Limited Opening Of Lending Services For The Uniarts Members During 1.6-18.6. In Helsinki

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Updated 1.6.2020: The library is not responsible for the functionality of access key.


The library doors have been closed between 18.3.-31.5. Lending services will be opened for the Uniarts members for limited self-service 1.-18.6.2020, from Mon to Fri 11.00-15.00 in Helsinki. You can access the library building with a valid access key of each facility of Uniarts. The library is not responsible for the functionality of access key. The library follows national guidelines and those provided by the University of the Arts. E-services continue to be accessible 24/7 as usual. The interlibrary loans will be sent to other libraries until June 12, but interlibrary loans cannot be ordered to the library at the moment.

In the self-service library you can: 

  • Loan the material available on the shelves of open collection 
  • Pick-up your reservations from the pick-up shelf  
  • Return your loans, print and copy material 

Use the self-service machine for loaning and returning. You can’t operate in the library without Arsca library card. Customer service desk is closed. Please do not use library space to anything else but self-services available. If you left your library card home but have mobile device with you, you may use mobile library card.

We update information about current changes to the library’s website https://lib.uniarts.fi/en/ and Facebook www.facebook.com/uniartslibrary/.

For library customers outside the University of the Arts, the library offers the opportunity to return loans on two Fridays in June.

Loans And Reservations

After getting arrival notification by e-mail, you can pick-up your reservations from the pick-up shelf using self-service if you have Arsca library card and a valid access key of each facility of Uniarts for the entrance. Pick-up service is available only in Helsinki.

  • Loan due dates have been changed to 15.9  
  • The library does not charge fees accrued during the period of apprehension 
  • Reservations can be made for the open collection and for the home loanable material in the archive collection 
  • Delivery times may be longer than normal 
  • Reservations will be processed in order of arrival from 1.6. 
  • Please remember to cancel reservations no longer needed by using Arsca e-service 
  • After returning your loans, information update in your customer account may take longer than usually due to the large number of loans we are handling 
  • You can also return your loans by mail (except to Kuopio)

Reservations can be made until June 12. After that, reservation service is disabled to the introduction of the new library system. Reservations already made will be transferred to the new system. New reservations can be made after the summer, and we will inform further as the schedule becomes more specific.

Summer 2020 Opening Hours

During the self-service library customer service is available mainly by phone and e-mail. 

During the Mon 15.- Wed 17.6. the library staff will be trained for the use of the new library platform Alma. During this time, the library can be used as self-service but customer service is not available by phone or e-mail. The staff is online to help you again on Thursday 18.6.

Uniarts Helsinki Library: Sibelius Academy 

Lending, returning and reservation pick-up as self-service on working days from 11.00 to 15.00 with access key of the facility
Staff available by phone and e-mail on working days from 11.00 to 15.00. 
E-mail: lib.siba@uniarts.fi
Phone number: 040 710 4224

Uniarts Helsinki Library: Theatre Academy 

Lending, returning and reservation pick-up as self-service on working days from 11.00 to 15.00 with access key of the facility
Staff available by phone and e-mail on working days from 11.00 to 15.00. 
E-mail: lib.teak@uniarts.fi 
Phone number: 0400 792 096

Uniarts Helsinki Library: Academy of Fine Arts 

Lending, returning and reservation pick-up as self-service on working days from 11.00 to 15.00 with access key of the facility
Staff available by phone and e-mail on working days from 11.00 to 13.00. 
E-mail: lib.kuva@uniarts.fi 
Phone number: 040 8609 508

Sibelius Academy Kuopio Library 

Music Centre Kuopio and library closed. 
Staff available by phone and e-mail on working days from 11.00 to 15.00. Loans can be returned from the Musical Centre’s post box on the Puijonkatu side until 17.6.

E-mail: lib.sibk@uniarts.fi
Soili Voutilainen, Phone number: 040 7104 245
Johanna Taskinen, Phone number: 050 4715 019