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It is mainly used to describe the content of information books, articles, and documentaries and to search for information General Finnish ontology (YSO) contained terms. Used to describe fiction and fictional films, audio books ontology of fictional material (BEAUTY) as well as Finnish vocabulary of species types and forms (SLM).
The terms of YSO and SLM are used to describe the music material. You can find the name forms used by persons, operators and organizations from the national operator information list (KANTO) and geographical name forms YSO seatsfrom the list.
The library is open from 1.9 September to 31.5 May.
Monday–Friday 9.00:19.00–9.00:11.00 (self-service XNUMX:XNUMX–XNUMX:XNUMX)
Saturday & the eve of public holidays from 9.00:15.00 a.m. to 9.00:10.00 p.m. (self-service from XNUMX:XNUMX a.m. to XNUMX:XNUMX a.m.)
Sunday closed
The library's summer opening hours are from 1.6 June to 31.8 August.
Monday–Wednesday 9.00:19.00–9.00:11.00 (self-service XNUMX:XNUMX–XNUMX:XNUMX)
Thursday–Friday 9.00:17.00–9.00:11.00 (self-service XNUMX:XNUMX–XNUMX:XNUMX)
Saturday–Sunday closed
Free time in the library (staff not present)
Monday–Friday 7.00:9.00–19.00:21.00 & XNUMX:XNUMX–XNUMX:XNUMX
Saturday 7.00:9.00 a.m.–15.00:21.00 a.m. & XNUMX:XNUMX p.m.–XNUMX:XNUMX p.m
Sunday & other closed days from 7.00:21.00 a.m. to XNUMX:XNUMX p.m
Public holidays and other closed days may bring changes to the library's opening hours.
Please find Different opening hours.
Accessibility library Celia is a state-run special library that produces and distributes literature for people with reading disabilities, e.g. as audio books. An obstacle to reading can be, for example, a visual impairment or impaired vision, an intellectual disability or a temporary obstacle to reading, such as when recovering from an illness. More information about the service.
You can ask the library's digital coach for guidance and help in using devices, programs and online services. You can also get help, for example, with the basic use of your own device, according to your own data needs. Digital coaching is personal, free of charge and intended for all ages. The library has desktop computers, laptops and tablets available for guidance.
You can get guidance by making an appointment. Personal guidance time is one hour.
Book an appointment for guidance or ask for more information about the library: tel. 050 500 1731 or lainaustoimisto@riihimaki.fi
When booking, tell us your contact information and your wishes on the topic of the guide. Please note that we do not repair, maintain or install equipment. You yourself are responsible for your personal and confidential information as well as your devices and their possible technical faults.
The library's Books to home service is intended for those of you who cannot come to the library yourself due to old age, illness or disability.
Books to home is a completely free service. Before starting the service, we ask about your reading preferences and make a service contract. It is also possible to enter into a service contract on a temporary basis, for example during illness. You have access to all the library's material. The materials are delivered to your home once a month and the library staff takes care of the due dates of your materials.
If you wish, you can have a book bag assembled according to your wishes. The book bag will be delivered by a person you have authorized.
People with reading disabilities can use it Accessibility library Celia's services.
There is also a library Facebook.
The online library of Ratamo libraries is In Finland.
Finna is an easy-to-use online service that provides access to the materials and services of archives, libraries and museums. With the help of the online service, you can easily search for material related to your chosen topic, such as images, documents, newspapers, studies, videos and audio recordings. The materials are available from the same online service, and the Information Requester does not need to know in advance which organization has produced the information.
You can leave procurement requests regarding materials at the customer service and send them electronically form or by email to kirjasto@riihimaki.fi.
You can find the Riihimäki City Library on Instagram using the username @rmkkirjasto.
You can use the computers intended for customer use in the library without an appointment and personal login. Internet use in the library is free of charge.
We interlibrary loan material that is not in our own collection, within the framework of interlibrary loan rules agreed upon between the libraries. Long-distance borrowing is subject to a fee: 7 euros/loan from Finland, copies according to actual costs.
Interlibrary loan inquiries from the information service by phone at 050 500 1731 or by email at kirjasto@riihimaki.fi.
Riihimäki library accepts donations of good condition, fairly new children's and adult books, audio CDs and sheet music. The library does not accept encyclopedias, very old encyclopedias or books in poor condition. You can bring books to our service counters during library opening hours. Due to the lack of resources, the library does not have the possibility to get books from home. With donated books, we supplement our collection and replace materials that are in poor condition.
Due to copyright reasons, we cannot accept DVD or Blu-ray recordings, CD-ROMs or DVD-ROMs for library use as donations.
Not all donated books end up in the library's collections, but continue their circulation in the recycling cart in the library's lobby, where you can also leave individual books.
You can get a library card from the lending office by filling out the registration form and presenting an identity document. Children under 15 years of age need the written consent of their guardian. The library card must be presented when borrowing material. Please notify the library immediately of a change of address and name, as well as the loss of the card. The first card is free, renewing the card costs 15 euros for people over 2 years old. You can use the same library card in all Ratamo libraries (Hausjärvi, Hyvinkää, Loppi, Nurmijärvi, Riihimäki). You can also use the mobile library's electronic library card as a library card.
