Volunteer at a library As a volunteer at a Helmet library, you can participate in arranging myriad activities.
Helmet.fi succeeds in competition for user-centric services Helmet.fi ranked among the top three in the competition for Europe’s best user-centric digital services.
Activity Bus VÄLKKY Activity Bus Välkky is an open events space for all residents of Espoo that will drive to meet you and your event
Volunteering at Espoo libraries Espoo city library offers many opportunities for volunteering. Welcome!
OverDrive digital magazines to be retired on 4 March 2022 and Flipster on 1 July 2022 Digital magazines in OverDrive will no longer be available at the Helmet e-library as of 4 March 2022 and the Flipster service as of 1 July 2022. Foreign digital magazines will continue to be available via the PressReader service.
Helmet libraries’ Ukrainian-language collection is growing fast This spring, more than a thousand works in Ukrainian were ordered for Helmet libraries
Floating also affects collection work at Helsinki City Library The Helsinki City Library has prepared a new collection policy that takes into account the changes to collection work brought about by floating.
Visiting Helmet libraries safely We want to make your visit to Helmet libraries as successful and safe as possible. We have compiled information on our activities and some general instructions we ourselves follow and hope that all our visitors will also observe. Welcome to the library – safely!
Lippulaiva library in Espoolahti is open Lippulaiva library, Espoo’s fifth district library, opened it’s doors March 31st, 2022. The library is located in Lippulaiva shopping center and offers a wide range of services and long opening hours.
Popularity of e-materials levelled off in 2021 The popularity of e-audiobooks continued to grow, the number of loans increasing by 11 per cent from 2020. By contrast, the number of e-book loans started to decline for the first time.
Helsinki Central Library Oodi organises its first Tolkien Day Tolkien Day, which honours the work of fantasy writer J.R.R. Tolkien, will be celebrated at Helsinki Central Library Oodi on Friday, 25 March at 16:00–21:00.
Logging in to e-magazine services As a customer of the Helmet libraries, you can use several e-magazine services.