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There have been some complaints about the building, because there’s not that many books. But the law that governs public libraries actually gives libraries qui
by jpalomaki 7y ago
There have been some complaints about the building, because there’s not that many books.
But the law that governs public libraries actually gives libraries quite wide mission.
Quick automatic translation from the finnish version. Not perfect, but you get the point.
”The purpose of this Act is to promote:
1) equal opportunities for education and culture for the population;
2) access to and use of information;
3) reading culture and diverse literacy;
4) opportunities for lifelong learning and skills development;
5) active citizenship, democracy and freedom of expression.”
https://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/2016/20161492 https://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/2016/20161492
- trm42 7y agoIt's kind of funny that the amount of physical media is criticized. It still has 100k books, movies, magazines and other loanable stuff in total. And it's only one of the libraries in Helsinki region, and into which you can order loanable stuff from the other libraries as well.
- Gravityloss 7y agoI personally have found good books and loaned from Oodi. Mostly about music. Regular libraries with more books in general tend to have a similar "hit rate" for me. If you are in Helsinki and want to visit a nice more classical library, Kallion kirjasto and Töölön kirjasto are easily accessible by tram or electric scooter. Kallio is old and nice and Töölö is by Alvar Aalto.