A branch library connected to the Riihikallio multi-purpose campus

The new multi-purpose campus in Riihikallio should include space for a branch library. Libraries are important community institutions for education and learning. Libraries should be accessible and available to everyone. Its task is to make its materials, facilities and services available to everyone. When organising services, attention must be paid to strengthening equality and the principles of community spirit, pluralism and cultural diversity that underpin its activities. Library services must therefore be available to all residents. Above all, the library must be a local service for residents. Now that a magnificent new multi-purpose campus is being built in Riihikallio, we propose that facilities for a new and modern branch library serving all Riihikallio residents be planned in connection with it. With the new comprehensive school, or multi-purpose campus, Riihikallio will become a true multi-purpose campus, consisting of the Pellava Daycare Centre, the Riihikallio Service Centre, the Kertsi Youth Centre and the parish hall. The only thing missing would be a shared and free meeting place that would be open to everyone and offer education, information and opportunities for people to meet. Such a meeting place would be the new multi-purpose branch library, which has been designed and dimensioned precisely for this purpose. The design of the library could take into account from the outset that the library could operate for most of the time without library staff, i.e. as a self-service library. As the population of Riihikallio grows and the school expands, there is an increasing need for a branch library in Riihikallio. The elderly residents of the Riihikallio service centre are unable to access cultural services independently, so these services should be brought closer to them. We therefore propose that serious consideration be given to locating a modern branch library, “Little Oodi”, in connection with the new multi-purpose campus in Riihikallio. In order to function properly, the new multi-purpose campus also needs a new multi-purpose branch library.

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