LibraryTurku University of Applied Sciences

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May 2012 Outi Yrttiranta

Discover Finland

• Distinctive seasonal variations– Nightless nights and midnight sun

during the summer– Polar nights and northern lights during

the winter• Unspoiled nature

– The land of the thousand lakes

– Vast archipelago– Verdant forests

Discover Turku

Lively city with lots of students• Interesting attractions• Extensive variety of leisure time

activities• Festivals and many other events

Turku University of Applied Sciences

• Around 1900 starting places

• Around 10 000 students in degree programmes, both young and adult students(around 1000 at Salo)

• A significant expert organization– Over 700 employees

• The role of our library is important

TUAS Library

• has 6 + 1 library units located on the campuses

• serves primarily TUAS students and teachers but is also open to anyone seeking information

• offers high-quality information resources: both printed and electronic

• guides and teaches to use the resources

Libraries – Locations, Faculties/Degree programmes

Loimaa (Business, Business IT, Social Services)Salo (Business, Business IT, IT, DPs in Health Care)Turku, Lemminkäisenkatu (Business, Business IT,

Tourism, Catering, Hospitality Management, Beauty care, Biotechnology, Library and information services)

Turku, Linnankatu (DPs in Arts and Media)Turku, Ruiskatu (DP’s in Health Care and Social

Services)Turku, Sepänkatu (DP’s in Technology, environment

and business, ex. Restoration, Logistics, Sustainable development, )

Turku, ICT-Library (Joint library, owned by TUAS, Turku University & Åbo Akademi)

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TUAS Library today

• Opening hours: 251 hours/week / seven library units (Salo: 29 h/week)

• Collections:– 137 660 printed books– 9507 e-journals– 54 089 e-books

• Borrowing: 252 072 loans and renewals• Visits: 200 000 visits• Information searches in the Aura Database: 537

839• Loaded e-articles/records: 435 089• Library skills training lessons 450 hours/year• Staff: 23 permanent vacancies (Salo: 2)

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E-Services of the TUAS Library

• Nelli Portal

– platform for electronic resources acquired by theTUAS Library

– ejournals, dictionaries, ebooks, reference works, bibliographic databases

– TUAS network and remote access

• Aura Online Database

• Theseus

– theses and publications of Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences

• Library web pages and TUAS intranet

• Social media applications

– Facebook, Second Life, Twitter ...

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• Regional co-operation and networking

• National networking and projects

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Thank You! Questions? Comments?

Library internet pages:http://www.tuas. /library