The welfare and leisure board of Lahti unanimously decided to close the Launee library as of January 1, 2026.
The board states that the savings targeted for the library's financial plan years 2026 – 2027 will be realized with this decision.
The mobile library routes will be redesigned from the beginning of 2026, taking into account the closure of the Laune library.
In addition, the board decided that the library in Mukkula will continue to operate, but the location of the library in more affordable premises than the multi-purpose building will be under clearance.
Otherwise, the board decided the issues according to the agenda at its meeting on October 9, 2024.
In case of problems logging into the Lastu online library, proceed as follows.
In the system change, only one library card was transferred to the new system. If you cannot log in to the online library and you have more than one library card, try logging in with them. If you wish, you can switch to another card by visiting the library.
If you only have one card in use and you cannot log in, you can update the PIN code under the button Forgot your password. If logging in to the online library gives a notification that the account cannot be found, visit the library on site and take an ID card with you.
The library system change and the resulting service interruption have ended.
Library services are available again. The Lastu libraries are open and serve normally.
Check the up-to-date opening hours in the online library lastu.finna.fi.
The online library
The online library and e-services such as PressReader and Cineast are in use again.
Accessing the Timmi booking system with a library card is available again from 10.10.
In the system change, only one library card was transferred to the new system. If you cannot log in to the online library and you have more than one library card, try logging in with them. If you wish, you can switch to another card by visiting the library.
If you only have one card in use and you cannot log in, you can update the PIN code under the button Forgot your password. If logging in to the online library gives a notification that the account cannot be found, visit the library on site and take an ID card with you.
Self-service library use for under 15-year-old customers from 30.9.
Self-service terms for customers under 15 must be renewed at Lastu libraries on site. Ask for more information about your own library. As an exception, the libraries of Hartola, Kalliola and Padasjoki, where the use of a self-service library does not require the guardian's separate consent.
The renovation of the main library's service water pipes will continue in the customer premises.
In the main library, work is currently being done to renew the service water pipes. Due to the work, the library has renovation racks and there are occasional water outages. In addition, renovations are being carried out in the lobby, which is why the toilets and the door may be out of use.
Due to the work, the library has renovation racks and there are occasional water outages.
The library facilities are available to customers.
The library system of Lastu libraries will change from September 16 to September 29, 2024. During this time, you cannot borrow, reserve or return material. Local libraries are closed. Services will gradually return to operation on Monday, September 30.
The replacement of the library system will take place between 16 September and 29 September 2024. During this time, Lahti City Library and other Lastu libraries do not offer loan, return and reservation services. During this time, you cannot borrow, reserve or return material.
During the exchange, some of the library's other services are available. The library's e-materials work during the exchange, with the exception of the Cineast and PressReader services, which are not in use during the exchange. The municipalities' joint E-library is also available. The e-library is a joint service of the municipalities, from which you can borrow e-books, audiobooks and digital magazines. For the time being, you cannot log into the Timmi space reservation system with a library card. Logging in with strong identification works throughout the exchange.
Opening hours of Lastu libraries 16.9.–29.9.2024
The main library in Lahti is open Mon-Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., closed on Sat-Sun. The local libraries in Lahti are closed, and the mobile library does not operate.
Asikkala library is open Mon-Fri from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., closed on Sat-Sun. The staff opens the doors for pre-arranged events outside of opening hours.
The Heinola library is open Mon-Fri from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., closed on Sat-Sun. The mobile library does not operate.
Hollola's main library is open Mon-Thurs from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Fri from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., closed on Sat-Sun. The Kalliola and Hämeenkoski libraries are closed. The mobile library does not operate.
Some of Padasjoki's library facilities are open Mon-Fri 10:00-15:00, closed Sat-Sun. The staff opens the doors for pre-arranged events outside of opening hours.
Sysmä library's reading room and part of the library's facilities are open Mon-Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., closed on Sat-Sun.
Hartola library, Kärkölä library and Orimattila library are closed. Orimattila's mobile library does not operate.
Check the up-to-date opening hours in the online library lastu.finna.fi.
Lahti library guidances
During the exchange, there will be no digital guidances, no group visits or guidance on how to use the library (with the exception of Wednesday, September 18 at 2-3 p.m. digital guidance in russian language).
The customer view of the online library will not change
The use of the online library and self-service machines in the new system will remain unchanged for customers.
The new library system will continue to enable up-to-date on information security and offers wider opportunities than before to develop the library's operations.
Loan periods will be temporarily extended due to the change of library system from August 12.
From Monday 12.8. the due dates for new and renewed loans will be 7.10.-13.10.2024. However, the loan period for season tickets is still one week.
New interlibrary loan requests cannot be made in the libraries of Lahti from August 26
In the libraries of Lahti, no new interlibrary loan requests can be made from August 26 until the new interlibrary loan system has been implemented. The remote service outage starts on September 16. and lasts approximately until 30.9.
