Opening Hours
Independence Day
- Library locations are closed on Saturday, 6 December.
- Learning Centre Aleksandria is open with an access tag from 7:00 am to 1:00 am.
Thursday 11 December
- Library customer service in Kumpula, Meilahti and Viikki will be closed on Thursday 11 December due to a library staff event. The campus libraries are open on a self-service basis in line with the opening hours of the buildings.
- Customer service at Kaisa House is open as usual from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm.
Exceptions at the turn of the year (15 December 2025–6 January 2026)
- Meilahti Campus Library is closed between 15 December and 6 January.
- Kumpula Campus Library is closed between 22 December and 6 January.
- Kaisa House and Viikki Campus Library have exceptions in opening hours between 20 December and 6 January.
- Learning Centre Aleksandria is open daily from 7:00 am to 1:00 am with an access tag. The exception is Wednesday, 31 December, from 5:45 pm to Friday, 2 January, at 7:00 am, during which time Aleksandria will be completely closed.
Borrowing and returning printed materials
The due date for material from the Meilahti collection is 12 January as follows:
- 28 day loans starting on 17 November
- 14 day loans (textbooks) starting on 1 December
- 2 day loans starting on 11 December
The due date for material from the Kaisa House, Kumpula and Viikki collections is 12 January as follows:
- 28 day loans starting on 25 November
- 14 day loans (textbooks) starting on 9 December
- 2 day loans starting on 22 December
You can order books from the Kumpula and Meilahti collections to be picked up from the Kaisa House or Viikki by making a reservation for the book in Helka.
You can return books to the Main Library and Viikki Campus Library during the opening hours.
Books can be returned to the drop boxes around the clock at Kaisa House and Kumpula. In Meilahti, books can be returned to the Haartman Institute's (Haartmaninkatu 3) return box Mon-Fri 8:00 am -3:45 pm