Guidance on how to use the library is given from preschoolers to adult groups.
Read more: Services for early childhood education or Services for schools
Middle schools and other groups information service
About the stages and history of Riihimäki library.
The library is located at Kauppakatu 16, Riihimäki.
The library building was completed in 1986 under the design of Arkitehtuuritoimisto Osmo Lappo (architects Osmo Lappo, Juhani Westerholm and Iina Paasikivi-Poutanen, interior architect Leena Aaltonen). The building has two floors, gross area 3,384 m2.
Riihimäki city library's Books to home service is intended for those residents of Riihimäki who cannot use a regular library due to old age, illness or disability.
You can inquire about guided group visits of elementary schools / advice from a librarian (max. 1 time / class / school year) from the children and youth department: phone 050 500 1755 or kirjasto.lastenosasto@riihimaki.fi.
You can inquire about book tips for the materials of the adult section of junior high schools and high schools by calling the informaticist at 050 500 1731.
Book tips are held for adults from time to time. Advice events are advertised separately.
You can read more about the services we offer to schools here.
The Riihimäki city library has approximately 250 library materials. The Ratamo libraries have a total of about 000 different materials available to customers. The material is catalogued To the Ratamo database.
A copier is available for customers to use. To use the machine, you need a key card, which you can get from customer service.
Prices for copies:
black and white A4 €0,30
black and white A3 €0,60
color copy A4 €0,50
color copy A3 €1,00
The collection collects non-fiction related to Riihimäki and fiction written by the people of Riihimäki. In addition, the collection contains fiction where Riihimäki takes place. The materials of the home collection are not borrowed, but you can familiarize yourself with them freely in the library.
See Book Donations
The usual loan period is 28 days
Loan period for novelties is 14 days
Goods loans loan period 14 days
The loan period for quick loans is 7 days
You can check the loan period of borrowed works from the due date receipt or from the Ratamo online library under My Loan. The loan period ends on the due date at the end of the library's opening hours.
When you borrow materials, you must present a library card or photo ID (driver's license, passport or police-issued identity card). You can get a library card from the lending office by filling out the registration form and presenting an identity document. Children under 15 years of age need the written consent of their guardian. The same library card is valid in all Ratamo libraries (Hausjärvi, Hyvinkää, Loppi, Nurmijärvi, Riihimäki). You can also use the mobile library's electronic library card for borrowing.
The library has borrowing machines for self-service. To borrow, you need a Library card and a four-digit pin code. You can also use the mobile library's electronic library card for borrowing.
The library has a wireless network connection for customers. Logging in requires a password, which you can get from the customer service points.
Various board games can be borrowed from the library. The loan period for games is 14 days.
The children's and youth department has separate board games for playing in the library. Our selections include e.g. chess, Changing Labyrinth, Alias, Dixit.
You can borrow exercise and camping equipment offered by Riihimäki Liikuntakeskus from the exercise equipment lending office located in the library. You can borrow e.g. various games, travel equipment and exercise equipment. In terms of camping equipment, cooperation has been made with the city's environmental protection. You can borrow equipment with a library card. The equipment loan period is 14 days.
The Reading Diploma package offered by the Riihimäki City Library is aimed at 1st-5th grades. The teacher orders the Lukudiplomi package from the children and youth department. The package contains five groups of books for the students and one for the teacher to read aloud to the class, a total of about one hundred books.
More detailed information from the children's department, phone 050 500 1755 or kirjasto.lastenosasto@riihimaki.fi
Reading coaching is professional guidance for those who need help with their reading choices. You can ask for reading recommendations when you need something new to read and can't think of one yourself. The training is always tailored to your wishes. At Riihimäki, we focus on adult fiction and biographies.
The service starts with a survey of your needs. You will be given a form to fill in, which asks, among other things, what you usually read, your favorite books and authors, what you don't like in any case, which genres of literature you are familiar with or what you are unfamiliar with, etc. The form also asks for your contact information. The completed form is delivered to the library.
It takes 2-3 weeks to complete the task and after this the customer receives a list of the selected books. The list has a short description of each book. If the customer wants, the reader coach collects some of the books on the list in a bag and the customer can choose the books they want from the bag.
Forms for mapping reading preferences can be picked up at the library's service desk. You can also call the library (019 758 4678) and request that the form be sent by post. Or you can contact us by email (kirjasto@riihimaki.fi) and request that the reading coaching form be sent to the customer's email. You can also print the form yourself: Reading coaching.
Used in the library Classification system for public libraries (YKL).
For school classes, packages of 50–70 books for children or young people are put together to order for three months. The city's messenger handles the transport of the books. Inquiries, children's and youth department, telephone 050 500 1755 kirjasto.lastenosasto@riihimaki.fi.
Customers can use a microfilm reading device, which you can ask the library about.
