Welcome to the renewed site!
A renewed Helmet will be introduced on 21st April. It is much easier to use the renewed site via e.g. smartphone or tablet. Site has no separate mobile version, instead the site adjusts itself according to device being used.
About third of the users who visit the site use other than traditional computers, in other words, they use tablets and smartphones. The use of portable devices is constantly on the increase. Helmet site is responding to this trend.
Subpage menu as a new element
As a new feature, Helmet.fi has a big top menu which contains the most used functions. You can find a shortcut to item search, libraries’ contact details and events from this menu.
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Magnifying glass icon leads to item search. Item search has a link to online payment.
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Clock icon shows libraries’ opening hours and contact details. You can choose individual library sites from the dropdown menu.
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Calendar icon allows you to browse events and happenings organized by the libraries.
Three horizontal lines on the right-hand side opens or closes Helmet.fi main site from which you can find all the same contents that were available on the old site. You can open or close the main menu by clicking the Menu-word or the three horizontal lines.
You can search events with a search word either from the calendar icon or by navigation: Events and tips -> Events. You can limit search results with a filter according to event type or city by opening the Limit search by clicking the downward arrow.
Borrowing functions remain unchanged
You can access you own account by clicking the Log-in on the upper right-hand side so that you can then renew loans, reserve books and other items and check due dates of your loans.
Renewed user interface does not affect search sites nor your own account. In other words, the renewed site has no effect on borrowing functions since they remain unchanged.
Helmet.fi will be in issued in Finnish, Swedish, English and Russian. You can access different language versions from the top menu.
You can search articles, libraries’ sites etc. from the Helmet.fi site content from the bottom menu.
It is much easier to see in which part of the site you are on. Navigation menu bar is more easily seen on the left-hand side.
You can browse events from the calendar by search word or by choose all libraries or an individual library.
In emergency situations such as system errors will be notified more clearly on the top menu. You can close emergency notice by clicking the box on the top menu.
Mobi.helmet.fi will be closed down
Text: Iina Soininen
Photo: Helmet-libraries