Welcome to the Library of the Geological Survey of Finland!
The library of the Geological Survey of Finland is a national library for geoscience information. The main office is in Espoo, near Helsinki. Library units are also situated in the regional offices in Kuopio and Rovaniemi.
Contacts
(Espoo,
Regional
Offices)
Collections
Databases (FINGEO,
KIRJAT-BOOKS,
LEHDET-SERIALS)
Services (Document
delivery, request form)
The GTK library, established in 1886, contains about 150 000 items. The holdings include about 20 000 geologic maps and serials (some 2600 titles currently). It also houses monographs and conference volumes, CD-ROMs and videos. The library has acquired by exchange many Russian publications.
KIRJAT (BOOKS): Online library catalogue including geoscience books since 1992 (retroactive cataloguing going on), congress publications, thesis and dissertations, CD-ROMs, videos, atlases and geologic maps. Classification codes in the database are according to UDC, but the key words are in Finnish only.
LEHDET (SERIALS) database provides information on serial titles held in the libraries in Espoo, Kuopio and Rovaniemi. Annual reports and explanatory texts to the maps are also included.
FINGEO is a comprehensive bibliographic database on Finnish geological literature (books, articles and maps) dating from 1971 onwards. The key words in the database are in Finnish and English. FINGEO contains also geographical names and numbers of map sheets referring to the publications.
All library databases are updated continuously and they can be searched through the WWW.
Loans and copies from library collections are given. The library materials are also available to users through interlibrary loans or photocopies (request form). There is a charge for postage and handling. The loan period is mostly a month, two weeks for new publications. The latest journal numbers are not lent.
Searches for clients are made using databases. There is a
charge for large searches. At the Geological Survey clients can make
searches free of charge.
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Last updated 19.8.2002 library@gsf.fi