock, 18 m below the library.

|File:Nystrom and Engel.jpg|C.L. Engel and Gustaf Nyström, University Architects |File:Rotunda Julkisivu.jpg|Rotunda by Gustaf Nyström |File:Fabiania building, National Library of Finland (1895).jpg|Fabiania (View from Fabianinkatu) |File:Inside view of National Library of Finland 001 (2).jpg|Inside view of National Library of Finland 001

References

(2000s). "Helsingin yliopiston uuden kirjastokokonaisuuden nimeksi Helsingin yliopiston kirjasto". [[Helsinki City Library]].
[https://finlex.fi/fi/lainsaadanto/2007/1433 Laki kulttuuriaineistojen tallettamisesta ja säilyttämisestä (1433/2007)] Retrieved 2011-09-19
Karkimo, Ari. (2 April 2009). "Suomalaisten netti museoidaan". [[Alma Media]].
(29 September 2016). "Finna-verkkokirjasto kattavasti käytössä ammattikorkeakouluissa". [[Satakunta University of Applied Sciences]].
[http://yliopistolainen.helsinki.fi/yol99_5/art1.htm Rakennussuma purkautuu. Yliopistolainen 5/99] {{webarchive. link. (2007-06-22 . Retrieved 2007-10-24. {{in lang). fi
[http://www.opiskelijakirjasto.lib.helsinki.fi/toimikunta/suunnitelma2.htm Keskustakampuksen kirjastojen kehittämissuunnitelma 1998–2005] {{webarchive. link. (2007-06-09 . University of Helsinki. Retrieved 2007-10-24. {{in lang). fi

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