Library

Library cards and borrowing privileges are free of charge for all information users. The library is open to everyone, so you can continue to use the library after you finish your studies or employment.

The customer’s data is stored in the library’s customer register(privacy notice). The library card is personal and once you receive it, you are responsible for the material borrowed and you agree to abide by the library’s rules of use. If you lose your library card, please notify the library immediately.

All registered customers of the Turku University of Applied Sciences library have a mobile library card in the Turku University of Applied Sciences library. You can use the mobile card like a physical library card.

Library card application

Libraries use automatic lending machines. A library card is required to borrow material. Loan periods vary depending on the material.

Books and theses

• 28 days

Electronic theses

• Freely available in Turku University of Applied Sciences’ Finna and Theseus.

Textbooks

• 14 days

Videos, DVDs and audio recordings

• 14 days

Sheet music

• 28 days

Reference collection items

• Overnight and weekend loan.
• Materials are borrowed from library staff one hour before the end of the service period and returned to the same campus library on the next library opening day at the beginning of the opening hours.

Printed journals

• The loan period varies from campus to campus.

The collections on loan from campus libraries focus on materials in the fields of study on campus. You can find more detailed information about the library’s materials, their loan periods and the exact location of the materials in the Finna search service of Turku University of Applied Sciences.

Students with reading difficulties can borrow course books as audiobooks through the Accessibility Library Celia. Students who find it difficult to read a normal printed book for health or learning disability reasons have access to Celia’s audiobook service (see who Celia’s services are for). The library registers patrons as users of the Celia online service during campus library service hours.

Loans are automatically renewed for 12 months, unless there are reservations. If a loan cannot be renewed, you will receive a refund reminder by email three days before the due date and again on the due date.

When the renewal periods are full, the loans must be returned or re-borrowed at the library.

Night and weekend loans are not renewed.

You can return your loan to any campus library of Turku University of Applied Sciences, except EduCity:

• Kupittaa Campus Library Lemppari: return your loans during the library’s opening hours using the automatic return machine. Outside the library’s opening hours, returns can be left in the return box located next to the library door in the campus lobby or outside the building.

• Sigyn Art Library:return your loan during library opening hours using the automatic return machine. Outside the library’s opening hours, returns can be left in the return box next to the machine or in the library’s premises.

• Salo: return your loan during library opening hours at the automatic return machine.

A library card is not required for return.The loan period ends on the due date at the end of the campus library’s opening hours.

Loans left in the return box will be returned from your loans during library service hours. Please note that the return boxes located inside the building are only available on weekdays during campus opening hours.

Loans returned late will be subject to a late fee. Late fees are payable even if the reminder of the approaching due date or the reminder for overdue loans has not been received. The fees can be paid online in Finna at Turku University of Applied Sciences or by debit card at Lemppari in the Kupittaa Campus Library and Sigyn in the Art Library.

Three reminders are sent by email for overdue loans that have not been repaid. After the third reminder, an invoice will be sent for the unreturned material.

You can make reservations for the material in Turku University of Applied Sciences Finna or by contacting the library.

You can reserve materials on loan, materials available on the shelf and materials in stock. You can pick up your reservation from the campus library of Turku University of Applied Sciences of your choice.

Log in to Finna with your Turku University of Applied Sciences username or with a one-time login link. Read the instructions on how to log inand make a reservation in Finna.

When the work you have reserved is available for collection, you will receive an arrival notification by email. Course books will be available for collection for three working days and other materials for five working days.

Material that is not available in the library of Turku University of Applied Sciences or in the collection of any local library can be borrowed from elsewhere. The library will place the order with another library on your behalf, which will determine the loan period and other terms of use.

You can request materials using the interlibrary loan form or by visiting the library.

Remote service, i.e. ordering material from another library, is subject to a fee.

We remotely borrow material from the Turku University of Applied Sciences, except for the material found in Finna, such as AV material, orchestral material, manuscript material and course books. Paper copies of electronic full-text materials acquired by the library are provided if the user agreement allows it.

There is a charge for remote service. Place an order for long distance service.

Contact the remote service:

E-mail: kaukopalvelu@turkuamk.fi
Tel. 02 263 35390

Valid from 13.1.2023

Services are tax-free except for printouts and contractual services. In campus libraries, you can only pay by card. The minimum amount to be charged is 1€. The fees shown in the Finna customer information can also be paid online viaFinna at Turku University of Applied Sciences.

Late fees

• Late fee for loans 0,30 € / work / day
• Late fee for course books 1 € / book / day
• Late fee for night and weekend loans 1 € / work / hour after the first opening hour
• Maximum late fee for course books and night and weekend loans 10 € / item / loan or renewal and for other material 6 € / item / loan or renewal
• The maximum (single) late fee is €50.

