The Municipal Library of Joutsa
Borrowing
Everyone is welcome to borrow our materials. You need to prove your identity with an ID with a photo and fill a registration form tuo get a library card. You need the library card every time you borrow something. Borrowing is free of charge. If you don´t return your loans in time, the fee is 2,50 €. Reservation is also free of charge, unless you don´t fetch the item in time, the fee is 2,00 €. The length of the loan period is 4 weeks (books, periodicals, audiobooks). Renewal is possible if there aren´t reservations. You can renew your loans online (you get a password at the library), by phone or e-mail or of course by visiting the library. If we don’t have something you need in Joutsa library you can request that from another Keski-library. Ordering materials outside Keski-libraries is also possible but the fee varies from library to library – please ask at the desk.
Materials
Books (Finnish, English, Swedish, German, Russian – other languages can be ordered, ask at the desk), dictionaries, language courses
Newspapers: only in Finnish
Periodicals: National Geographic in English, Lantliv in Swedish and Schöner Wohnen in German
Movies: DVDs, blu-rays, documentaries
Music: CDs, karaoke-DVDs (Finnish songs too), some concert-DVDs, records (in the repository, ask at the lending desk)
Audiobooks and radioplays: mostly in Finnish, few in different languages for studying purposes
E-materials https://keski.finna.fi/Content/ekirjasto : PressReader, ePress-magazines, Naxos Music Library, Rockaway music school, Naxos Spoken World
Other services
Computer hardware and photocopier & printer & scanner in Joutsa:
– 4 computers with printing possibilities
– free WiFi
– scanning into memory stick or e-mail
Computer hardware in Leivonmäki:
– 1 computer with printing possibility
– scanning into memory stick
Used book’s sale: bigger sales on February and in summer in Joutsa, ongoing smaller sale ( 1 bookshelf) in Joutsa and in Leivonmäki
Exhibitions
There’s an exhibition space in the Joutsa library. Everybody can have an exhibition in the library fee of charge. Exhibitions change every month. You need to fill a form https://www.joutsa.fi/kunta-ja-hallinto/asioi-verkossa/ . The form is in Finnish, ask help at the library.
Events
The library arrange different events and happenings throughout the year, for example author visits and poetry evenings. Mostly the events are in Finnish. Follow our websites and Facebook: Joutsan kirjasto ja kulttuuritoimi and Instagram joutsankunnankirjasto. If something happens in English, we let you know!
Library sites, contact information and opening hours
The main library of Joutsa
Länsitie 6, tel 040 358 0010, e-mail kirjasto@joutsa.fi
opening hours:
Mon-Tue 13 – 18 Wed-Fri 10 – 15
extended hours (no staff around) every day 6 – 22
The branch library of Leivonmäki
Leivonmäentie 6, tel. 040 763 6161, e-mail lahikirjasto@joutsa.fi
Tuesday 12 – 18 Thursday 10 – 16
extended hours (no staff around) every day 8 – 21
During summertime one month only extended hours (varies every summer), follow information.
Fees
Broken / lost
– container of audio visual material 1,00 €– 6,00 €
– plastic pocket of a CD audiobook 0,60 €
– bar code label 0,50 € – RFID label 0,80 €
Interlibrary loan
– eventual fees of the sender library
New library card
– the first library card no charge
– if you lose or break the old one and need a new one: adults 4,00 €, children 2,00 €
Overdue fine
– the first letter 2,50 €, the 2nd letter 5,00 €, the bill 10,00 €
Plastic or paper bag
– 0,20 €
Printing, photocopying and scanning
– black/white A4 0,25 €, colour A4 0,75 €
– black/white A3 0,75 €, colour A3 1,50 €
– associations and societies in Joutsa -50 %
Reservation
– if you don’t collect in time (7 days) 2,00 €
Used books
– 0,50 € – 2,50 €, periodicals 0,10 €
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History
The library was established 1864 by Aksel Lehtinen, a schoolmaster and civil cervant, and was probably located at his home. Year 1878 there were 30 books in libary. Year 2004 the library moved into its’ current location, a former grocery store.
We have Aksel in the library even today: the modern Aksel is a cute library elf, who sits in the library´s desk.