Heinola library will have a service interruption for interlibrary loan requests from 16 September to 29 September 2024 during the exchange.
interlibrary loans can be renewed during the exchange. For interlibrary loan matters, students can contanct their the educational institution's library's remote service.
In other Lastu libraries, interlibrary loan requests are served normally during the exchange and before it.
Remember to save your loan history by 15.9.
The customer's borrowing history is not transferred from one library system to another.
If you wish, you can save the loan history as a separate list for yourself, which will remain after the system change. If you have selected your loan history to be saved, the selection will also be transferred to the new system and the loan history will start to save again automatically.
If necessary, you can get help from the library staff.
One library card will be transferred to the new system
If you have more than one library card in use, please note that only one of them will be transferred to the new system: the library card active in the old library system.
You can ask your library which card you have active. If necessary, ask the staff to change the desired card to an active one. This way you ensure that the right card is transferred to the new system.
The electronic library card application is out of use
The electronic library card application is out of use and will be back in use on September 30th.
The exchange will be announced in more detail on the library's channels, and this news will be updated on the Lastu libraries' website. More detailed information about the libraries, such as instructions and unusual opening hours during the exchange, will also be included in this news.
Additional information:
Lahti City Library, Library Service Coordinator, Janne Seppänen phone 044 483 1509 janne.seppänen@lahti.fi
The library organizes three residents' evenings, where the importance of local libraries to the community is discussed.
The city library of Lahti organizes community gatherings in three local libraries, where decision-makers and municipal residents have been invited to discuss the importance of libraries in residential areas and their effects on well-being.
The events are organized because the city's austerity measures in the next few years may have an impact on the library network, and the Library Law requires that the municipality must consult its residents in key decisions regarding public libraries.
The times and places of the events are:
Mukkula library on Wednesday 28 August 2024 at 17:30
Address: Tuhtokatu 2A
Laune library on Thursday 19.9. at 5:30 p.m
Address: Aurakatu 11
Kärpänen library on Thursday 3.10. at 5:30 p.m
Address: Kasakkamäentie 16
Residents can also send their views to the decision-makers in advance. Forms and an answer box can be found in all three libraries.
Timeout dialogue principles are followed at the events. The events are open to everyone, no pre-registration required. A warm welcome!
Additional information:
Salla Palmi-Felin Director of Library Services salla.palmi-felin@lahti.fi / tel. 050 559 4098
Terhi Lehti Service manager, local library services terhi.lehti@lahti.fi / tel. 044 483 1513
Leave your views to the decision makers! The box can be found in the library, where the residents' evening is organized.
The mobile library Pegasos will no longer run on the routes from August 20. due to a significant technical fault.
The bus's life cycle is at the point where extensive repairs are no longer valid. The new mobile library Saaga will start on the routes during the fall of 2024.
The mobile library service is off until the new mobile library arrives.
Schools and kindergartens on the routes will be notified separately.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
Additional information:
Lahti City Library Service manager, procurement and logistics services, Johanna Mattila 044 416 3228 Johanna.Mattila@lahti.fi
The name of the new mobile library of Lahti city library is Saaga. A record number of name suggestions were given, almost five hundred.
The name selection process was presented to the welfare and leisure board on August 14, 2024.
A raffle was held among those who submitted name suggestions, where the prize is sustainable products in accordance with the principles of the Lahti library. The winners will be contacted personally.
Saaga, which serves the Lahti region, is scheduled to start its route in 2024. Until then, the preceding bus Pegasos will be driving.
The autumn of Lahti City Library events starts in August.
This autumn's first public event, Mastofestareiden Musakirppis, will be held on Friday the 16th. In the open-air event at the library's yard, there are sold for example discarded records and the afternoon is enjoyed to the rhythm of good music.
The city library offers plenty of different events during the fall, to which everyone has free access. There are familiar reading, craft and writing circles, fairy tales and digital guidance workshops, but there is always room for something new as well.
– Our goal is to prepare the most versatile, timely and comprehensive set of events for our large customer base every year, says Suvi Haikola, the service manager responsible for the library's events.
Crystal clear encounters are experienced in the autumn program. The author guests in the autumn's events are topical names on the contemporary literature. In the aftermath of the Nordic Literature Week, we get a breath from Iceland, when Satu Rämö, who became very popular with her Hildur series, arrives as a guest writer. Rakel, the fourth part of Rämö's detective series, will be published in autumn 2024.
