New Helmet library card
The Metropolitan area Helmet libraries are taking a new library card into use. In the beginning, the Helsinki libraries distribute the new cards, and later on, so do the other Metropolitan area libraries. The old library cards will function in the future as well. If you want to exchange your old card for the new one, you will be charged three euros.
The library card is a key to all Helmet library services. You can get the library card and PIN at any Helmet library by presenting a valid ID: passport, driver’s license or ID card. With the library card and PIN, you can loan and reserve items, as well as use Helmet e-Library and the libraries’ customer computers.
Everybody with an address in Finland is entitled to a library card. Under-15-year-olds can get a library card at the written consent of their guardian or another adult responsible for the young person.
You can also use the library without having a library card: for example, you can visit the libraries and use their premises to study and work, read magazines, participate in various events or use the libraries’ free-of-charge WLAN with your own device.
Your old library card will continue to function
If you have a library card, you do not have to do anything: all the library cards acquired earlier will continue to function.
If you already have a library card of your own, but would like to have the new card, you can purchase it at the library for three euros by showing your ID. You can also acquire the new card, if you have lost your old one.
Update your contact information yourself
If there are changes in your address or other contact information, register to your Helmet.fi account. You can also update the information at the library’s customer service counter.
If you lose your library card, inform the library immediately about it.
The new outlook of the library card is due to the reform of the visual outlook of Helmet libraries. Graphic designer Marja Hautala of MuuksCreative has designed the new card.
More:
Library card and loans
The new Helmet-logo