It’s already been a while since the new academic year started. As the number of library customers increases in autumn, we would like to remind you that all feedback is warmly welcomed. It will greatly help us to improve the quality of library services. Whether your feedback consists of praises or complaints, our feedback form is the right place to share it with us.
P.S. If you haven’t visited us in a while or you’re not that familiar with us, please check our latest news on our brand-new blog post!
Category: Library
Maintenance at the Joensuu campus library
Renovation of the stair landings and the carpets of the stairways will continue at Joensuu Campus
Library.
The work will start from the 3rd floor’s stair landing on week 41 (10.10.2022-), and the actual demolition work will start on week 42 (17.10.2022-). Demolition that causes heavy noise will be scheduled between 6am and 11am. We will inform about the progress of the maintenance separately.
The maintenance will affect library use on following ways:
- Every hall at the library can be entered
- Library’s lockers on the 3rd floors stair landings will be temporarily moved to the halls 3A and 3B.
We are sorry for the inconvenience!
RefWorks use will cease at the end of 2022. Training for Zotero offered.
The reference management program RefWorks’ subscription will be ceased at the end of 2022 due to contract technical reasons. Termination of subscription applies to both the current ProQuest RefWorks and the previous version of Legacy. Unfortunately, buying a personal RefWorks licence is not possible. Add-ons Write-N-Cite and RefWorks Citation Manager that work in word processing programs also stop working. Transfer your reference now.
The library will offer support for free versions of both Mendeley and Zotero. The library gives training on Zotero reference management software. See trainings in autumn 2022.
For more information: information.services@uef.fi
Using legal deposit copies is now easier
Sometimes this happens: you find an interesting book on UEF Primo search service and notice that it’s available as a legal deposit copy for reading room use. From now on, you can request such books directly on UEF Primo. Once you have logged in, you can see a button for a legal deposit copy request when you have opened the search result.
After clicking the request button, type the name of the preferred pick-up library on the empty field, and send the request. You will see your request on Primo on My Request page until we process it. Due to the limitations of the system, the pick-up library for all the requests appears as “Joensuun lainaus”. However, the material will arrive in the intended library.
We will notify you via e-mail once the legal deposit copy has arrived at the library’s customer service.
Still wondering what legal deposit copies are?
Legal deposit collection is an accumulating collection of Finnish print and electronic publications, and it’s regulated by Finnish law. The legal deposit collection includes printed material published since 1981. In addition to non-fiction books the collection includes also other material: e.g. fiction, journals, comics, sheet music and maps. Due to the high volume, the legal deposit copies are located in a separate warehouse. Please note that you can find only a portion of the legal deposit copies on UEF Primo. You can request the rest of the material with an online form.
To get the full benefit from our legal deposit copies, please check our updated website:
https://www.uef.fi/en/library/legal-deposit-copies
Library opening hours in autumn term
Library offices will move to the opening hours of the autumn term on Thursday, September 1, 2022.
Joensuu and Kuopio Campus Library facilities are open between 8–18 on weekdays and 10–14 on Saturdays. The first hours of weekday mornings are self-service hours and customer service starts every day at 10 a.m.
KUH Medical Library is open between 12–17 on Mondays and between 10–15 from Tuesday to Thursday.
24/7 Self-study facilities are open normally for the rest of the year, also during holidays.
You can find information about the opening hour exceptions for the autumn term on our website.
Annual report 2021 of UEF Library
The annual report 2021 of the University of Eastern Finland Library has been published. The format is new: The annual report consists of selected blog posts from the year 2021 describing our activities, and of an editorial that draws them together. As before, the statistics section and lists of library staff, publications, expert assignments, and participation in conferences are included.
Exceptions in library opening hours due to Midsummer
On Thursday 23.6.2022 Joensuu and Kuopio Campus Libraries are open 8-13 and KUH Medical Library 10-13. Customer service on our library offices is open 10-13. Chat is open 9-13.
On Friday 24.6.2022 all the library offices and chat are closed.
Library 24/7 -facilities are closed Thur-Sun 23.–26.6.2022.
The new List of library service fees is valid from June 1, 2022
Library’s new list of service fees is valid as of today, June 1, 2022.
Libraries are closed 31.5.–1.6.2022 due to Staff development days
All library offices are closed 31.5.–1.6.2022 due to Staff development days.
Library 24/7 -facilities are open normally.
Exceptions in library opening hours due to Ascension Day
On Wednesday 25.5.2022 Joensuu and Kuopio Campus Libraries are open 8-16, customer service 9-16. On Thursday 26.5.2022 all library offices are closed.
Library 24/7-facilities are open normally.