Field trip to Bergö

Besides the rainy weather our journey begun in a welcoming atmosphere. Twelve people attended the field trip from various libraries. On our way to the ferry, we stopped for breakfast at Pappa Dagis. The island welcomed us with dozens of sheep, which created the understanding of a unique way of living. Library assistant Anita Söderholm…

Monthly letter

After the delightful meetings during spring and the beginning of summer with the libraries in our area, AKEpampas has had its hands full with upcoming courses and new services. At august we will continue our Teams-meetings and visits with libraries in our area. You can find us also at IFLA in Rotterdam, Netherland. We will…

The project of reducing plastic in Seinäjoki library

Library director of Seinäjoki Library Kirsti Länsikallio, describes what kind of considerations were made, when they decided to let go of plasticization of loanable material. In the beginning of the year 2022 Seinäjoki city library decided to make an end for covering loanable material with plastic. Reducing plastic is significant environmental act. It supports sustainable…

Annual plan

Vasa City library: AKEpampas – The district of Ostrobothnia, South Ostrobothnia and Central Ostrobothnia Operation’s main goal is to develop regional library services, knowledge, and co-operation of the employees of library. Collaboration gives the advantage to share best ways to solve problems and share the most efficient equipment’s from colleague’s experiences. In regional libraries one…

Loanable boxes

Videobox With the help of this box, you can make high quality videos with no effort. The package contains video camera, a stand, a MacBook air, and a wireless microphone. Videobox is good for streaming and making trailers or educational clips. You can use the equipment’s for editing videos that are made with smartphone. If…

Courses

What is Liboppi? Liboppi is moodle based online platform for learning, that is focused on complementary learning to the employees of public libraries in Finland. Liboppi gives the advantage to take courses independently, with one’s own speed. To have the access to the courses, you need to register on the platform, after that you send…