University of Helsinki urges both its students and staff stay home and work remotely during the exceptional situation caused by the corona virus. The library aims to provide support for the university community in these exceptional circumstances.
Library Enabling Independent Study and Remote Work
The library professionals are working remotely for the most part. You can contact them normally by email or phone. Contact information can be found on the website or University of Helsinki People Finder.
All library service emails are operating normally. Please note that in the customer service there may be longer waiting period in these exceptional circumstances.
During the exceptional situation, you can study information seeking by taking online courses or via various learning materials.
- Information Seeking and Management for the Thesis Writer (online course)
- Student’s Digital Skills (learning material)
- The library guides (for example about RefWorks, data management)
- E-book guide
- ResearchGuides (specific subject guides)
Remote Guidance on information seeking
If you need online advice how to seek information or use resources, you may book a time for remote information seeking. You will find the instructions and link to the booking calendar on the remote guidance website.
Webinars
You will find the course descriptions and instructions how to register on Weboodi: Instructions and courses > course catalogues > erillislaitokset > Helsinki University Library, 2020-2021.
The library supports Open Education and the use of open learning materials during the exceptional situation.
Guides and Instructions
Where to find textbooks and learning materials that are Open Access? Where can I publish my textbooks or learning materials openly?
The Open Science experts at Helsinki University Library have collected information on open education and learning for the use of teachers.
What does Kopiosto’s copying license enable?
Services and Tools
The Digital Repository of the University of Helsinki contains textbooks that are openly available.
The Library of Open Educational Resources is a platform for using and sharing learning materials.
The Helsinki University Library provides the Editori service for open journal publishing and learning scientific publishing practices.
Inspiration for Teachers
Think Open Digest's special issue on Open Education is aimed at teachers working at higher education institutions. The issue presents articles, services, tools, guides, and recommendations related to the theme of open education and learning.
Consult the Library on Open Education
Do you want to ask about open learning materials or textbooks? Do you need advice on Open Education? Do you want to share your own tips on Open Education? You may contact library’s experts via the online form.
Services for the researchers
Services for open access publishing, research data management as well as services for publication metrics, visibility and Tuhat-reporting are available to university members as usual.
You can reach our specialists by email, phone or online (Teams-chat or a call).
- Research services - contact emails.
- Liaison librarians´ contact information.
Online lectures and guidance
- We provide online support for research data management, open publishing and publication metrics (contact emails above).
- Find our Open Science webinars and online events on HULib news or Flamma-intranet news.
- Check also all our courses and workshops.
- Research Data Management basics lectures and Data Management Plan workshops are currently organised remotely.
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Tuhat-info customer service for annual research reporting is available by phone, email and Yammer.
Research Guides
Remember also our wide collection of thematic and subject guides.
- Open Access for researchers
- Research Data Management
- Measuring Research Impact
- Research visibility & altmetrics
Videos
As a member of the University community you can submit an acquisition proposal normally. However, only electronic material can be made available for the time being.
Customers' interlibrary orders and acquisition proposals are tried to handle as usual. However, the exceptional situation may cause limitations.
Research Data Management basic lectures (RDM basics) and Data Management Plan workshops (DMP workshops) are arranged remotely.
Research Data Management basic lectures
RDM basic lectures will be held via zoom. Please, see the schedule & sign up for the course for we send the link only for those who have signed up.
Data Management Plan Guidance
Instead of Data Management Plan workshops (DMP workshops) UH Data support will provide personal guidance with Data Management Plans. Please, contact us by email: datasupport@helsinki.fi
Data Management Plans and Academy of Finland Calls
These webinars will be arranged aroud the actual calls (on April and September), see the schedule & sign up.
University of Helsinki Data Support
The Data Support at the University of Helsinki assists researchers on the management of research data. Contact: datasupport@helsinki.fi