Järvenpää City Library

Opening hours
Monday - Thursday	10-20
Friday	10-18
Saturday	10-15
Holiday eves	10-15
Sunday	closed
Newspaper reading room opening hours
Monday - Thursday	9-20
Friday	9-18
Saturday	9-15
Sunday	10-14

During summer the opening hours are shorter.

Address: Kirjastokatu 8, 04410 Järvenpää
Telephone: 09-27192536        
Fax: 09-27192546
Email: kirjasto@jarvenpaa.fi
Map


Library card and borrowing
Järvenpää City Library is a public library open to everyone. A library card and borrowing privileges are granted to anyone living in Finland who presents an identity card with a photograph and agrees to follow the library rules. Children under 15 years of age need a written consent from their parent or guardian. 
The library card is personal and must be presented each time you borrow material from the library.You are responsible for items borrowed with your library card, so notify us immediately if your card is lost or stolen. Please inform us also of any changes in your contact information (postal address, phone, email). The public libraries of Järvenpää, Kerava, Mäntsälä and Tuusula together form a network called KIRKES and your library card is valid in all these libraries. The use of library is free of charge.

Loan period and renewals
The loan period is usually four weeks. However, with CDs, videos, DVDs, CD-ROMs, magazines and recent acquisitions the loan period is two weeks. When borrowing material you get a due date receipt. Remember to return or renew your loans on the due date, otherwise we send you a reminder and charge an overdue fee. Loans can be renewed in person, by telephone or over the internet, unless they have been reserved by another customer.

Library services

Adult lending department
The collections include books, magazines, videotapes, DVDs, CD-ROMs, talking books and language courses. If you do not find what you are looking for, do not hesitate to ask the librarian. The library staff will give you guidance in using the library and assist in finding information or material you need. At the information desk you can also reserve items on loan and make suggestions for new acquisitions. Material not found in Järvenpää library can be ordered as an interlibrary loan. There are several customer terminals for browsing the library’s online catalogue and checking the availability of material. You may look for library material by author, subject, title, keywords and classification numbers.

Library offers free access to the Internet. Some of our internet computers can be booked in advance, others can be used for 15 minutes without an advance reservation. Printing is available at a charge.

There is also a self-service photocopier which operates on cards. Copy cards can be bought at the circulation desk.

Music department
The music library has a wide collection of all kinds of music – from classical to rock, jazz and blues. You can borrow CDs, cassettes, music videos, DVDs, sheet music and scores. There is also a collection of reference books for use in the library and facilities for listening to music with headphones.

Children’s department
There is a wide range of  books for all ages: picture books, fairy tales, juvenile books, comics. You may listen to music or fairy tale recordings with headphones, make puzzles and play traditional board games or CD-ROM games. Children are also welcome to our weekly story time. Every now and then puppet shows are arranged either by the library staff or by a professional puppet theatre. There are two internet computers reserved for the use of children.

Newspaper reading room
The newspaper reading room is open every day – also on Sundays. We subscribe to both domestic and foreign newspapers and magazines. Children’s magazines are situated in the children’s department and music magazines in the music department.The city administration has its information point in the newspaper reading room. You may read official records of the City Council, City Board and the committees.

Reference library
The reference library is both a silent reading room and a collection of reference books.
Items belonging to the reference collection are given as overnight or weekend loans with certain exceptions. If you need a place to do research, you can reserve a study room for yourself for six months maximum. There is a word processor and a microfilm reader/printer for which you can book a time at the information desk.

Web services
You can search our library online catalogue at www.kirkeskirjastot.fi. To reserve and renew items and check your own records, you will need your library card number and a pin code. If you do not have a pin code yet, ask for one at the circulation desk.

Multilingual services
Järvenpää City Library has literature in major foreign languages. We also have some literature in less widely spoken languages like Somali and Vietnamese. The Central Multilingual Library that operates in the Helsinki City Main Library serves foreigners in Finland. The Library has books in 60 different languages and their collections are for nation wide use through the interlibrary loan service.

The mobile library of Tuusula stops in Järvenpää on Fridays at the Jamppa shopping centre at 13.30-14.15.