News
No reservation fees during 2010
The library celebrates it's 110th anniversary this year!
During 2010 all our customers may place holds on any library material (books, CD's and DVD-movies) at no charge.
This is how it works:
- You may place a hold on an item online - or by contacting us by phone or e-mail.
- We will notify you by mail or e-mail when the material is available for pick up
Please contact us if you have any problems regarding your reservations. Phone: 7851 273 ( Information desk) 7851 272 (Circulation desk) E-mail: biblioteket[@]jakobstad.fi
Library Press Display
Library Press Display provides you with today's newspapers from 82 countries and in 39 different languages.
The service offers instant translation as well as sound integration - you may listen to an audio version of an article through Windows Media Player. The resource may be accessed from any Library computer
- Go straight to Library PressDisplay
Wireless Internet Access
The Library offers free wireless Internet Access
The library personnel will provide you with a username and a password.
How to use the library WLAN:
- You need to have a WI-FI enabled laptop.
- Select the "EDUWLAN"-network an click Connect
- Open your web browser.
- Type in your username and password
The library E-media
The Library electronic media collection is available 24-hours a day, seven days a week.
Access requires a valid library card and a PIN.
We offer E-Books mainly in Swedish but also in English
- E-Books and Streaming Audio Books (Elib)
- Naxos Music Library - Streaming Music Files, mainly Classical Music
Ask a librarian
The Ask a Librarian service searches for reference material for customers.
Our answers contain references to literature and Internet-pages or a guidance to other sources, where it the information needed could be obtained.
The service is maintained by all public libraries in Finland. For more information, see Libraries.fi