Fredrika
Finland's first public library
catalogue on the Internet
Fredrika is a
union catalogue for twelve municipal
libraries in Vaasa coastal region in Finland. The municipalities are
bilingual (Swedish/Finnish). The book collections reflect the linguistic
composition of the municipalities. Altogether there are over 1
million books in the Fredrika libraries. The
union catalogue is still under construction. It is updated once a
week. More about Fredrika.
Fredrika functions as a network, consisting of equal member libraries
with no central library. Number of member libraries with branch
libraries and mobile libraries: 51
Number of staff in the libraries: 87
Chair person of the Fredrika board in 2007: Solveig Lund, Pedersöre
e-mail:
solveig.lund@pedersore.fi
The Database is located at a software company (Abilita) in Jakobstad.
Specialities in FREDRIKA in general:
-
1st free public library Internet www-catalogue in Finland
- Books published in Swedish and Finnish in Finland
- Books published in Sweden
- Books about Finland and Scandinavia
- Networking & co-operation between libraries (international
connections:
The county Library of Västerbotten, Sweden.
West Virginia Library
Commission, USA) Cultural/bilingual minorities
The
municipal libraries in the
union catalogue are:
 Jakobstad
with 19,500 inhabitants
Korsholm
17,400 inhabitants
Korsnäs
2,200 inhabitants
Kristinestad 7,700 inhabitants
Kronoby
6,800 inhabitants
Larsmo
4,400 inhabitants
Malax
5,500 inhabitants
Nykarleby
7,400 inhabitants
Närpes
9,500 inhabitants
Oravais
2,200 inhabitants
Pedersöre
10,600 inhabitants
Vörå-Maxmo
4,900 inhabitants
Together these municipalities have about 100,000 inhabitants, of whom 78
% are Swedish speakers and a further 21% Finnish speakers. Swedish is a
minority language in Finland, spoken by about 300,000 of the country's 5
Million inhabitants. Finland is officially a bilingual country.
Interlibrary
Loans from libraries within Fredrika must be requested directly from a
member library, using either e-mail or faxmachine. Loans are only made
to other libraries - not directly to private users. Please use standard
form.
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