See Information service
You can return the materials to the return hatch next to the front door. When the library is closed, the material will not be restored from your information until the next day the library is open. The library is not responsible for material returned to the door.
You can find the quick loan shelf on the ground floor of the library. The loan period for quick loans is seven days, they cannot be reserved or renewed. The late payment for the quick loan is determined in the same way as the reserved material.
In order to renew and reserve volumes through the online library, as well as to change your own information, you need a four-digit PIN code in addition to the Library card. The same PIN code is also used in the lending machines and other online services of the library, the use of which requires logging in. If you don't have a PIN yet or have forgotten it, you can get a new one by clicking Ratamo online library next to the login screen Forgot your PIN code? link. You can also get the PIN code in person at any Ratamo library (Hausjärvi, Hyvinkää, Loppi, Nurmijärvi, Riihimäki).
The library sells deleted material from time to time in the lower lobby of the library, for example in connection with separate library events. When the material is for sale, it will be announced separately. The price of deleted material starts at €0,10.
Library services for early childhood education.
Ratamo libraries transfer regional loans worth 2 euros from their collections from one Ratamo library to another and from Kirkes libraries to Ratamo libraries.
The libraries of Hausjärvi, Hyvinkää, Lope, Nurmijärvi and Riihimäki form the Ratamo libraries group. The same library card is valid in all libraries. Through the Ratamo online library, you can browse and reserve material from any library in Kimpa, renew your loans and change your information.
Ratamo libraries have a common warehouse, where old and rarely borrowed CDs, which have not been permanently deleted, have been selectively moved. In the availability information of the online library, the discs in the Ratamo warehouse are displayed at the Nurmijärvi main library under the location Ratamo warehouse.
You can order a stock of discs for free at all Ratamo library locations. If you want to order a disc, make a reservation for it in the online library or request an order from your library's customer service. When you pick up the disc, ask the customer service representative to remove the 2-euro Ratamo fee automatically given by the system from your data.
Samuli Paronen's hall is an exhibition and multifunctional space for art and hobby exhibitions and limited other events. The space on the first floor of the library has an area of 112 m² and can accommodate a maximum of 80 people at a time. The hall opens at 9.00:XNUMX a.m. on library opening days. A grand piano is also available.
Application forms can be obtained from the janitors or by requesting the library via e-mail at kirjasto@riihimaki.fi.
The children's department has a Story Room, which is free for customers to use when it is not reserved for story lessons or teaching library use. You can hang out, draw and play in the fairytale room. At Christmas and Easter and in June-July, self-made crafts are available in the Fairytale Room.
Storytelling lessons for groups
In the library you can use the scanner free of charge. You can use the scanner upstairs in the library to scan simple documents. For larger jobs and, for example, scanning photos and slides, you should make an appointment at the library In the digital workshop, where you can find a scanner that is better suited for this.
You can go to the computers intended for customer use without an appointment and personal login. With computers, you can use the internet and the most common Windows programs, such as Word and Excel.
You can use your own laptops and mobile devices freely. The library has a wireless network, for which you can get a password from the library's service points.
Librarians help with the use of the library's collection and information retrieval. The information service handles material reservations and remote service requests from other libraries. You can also contact the information service by phone or email: 050 500 1731/ kirjasto@riihimaki.fi
Privacy statement of the customer register of Ratamo libraries.
Printouts
A4 – black and white print €0,30, double-sided €0,60
A4 – color print €0,50, double-sided €1,00
A3 – color print €1,00, double-sided €2,00
See PIN code
You can renew your loans if there are no reservations. You can do the renewal yourself in the online library or by phone on 050 500 1731. You can also renew your loans when you shop at the loan desk.
To renew in the online library, you need a Library card and a PIN code. You cannot renew your loans if you have exceeded the debt limit of 20 euros, the material you borrowed has been invoiced or it is a quick loan.
You can renew your loan up to five times, after which it must be brought to the library for viewing.
The library warehouse is located on the first floor of the library. The warehouse has more than 60 books, most of the magazines, 000 sheet music and more than a thousand LPs. Duplicates, old or poor-quality materials that we want to keep in the collection are transferred to the warehouse.
The warehouse is open to customers when the library is open. You can collect the material from the warehouse yourself or ask the staff for help. You can also reserve material in the online library.
Reserving material from your own municipality's libraries is free of charge. A reservation fee of 2 euros is charged for Ratamo loans. Ratamo loan refers to loans ordered from Ratamo and Kirkes.
You can reserve the material in the information service or online library. To book through the online library, you need a Library card and a PIN code, which you can order online or pick up in person at the library.
You pick up the reserved material from the reservation pick-up shelf on the ground floor of the library, where you can find your reservations with the pick-up number on the arrival notice. The material is arranged on the collection shelf in a continuous manner based on the collection numbers. Borrow reservations either at the machine or from customer service. You can receive a reservation arrival notification by text message, email or letter.
Honko Niina, Director of the Library
Anne Levänen, Office Secretary
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