When a customer has €15 in outstanding payments, he or she will be put in a loan ban.

Reservations and transport between campus libraries

Reservation and transport of material between campus libraries is free of charge.

Remote access

Works and copies of articles ordered from other libraries

Students and staff of Turku University of Applied Sciences:

• Cash customers:domestic 5€ / item, Nordic 10€ / item and other countries at the cost of the sender’s library, copies of articles 5€ / article

• Billing customers:fee charged by the sending library

Other customers:

• Cash customers: domestic 15 € / item, Nordic 20 € / item and other countries at the cost of the sender’s library.

• Billing customers: the fee charged by the sending library, for copies of articles at least 5€ / article

A fee will also be charged for uncollected interlibrary loans.

Works and copies of articles from your own collection sent to other libraries

• For public libraries in Finland: €10 per item
• For other libraries: 20 € / item
• International: 20 € / workArticles 10€ / article

Interlibrary loans and copies of articles are free of charge for UAS libraries.

Information services

Information retrieval orders

• Units and projects of Turku University of Applied Sciences: by agreement

Training services

Knowledge acquisition and other tailored teaching

• Units and projects of Turku University of Applied Sciences: by agreement
• Other units: by agreement

General introduction to the library:free of charge, to be arranged in advance

Information guidance:free of charge, to be agreed in advance

Other payments

• Replacement of lost or damaged material: the borrower will replace the item with a similar one or pay the price of a new book at the library or be charged €60. At the library’s discretion, the compensation may be higher or lower if the publication is of significantly higher or lower value. A handling fee of €10 per invoice will be added to the invoice.

• Printables

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• Deleted library material: 1 – 5€ / volume,
  works of bibliophilic value and works withdrawn from special collections: current price

Access

The library of Turku University of Applied Sciences primarily serves the students and staff of Turku University of Applied Sciences, but external customers can also use the library. Access to the library’s collections and facilities is subject to compliance with these rules.

Library card

When borrowing material, the customer must have a library card approved by the library. A library card is issued to persons aged 15 or over after verification of their identity. The card holder must provide his/her personal data for the customer register. A library card for persons under 15 years of age is issued with the written consent of the adult’s guardian. The guardian must also provide his/her personal data for the customer register.

The library card is personal. Everyone is responsible for their own card and for the material borrowed with it or borrowed with the card of a person they have guaranteed. If you lose your library card, you must report it to the library. You are not responsible for material borrowed with a lost card after you have received a report of loss. The customer will receive a new card to replace the lost one for a fee to be determined separately.

Any change of address or name must be notified immediately to the library. Students’ personal data are updated in the library system from the student register (PEPPI).

Borrowing from

Loan periods are decided separately and announced in the campus libraries and on the library’s website. The loan period normally ends on the due date at the end of the campus library’s opening hours. Exceptions (e.g. night loans) will be announced at the campus libraries.

Loans are automatically renewed 12 months from the date of the loan, unless there are reservations. After that, loans must be returned or re-borrowed at the library. Reservations can be made for items on loan. The library reserves the right to give priority to reservations made by students or staff of Turku University of Applied Sciences. The customer cannot reserve material on loan at the time of reservation. The library may restrict the loan of material from its collections, either temporarily or permanently.

Everyone has the right to check what information about them is stored in the library’s customer register.

Fees and reimbursements

The material is free to borrow. For items overdue, the library may charge a late fee and the costs of collection. If a customer loses or damages library property, he/she must pay for the damage caused.

The library has the right to charge a fee for services other than lending. The amount of the fees and charges will be determined separately and will be communicated to the customer in the campus libraries and on the website.

The library is not liable for any damage to the customer’s equipment caused by the borrowed material or recording.

Loss of the right to borrow

You may lose your borrowing rights if you have unpaid fees or refunds to the library. You can also lose your borrowing right by breaking the library’s rules.

Disruptive behaviour may result in temporary or permanent loss of access to the library. Library staff also have the right to ask the disruptive person to leave the library premises.

Customer register

The library’s customer register is a personal register in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Act, which is used only to monitor borrowing, and the data contained therein will not be disclosed outside the library ( Turku University of Applied Sciences Library’s Privacy Notice ),

Other provisions

In addition to the common rules, campus libraries may have their own rules that do not conflict with these rules. Library rules and guidelines will be posted in the campus libraries.

Turku University of Applied Sciences students’ data are updated in the library from the student register (PEPPI). Library notification letters sent to students and staff are always sent to Turun AMK’s e-mail address.

If you are not a student at Turku University of Applied Sciences, please notify the library of your changed contact details. Please also remember to inform us of your e-mail address, so that we can contact you with notifications regarding library bookings and loans.

If you use your Turku UAS library card at another academic library, please notify the library of the change in your contact details.