You can pay with a debit card or with the most common credit cards (Visa, Visa Electron and MasterCard) in all library locations. In Helka you can pay fees with Finnish online banks.
Cash is accepted only in the Main Library at Kaisa House.
| RESERVATION FEES / BOOK | €, VAT 0 % |
|---|---|
| Fee for reservation that is not picked up (Applies only for coursebooks and interlibrary loans to UH staff members) |
3,00 |
| OVERDUE FINES / LOAN / DAY | €, VAT 0% |
|---|---|
| Textbooks, mobile storage units and objects | 1,00, maximum 15,00 / loan |
| Short loans | 5,00, maximum 30,00 / loan |
| Other books (Does not apply to UH staff members) |
0,50, maximum 5,00 / loan |
| OTHER FEES | €, VAT 0 % |
|---|---|
| Collection one month after the due date | collection agency fees |
| Suspension of borrowing rights | amount of unpaid fees exceeds 15.00 or a loan is overdue more than 15 days |
| Compensation for lost or damaged items: Acquisition cost of new material |
minimum 80.00 |
| Replacement for a lost library card | 5,00 |
| Compensation for a lost key | 80.00 or as invoiced |
| SUPPLIES | €, inc. VAT 25,5 % |
|---|---|
| Canvas bag | 5,00 |
Helsinki University Library follows the guidelines of the University’s Facilities and Properties Management.
| RENT FOR FACILITIES | UH, HIS and HUH * According to the internal price list OF the Facilities and Properties sector / price group / € / hour, VAT 0 % |
Other customers According to the external price list OF the Facilities and Properties sector / price group / € / hour, incl. VAT 25,5 % |
|---|---|---|
| Kaisa house, meeting room 7062, 110 m2 (50 persons) | A5 / 47,00 / hour | A5 / 115,46 / hour |
| Kaisa house, group work room 2024, 32,3 m2 (12 persons) | A1 / 18,00 / hour | A1 / 54,97 / hour |
* In addition to the internal net price, Helsinki Innovation Service and Helsinki University Hospital pays 25,5 % VAT.
Photographing and filming in the library's premisis:
Without permission, you may film or take photographs of the library buildings and premises only for personal use. For other purposes, productions photographed or filmed alone or with one model or interviewee are subject to the base price.
As a rule, using the Helsinki University Library facilities as a shooting location for purposes other than media use is subject to a fee.
| Members of the HU community | Unigrafia ID-card 5.00 |
| Members of the HU community and other customers | Black-and-white €0.079/page, color: €0.149/page |
| UH student, uh Staff INCL. HUCH | Loan / Article copy / €, VAT 0 % |
|---|---|
| From EU (incl. Finland) | 0,00 |
| From outside EU | 0,00 |
| Other customers | Loan / Article copy / €, VAT 0 % |
| From EU (incl. Finland) | 32,00 / 14,00 |
| From outside EU | 33,00 + cost from a sending library / 19,00 |
| Libraries (public and research) | Loan / Article copy / €, VAT 0 % |
| From Helsinki University Library | 9,00 / 6,00 |
| From EU (incl. Finland) | - / 14,00 |
| From outside EU | - / 19,00 |
| State, municipalities | Loan / Article copy / €, VAT 0 % |
| From Helsinki University Library's collections | 18,00 /12,00 |
| From EU (incl. Finland) | - / 14,00 |
| From outside EU | - / 19,00 |
| Company or organisation | Loan / Article copy / €, VAT 0 % |
| From Helsinki University Library's collections | 20,00 / 15,00 |
| From EU (incl. Finland) | - / 16,00 |
| From outside EU | - / 22,00 |
| Delivery abroad to all customer groups | Loan / Article copy / €, VAT 0 % |
| From Helsinki University Library's collections | 32,00 / 12,00-15,00 |
| Express Delivery (if applicable) to all customer groups | Loan / Article copy / €, VAT 0 % |
| double the price |
The fee of interlibrary loan is charged whether or not the loan is picked up by the customer. If the sending library charges a fee for reserving or renewing the loan, it will be charged from the customer based on the fee charged by the sending library. The customer is responsible for any fees charged for delayed, lost or destroyed material.
When picking up the interlibrary loans and documents in the library, any fees will be paid at the customer service desk. Payment methods: Cash in accepted only in the Main Library in Kaisa House. You can pay with a debit card or with the most common credit cards (Visa, Visa Electron and MasterCard) in all library locations.
| EXPERT SERVICES | UH and HUH units and staff, degree students and post-degree students / €, VAT 0 % |
Other customers / € |
|---|---|---|
| Information specialist's work / starting hour | 60,00 | 107,00, VAT 0 % 134,30, inc. VAT 25,5 % * |
| IT specialist work | 168,80, inc.VAT 25,5 % | |
| Open courses in information retrieval / person / starting hour | 0,00 | 26,80, VAT 0 % |
| Customized courses for groups / starting hour | 0.00 + Rent for premises ** | 207,80, VAT 0 % + Rent for premises according to the internal price list of the Facilities and Properties sector with VAT |
* If the library specialist's work is related to a service on which VAT is charged (e.g. renting premises, using library location for photographing/filming, consulting), a 25,5 % VAT is added to the price for external customers and HUH. Extensive consultations are charged on occasion as projects or service contracts. University of Helsinki in-house companies are considered as other customers.
** If the customer books the premises through his / her own university unit, the library will not bill the customer for the rent.
| SERVICE | Description | additional INFORMATION |
|---|---|---|
| Licence for Medic database | Finnish domestic database in Medicine and Health Sciences | Available to FinELib consortia members through FinELib Read more about Medic database |
| Digital Repository Service Helda | Digital Repository Service for researchers' publications, organizations' publication series, study materials and research data. | Read more about Helda helda-admin[at]helsinki.fi |