The library is open on Friday 30th October 2020 8am-4pm. On Saturday 31st October 2020 the library is closed.
Category: Library
Did you publish your thesis open access? Take part in the raffle!
Every year, UEF Library raffles off a grant worth EUR 100 among UEF students who have made their master’s thesis publicly available that same year.
The 2020 grant will be given on the international Open Access Week, 19–25 October 2020. The grant will be raffled off among all UEF students who have made their master’s thesis publicly available through the UEF ePublications archive between 19th October 2019 and 11th October 2020 and who sign up for the raffle using this form.
Sign up by submitting the electronic form no later than 11th October 2020.
Library services from 1st September onwards
Library facilities are open mainly for brief visits, such as borrowing and returning on the principle of self-service. The exceptional pickup service of books for uefians has ceased.
Reservations can be made normally in UEF Primo and they are subject to charge in accordance with the service fees. Reserved books will be picked from the self-service reservation shelf by a number ID. You can see your personal, permanent requester ID from the email notification.
A library card that has been pre-ordered online can be picked up from the library’s customer service.
There are a limited number of reading spots in use. The reading spots are intended for use of material that cannot be borrowed outside the library. The hygiene and safety guidelines of the university must be followed in the library premises.
For now, the group working spaces and the Carelia 24/7 facilities in Joensuus are not in use.
Customer computers in Joensuu campus library and KUH medical library can be used following the hygiene and safety guidelines. The customer computers in renovated Kuopio campus library will soon be available too.
The courses and other training sessions of the library will be organised online.
More information: [email protected]
Library webpages will renew
The university’s website reform will affect the library from the 1st of September. The library’s pages will then have the same layout as most of UEF pages. The same contents will be available in a more accessible format.
More information: [email protected]
The library’s customer registration form will be temporarily closed from 7 to 17 August
Due to changes to the customer registration, the library’s customer registration form is not available from Fri 7 August to Mon 17 August. The forms that have arrived so far, we process in order of arrival.
Due to the coronavirus situation, we ask our customers to consider the urgency of coming to the library or picking up a library card. Library card is not required when using electronic resources. When visiting the library, be prepared for waiting and avoid close contact with other people. We open the campus libraries on the principle of self-service.
For more information [email protected].
Library services from 17.8. onwards
Joensuu campus library and KUH Medical library will open on August 17, 2020 with summer opening hours. Kuopio campus library will open on September 1, 2020.
Library facilities will be open for borrowing and returning on the principle of self-service. The exceptional pickup service of books for uefians will cease on Thu August 13.
Reservations can be made normally in UEF Primo and they are subject to charge in accordance with the service fees. Starting from August 17, reserved books will be picked from the self-service reservation shelf by a number ID. You can see your personal, permanent requester ID from the email notification.
A library card that has been pre-ordered online can be picked up from the library’s customer service.
There are a limited number of reading spots in use. The hygiene and safety guidelines of the university must be followed in the library premises. For now, customer computers, group working spaces and Carelia 24/7 facilities are not in use.
The courses and other training sessions of the library will be organised online.
More information: [email protected]
Printing Available in Oppari in August
It will become possible to print documents again in Oppari, according to the following schedule:
• in Kuopio Oppari, starting 3rd of August, Mon-Fri 09:00-15:00
• in Joensuu Oppari, starting 17th of August, according to the Joensuu Library opening hours
There will be a PC station in Oppari intended for carrying out printing jobs only. Please follow the UEF hygiene and safety instructons while using the printing service. For the time being all other Oppari PCs will not be available for studying purposes.
Limited access to libraries in August
Library facilities will be open on a limited basis in August for lending and return. The principle is self-service.
- The Joensuu campus library will open on a limited basis on August 17, 2020.
- The KUH Medical library will open on a limited basis on August 17, 2020.
- The Kuopio campus library will open on a limited basis on September 1, 2020.
If the corona situation allows, a library card that has been pre-ordered online can be picked up from the library’s customer service.
Customer workstations will be out of service for at least until the end of August. Oppari and It Services operate remotely. There will be no 24/7 access.
All online services will function as of now.
The courses and other training sessions of the library will be organised online.
More information: [email protected]
The teaching of the library will be organised online during the summer and autumn term 2020
In accordance with the guidelines of the University of Eastern Finland, the library’s courses on information skills and sources for undergraduate students and postgraduate students’ courses Information retrieval and management of research and Open Science will be offered online during the summer and autumn term 2020.
More information: Head of Services Helena Silvennoinen-Kuikka, Library, Training and information services, [email protected]
Library online services are closed 8. – 9.6.2020
The UEF Library Staff will be attending a development seminar between Tuesday 8th June and Wednesday 9th June, 2020. Therefore, the book picking service and online services are not in use.
More information: [email protected]