Brief in English

Main library

Branch libraries in
e-mail: kirjasto@jamsa.fi
tel.: 020 638 2343
fax: 713 238
(fax from abroad:
358 14, in Finland 014)

Address: Keskuskatu 16
42100 Jämsä, Finland

Opening hours:
Monday - Friday 11-19
Saturdays 10-15
Summer: Saturday closed
Jämsänkoski, tel. 020 638 2696
Kuorevesi, tel. 020 638 2354
Länkipohja,tel. 020 638 2359
      
The library is open for everyone free of gharge.
 
Our online access catalogue: www.aaltokirjastot.fi
 
Libraries in Finland: www.libraries.fi/en-GB/
 
No fee services
  • Use of the computer (PC) with Internet connection. You may reserve time for the computer by telephoning the library 020 638 2343 or by e-mail kirjasto@jamsa.fi. Of course you are also welcome to visit in person.
  • Read international magazines (Newsweek, Deutschland etc).
  • You may read books in English, Swedish, German, Danish, French, Russian and Polish
Permanent residents can fill out a form for the library card.
The library card holder will be responsible for the lending rules:
  • retuning the borrowed out material on time - there is a fee for a delay. The library card holder may lose his priviledges if the items are not returned and the late charges not paid for.
  • the library card holder is responsible for all the items taken out with the card.
  • if the library card is lost it must be reported

Priviledges: You may reserve an item that is currently unavailable by paying 1 euro. You may extend the lending time by a phone or a computer if there is no other request for it.

The Library services for the residents include:

  • The mobile library touring the rural communities on a regular schedule
  • The library will serve those residents at home who are unable to visit the facilities due to disabilities

Lending time

  • 28 days: books, language courses and sheets of music
  • 14 days: magazines
  • 7 days: video cassettes, DVDs

Charges (euros)

  • Delayed return of the borrowed material: 0,20 per day
  • The renewal of the library card: 2,00
  • Reservation of the material: 1,00
  • Damaged item: 1,00 - 8,00
  • Lost item: the price of a replacement
  • COPY machine - self service: Size A4: 0,40, A3: 0,80
  • Computer PRINT out A4: black&white 0,20, color: 1,00
  • Computer DISC: 2HD: 1,00
  • Inter-library loan: 1,00 - 10,00


The library staff will be happy to assist
you on any additional information you
request on the library services.
We look forward to welcoming
you to The Jämsä Library!