Introduction to Information Retrieval

The University Library is open for all users, like most of libraries in Finland.

• You may freely wander around the Library.
• You may pick books by yourself from shelves for reading, copying and borrowing.
• You may borrow as many books as you wish.
• Borrowing and reserving are free of charge.
• Self-service loan stations are available for you.

The main task of the Library is to support the academic studies and research of students and staff in Lapland University and Lapland UAS.

Lending periods vary for different collections. Some material may only be used in the library’s reading room. Loaned material must be returned, or the loan must be renewed, by the due date.

Two organizations have a shared Library Catalog LUC-Finna.

• University of Lapland
• Lapland University of Applied Sciences

LUC-Finna contains books, e-books, thesesis, journals and other materials in Lapland University Consortium Library. LUC-Finna contains also information of books and journals of National Repository Library (Kuopio).
If you want to search for licensed electronic materials or to make request or renew your loans, please select your University and log in with your personal username, 

• Students from the Lapland UAS and the University of Lapland can use Tuudo's electronic library card. No other library card is required and does not require a visit to the library. You can download Tuudo for Android and iOS mobile devices for free from the Google Play and App Store.
  • With the Tuudo library card: you can see your loans, reservations and unpaid fees. You can loan materials in campus libraries using your Tuudo library bar code. You can receive the library's newsletters and a chat service.
  • See also: Tuudo at the library.
• If you want a plastic library card, visit the library. The first card is free of charge and can be retrieved by showing your identity card.
• If you aren't the student of Lapland University or Lapland UAS, please register as a customer of library in LUC-Finna.
• Borrowers are responsible for all materials borrowed on their card.

You can renew your book loans if there are no reservations and your unpaid fees do not exceed the limit, 5 €.
You can renew loans: 

• online via LUC-Finna during one year (guide)
• via Tuudo
• by calling the library, tel. Rovaniemi 040 484 4302, Kemi-Tornio 040 542 5406
• by e-mail: kirjasto (at) ulapland.fi

You can return your loans to all locations of Lapland University Consortium Library.

Due date reminders about for loans that are over 7 days are sent by e-mail. First notice three days before due date, second one after the due date and third one week after the due date.

Return Boxes outside the library should be used only when the library is closed. The boxes are emptied in the morning.

• Lapland University A Wing
• Kosmos Library A door
• Minerva Library opposite Lappia

Overdue fines
 

Rovaniemi

The library is an active learning environment and a meeting place, but also a quiet place to work. Please respect the needs of other users when meeting your friends and talking to them in library.

• Group work areas are in the second floor
• Computer Classroom for quiet working is in the second floor.
• Silent reading room (216) is in the second floor (only reading, not typing)
• It is possible to use library facilities outside opening hours with an access control ID.

There are computers for students in the first and second floor. Most of the computers need logging in with ulapland/UAS credentials. 

Kemi-Tornio

• There are group work facilities in both library units.
• Silent study rooms are available in Kosmos Library.
• It is possible to use library facilities outside opening hours with an access control ID.