Services for schools

On this page you will find the services offered by Riihimäki Library for schools.

Services offered to school classes

The Library participates in the Riihimäki City Culture Path and therefore we offer following services:

• First time for Eskari / library visit in autumn or spring / 1 hour
  • A playful introduction to library services
• 2nd grade / Digital Wellbeing Session / 1 hour
  • Refreshing information about the use of digital devices
• 3th grade / library visit in the fall or spring / 1,5 hours
  • Book advice and library use teaching about non-fiction
• 8th grade / library visit in the fall or spring / 1,5 hours
  • Genre advice for young people's literature

These include orders and contacts for Children's and Youth Library Services. (Contact information at the bottom of the page).

Information retrieval teaching

• 6th grade / Escape game / 1 hour
  • Information retrieval teaching in the form of an escape game.
  • The escape game day must be booked 2 weeks before the game day. More game days will be available in the spring.
  • Read more about the escape game.
• 6th – 9th grades / 1 hour
  • Information retrieval teaching in the adult department
• 9th grade / Digital quiz / 45 minutes
  • Through quizzes, students learn about the library's collections and learn information retrieval and other digital skills.
• 9th grade / Tipping / 1 hour
  • Book recommendations for 9th graders about adult fiction.

Information technology specialist Reijo Kumpulainen is responsible for teaching information retrieval in secondary schools. (Contact information at the bottom of the page)

Please make an appointment for your own class in time.

Book packages of children's and young adult books for the classroom

Teachers can also order a book package containing children's and young adult books for their class.

• Two-bag book package with a three-month loan period for grades 1–8 / 1 bag order / academic year.
• Order book packages for children's and young people's library services primarily by email.

Book packages are borrowed with the teacher's community card. With it, books from library visits are also borrowed for the class. The community card is obtained from the library's customer service by presenting a photo ID.

The book package can be ordered either in the fall or spring. The staff of the Children and Youth Department collects the book packages in the order they are ordered; the normal delivery time is a couple of weeks, even longer in peak times. The city's contracted courier delivers the packages to the school. Teachers order return transport from the courier themselves via text message. The courier's phone number is included with the bags.

Self-service visits for borrowing

Classes can visit the library independently on weekdays starting at 9 a.m. Customer service starts at 11 a.m., but the staff of the children's and youth department will serve classes even before that, if possible.

Contacts and book package orders for children's and young people's library services are primarily via email.

Printable brochure: Library services for schools 2025-2026 (PDF file.)