Books, magazines and other materials
You can borrow books, magazines, films, audiobooks, music, board games and console games, among other things. Tuusula libraries also lend out sports equipment, objects and musical instruments. You can use e-materials on your own device wherever and whenever you want. Loan periods vary depending on the material.
Most of the material is in Finnish, but there is also fiction in other languages. You can also use the services of the Multilingual Library and the Russian-language Library via the Tuusula Library.
Online library
The online library contains the collections of Tuusula libraries and all Kirkes libraries.
Newspapers
Tuusula libraries subscribe to approximately 300 different newspapers and magazines each year. The newspaper section contains the country’s largest national and regional newspapers as well as local newspapers from the Tuusula area. We do not lend out newspapers.
Our extensive magazine selection offers something interesting for everyone. Magazines can be borrowed for a period of two weeks. We do not lend out the latest issue, but it can be read in the library.
Newspapers ordered for libraries
Main library:
- Mo ing paper
- Mo ing Post
- Southe Finland Newspaper
- Helsingin Sanomat
- Equestrian sports
- Hufvudstadsbladet
- Ilkka-Pohjalainen
- Kainuu Newspaper
- Karelian
- Business newspaper
- Central Finland
- Central Uusimaa
- Kouvola News
- The People of Lapland
- The Future of Rural Areas
- Savon Sanomat
- Technology & Economy
- Turun Sanomat.
Jokela Library:
- Mo ing Post
- Helsingin Sanomat
- Central Uusimaa
- The Future of Rural Areas.
Kellokoski Library:
- Helsingin Sanomat
- Central Uusimaa.
Tuusula magazine selection
You can find the magazine selection of Tuusula libraries in the online library.
Quick loans
Tuusula libraries offer express loans of popular books and new films.
The loan period for quick loans is seven days, and loans cannot be reserved or renewed. They can be found on specially marked shelves with orange stickers.
Express loans can only be borrowed on site at the library. The late fee is €0.50 per item per day.
Other materials available for loan
You can borrow from the library
- energy consumption meters (measure the energy consumption of electrical appliances)
- musical instruments (guitar, ukulele, percussion instruments)
- sports equipment (football, basketball, frisbee golf sets, kettlebells, balance boards, exercise sticks, exercise bands and push-up bars)
- board games.
Energy consumption meters can be borrowed for four weeks. Sports equipment and board games can be borrowed for two weeks and cannot be reserved or renewed.
Easy-to-read books
You can borrow books written in plain language from libraries in Tuusula.
Plain language is a form of Finnish that is easier to read and understand. It is intended for people who have difficulty reading or understanding standard language.
Tuusula Library has over 300 easy-to-read books.
Manual library
Each branch of the municipal library has a reference library where reference works can be used on site. Reference library materials cannot be borrowed for home use.
Removal material
The library regularly updates its collection, and we remove books that are no longer in demand or that are wo out from use. You can purchase books, audio recordings, films and magazines for adults and children that have been removed from the collection at any Tuusula library.
Prices of deleted material:
- books, DVDs, Blu-rays and console games €0.20 per item
- magazines €0.10 per copy.
Book exchange point
The book exchange point at Tuusula Main Library is located in the newspaper room. You can bring your own books in good condition that you want to put into circulation to the exchange point and take home some new and interesting reading material.
Using the book exchange point is easy: bring a book, take a book!
If you find an interesting book, you can take it with you right away and bring the exchange book with you the next time you visit the library.
Please note that books brought to the exchange point must be clean and in good condition.
Procurement request
If the work you want is not available at the library, you can submit a purchase request to the library. Before submitting a request, check the material database to see if the material you want has already been ordered or is available.
A procurement proposal may be made by:
- on the form
- on site at the library.
The library welcomes suggestions for new acquisitions, but unfortunately we cannot purchase all requested materials. Due to copyright restrictions, we can only purchase some of the DVDs and Blu-ray discs available on the market for the library.
It usually takes 1–6 months for the material to arrive at the library.
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