6. The jury’s grounds for granting the Finnish Quality Award 2008 Proactiveness, pioneership and exellence in operations In the operations of the Helsinki City Library, the whole orgainsation’s active, innovative and customer-oriented development of operations, products and services is emphasised. It shows the organisation’s pinoeership in both the change in the operating environment and in answering customer needs.
7. The Quality Innovation Award 2008 Library 10, open and urban space for meeting people, creating and performing culture The jury’s grounds for granting the Quality innovation Award 2008: Located in the city centre, Library 10 encourages customers to consume culture, and in addition, create it, by offering versatile facilities and equipment. In Library 10 they’ve noticed that the world is changing and they’ve risen to this challenge with modern means and accomplished very good results. Thanks to this new operational model there are many new persons using the library, who have never patronized there before.
8. The use of collection 1989 ja 2008 816 000 (8,7 %) (725 000 DVD) 3 333 (0,05%) Visual recordings (DVDs, BDs, videos) 207 000 (2,2 %) - Other (sheet music, maps, CD-roms) 297 000 (3,2%) 50 828 (0,8 %) Newspapers, magazines 1, 575 miljoonaa (16,7%) 275 591 (4,6 %) Recordings (music, talk) 3 200 (0,0034 %) - E-books 6,505 miljoonaa (69,2 %) 5,7 miljoonaa (94,5 %) Books 9,4 million 6,0 million Loans 2008 1989
9. Facts about Helsinki, Finland, UK and Sweden 2008 52,80 £ 5,4 - - 101 million 5 298 4540 35 364 456 58 % Public Library Members 60, 9 million UK 1,26 4,8 4,9 AV-loan per capita 43,2 million 40,5 million 1, 8 million Collection 5877 4764 502 Staff 2 629 000 28,54% 2 179 923 41,34% 212 862 37,44% Loaners (% of inhabitants) 31,90 £ 47,40 £ 52,90 £ Costs per capita 7,40 10,55 11,29 Visits per capita 7,48 18,92 16,54 Loans per capita 1291 833 36 Number of libraries 9,2 million 5,3 million 568 531 Inhabitants Sweden (2007) Finland Helsinki
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11. In touch with the times : Eurovision karaoke 2007 Customer can sing favorite Eurovision song on to a CD and take part in an Internet Competition
12. In touch with the times: Festival Bus The bus is loaded with items that is relevant to the theme of the festival, e.g. CDs of the artists performing at the festival. The Festival Bus is a joint venture between Library 10 and the Mobile Library unit.
25. Helsinki City Library is… HelMet-library (Helsinki Metropolitan Area: Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Kauniainen, 1 million people) A Central Library for Public Libraries Multicultural Library The Home Library for Citizens in Helsinki
26. THE FINNISH LIBRARY NETWORK Ministry of Education/Kirsti Kekki, August 2000 Central Library for Public Libraries. Multilingual Library . (Helsinki City Library) MUNICIPAL LIBRARIES = PUBLIC LIBRARIES (895 excl. Åland) LIBRARIES OF RESEARCH INSTITUTES THE FINNISH LIBRARY FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED (the state library) THE NATIONAL REPOSITORY LIBRARY (the state library in Kuopio) SPECIAL LIBRARIES Provincial Libraries (18 municipal libraries excl. Åland) THE NATIONAL LIBRARY (Helsinki University Library) LIBRARIES IN POLYTECHNICS, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND SCHOOLS THE FINNISH LIBRARY NETWORK LIBRARIES OF UNIVERSITIES (20)