Publications
The National Library of Finland produces publications on its services, collections and exhibitions. Our operations are described in the Reports and Studies online publication series, reviews of the season’s highlights in the Tietolinja magazine, as well as National Library's annual magazine.
Rotunda / Kansalliskirjaston vuosi
National Library's annual magazine Rotunda (until 2022 Kansalliskirjaston vuosi) presents topical issues related to the institution as well as the people behind them. The annually published magazine is available in printed form at the library and electronically online. The Finnish-language bulletin includes summaries of key articles in both Swedish and English.
Rotunda
ISSN 2954-2340 (printed)
ISSN 2954-2367 (online)
Kansalliskirjaston vuosi
ISSN 2490-175X (printed)
ISSN 2669-834X (online)
Kansalliskirjasto
ISSN 1459-3467
The Kansalliskirjasto magazine has been discontinued at the end of 2017.
ISSN 1797-7320
The last printed annual report of the National Library of Finland discusses the year 2014 and was published in spring 2015. Older annual reports of the library are available in the Doria publication archive (Doria.fi).
Annual report 2014 (Issuu.com)
Seminar and event recordings
Our video recordings of events and seminars are on the National Library's Youtube account (opens a new tab).
Events playlost on our library´s YouTube channel(opens a new tab) (YouTube.com)
Tutorial videos
We produce tutorial videos on the use of the National Library of Finland’s services, resources and equipment. These are published in the National library’s YouTube channel (opens a new tab).
ISSN 2242-8097
The publication series was published in 1918 – 2011 under the name Publications of the University of Helsinki Library (HYKJ 1-77) ISSN 0355-1350 and from 2012 under the name Publications of the National Library of Finland (78- ).
The series currently comprises 84 works, which include bibliographies, scholarly catalogues, festschrifts and books introducing the collections and the history of the museum.
ISSN 1459-0735
The Publications of the National Library of Finland Gallery series related to exhibitions held at the National Library of Finland (volumes 1–14) has been published since 2002. The publications present the wide variety of the National Library of Finland’s collections from Agricola to Donald Duck and from Finnish underground to the international map treasures in the A. E. Nordenskiöld Collection. The publications contain expert articles on the themes of exhibitions and the exhibition catalogue in Finnish, Swedish and English.
As a rule, all end reports, use surveys and other studies of the National Library of Finland projects are published in the publication series.
The publications in the series are available in the Doria publication archive (Doria.fi)
The most extensive renovation of the National Library was carried out between 2013 and 2015. While the project primarily concerned the main building of the Library, designed by Carl Ludvig Engel, some modifications were also made to the Rotunda. The main building of the Library on Unioninkatu was reopened for customers on 1 March 2016.
The attached bilingual (Finnish and English) brochure introduces, in addition to the renovation project, the restoration work carried out as well as the building technology and new solutions utilised to improve the functionality of the Library.
Brochure about the renovation of the National Library of Finland during 2013-2015. (Issuu.com)