The airport library at Schiphol, Amsterdam
30.3.2011 | Spotted

Books with wings

A good book gives you wings. A good book can take you on a trip around the world. Great books can be discovered also during a journey – even at the airport. Today, the book choices do not have to be limited to small selections of easy-going paperbacks at the newsstand; you can visit a normal library just before you take off!

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Vares_Antti-Reini
23.3.2011 | Events

Stars of Vares at the central library

Antti Reini and Outi Mäenpää, the leading actors in the film Vares, like to spend time at the library.

Libraries are full of stories that people read. Today, many of these stories can also be seen, even without the eyes of our minds. For filmmakers, literature is a treasure trove, a source of both light-hearted and more serious material that can be taken to the silver screen.

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newlibrary
11.3.2011 | Events

Future library – a fascinating mystery

The international library conference discussed lighter and more serious topics regarding the Central Library and other intriguing library plans.

A sunny and interesting library conference took place in Helsinki on 10–11 February. The New Library – Design and Function conference gathered library professionals from all over Europe to the Marina Congress Center in Katajanokka. The visitors included lecturers and seminar participants from, for example, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Spain, Greece, Estonia, England and Holland as well as representatives from many Finnish libraries. The seminar discussion was characterised by avid excitement and love for libraries and library development. The Helsinki Central Library project received many insights from countries that already have a major central library as well as from countries that are currently exploring the same options as Helsinki.

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