Satu Rämö as author guest 19.11. at 18–19 p.m. at the Lahti main library. The event will be streamed on the Lahti City Library's YouTube channel (youtube.com/lahdenkaupunginkirjasto, link opens to a new window.), and you can watch the event not only from your own sofa at home, but also in the live streaming seating of the Ahtiala and Nastola libraries on site. (Photo: Björgvin Hilmarsson)
This autumn, topicality can be seen widely in the event selections: not only in the choice of visitors, but also in new, creative collaborations. In September, we will meet journalist-nonfiction author Antti Järvi in the main library. Järvi's work Where did Antti Järvi disappear? (2023) won the Finlandia prize for non-fiction. In the pages of the book, Järvi investigates the fate of his relative who disappeared over the border during the war, and reflects on Finland's historical policy and the consequences of the choices made by individuals. The event is organized in cooperation with Lahti visual arts museum Malva. The Destination exhibition is on running in Malva until November 3, 2024, which tells about leaving and finding something new through the means of contemporary art. During the author's visit, we will discuss Minne katosi Antti Järvi? (Where did Antti Järvi disappear?) and the themes of departure and arrival.
Antti Järvi talks about his work and the themes of his works at the Lahti main library on September 5. at 5:30 p.m. You can also watch the Writers' Night live via the stream on the Lahti City Library's YouTube channel (youtube.com/lahdenkaupunginkirjasto). (Photo: Marek Sabogal)
Library events are an equal opportunity for everyone. They offer an opportunity for participation and access to information, education and culture. Events are organized to promote well-being, versatile literacy and active citizenship.
– We hope that it is easy to come to library events. In them, we follow the principles of a safer space, with which we aim to guarantee a safe participation experience for everyone. We also still stream some of the visits, so you can watch them from home if you want, promises Haikola.
Events of the main library and local libraries for the period August-December have been collected in the event brochure. The library's event brochure can be picked up at the library or it can also be viewed on the library's website. Take a look at the event brochure: https://lastufinna.lahti.fi/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Tapahtumaesite-2024-syksy_final-2-1.pdf (in finnish language), the link opens in a new tab (PDF not accessible), opens in a new window.
Additional information:
Lahti City Library, Head of Library Services, Suvi Haikola, tel. 044 416 3239, suvi.haikola@lahti.fi
In the Renkomäki district, the construction works that have started in accordance with the street design planning, will cause changes in the traffic arrangements in August. A detour is used when driving from the direction of Orimattilankatu to the Aura community center's parking lots. The journey from the parking lot to the library takes place as usual. In addition, a detour is also used when accessing with public transport, or other vehicular like bicycles or pedestrian ways when coming from the direction of Lahti and Orimattila.
When traveling by car, it is recommended to use the Renkomäki road. There are signs directing the traffic. Exception routes are in use approximately on August 26. until.
Renkomäki library entrance.
Additional information:
Lahti City Library, Terhi Lehti, Head of Library Services, Branch Libraries, tel. 044 483 1513 Terhi.lehti@lahti.fi
The new mobile library of Lahti city library will soon be ready to serve the municipal residents. You can suggest a name for Lahti's new mobile library on August 7. until.
Lahti's new fully electric mobile library is currently being built. The new mobile library strengthens the library's sustainable and environmentally friendly service development.
Everyone can suggest a name for the new mobile library either online or in all Lahti libraries between July 24 and August 7, 2024. Name suggestions can also be left in the mobile library Pegasos on August 1. from
On Lahti Library's social media channels - submit your name suggestion by commenting on a publication related to the topic.
The name suggestion can also give in papersurvey in all Lahti libraries and on 1.8. from now also in the mobile library Pegasos.
(Note, survey is available only in Finnish, use general translation services offered online or ask help if needed from the library staff).
Sustainable prizes according to the principles of the Lahti library will be drawn among the participants, and the best name suggestion will be awarded.
Lahti's new mobile library is ecological and runs on electricity
Lahti's mobile libraries Eepos, which are at the end of their service life, and Pegasos, which are still on the routes, are slowly being phased out, and the new bus is scheduled to continue as the only mobile library on the Lahti library's routes in the fall of 2024. In addition to its electric drive, the new bus is a low-floor bus, where you don't have to climb stairs. The bus is barrier-free and open to everyone.
Lahti's previous mobile libraries also got their names with the help of a naming contest. Pegasos is currently running Lahti's mobile library and will start its routes again at the beginning of August.
Pegasos and Eepos represented in the port of Lahti. The future colleague of the mobile libraries is still unnamed.
Additional information: Lahti City Library Library service coordinator, communications, Nora Nordman phone 044 416 4103 Nora.Nordman@lahti.fi
Door renovation at the Nastola Library will be completed sooner than expected. Therefore, the normal library entrances and services will be available in the week beginning July 15.
The Nastola Library’s renovations this summer caused changes to the the Library’s entrances and services. In the beginning of July, a snow recess was built at the front door of the Library to prevent problems caused by snow to the operation of the doors in winter.
The renovation, which was expected to take the whole of July, has been completed sooner than expected. So, the Library’s entrances and services will soon be in normal use. From July 15, the Library can again be entered through its own front door. The Library’s self service hours will be available again from July 17. The self-service hours will be available every day from 6:00 to 22:00.
Nastola Library has a more functional front door for the winter.
Additional information:
Lahti City Library, Terhi Lehti, Head of Library Services, Branch Libraries, tel. 044 483 1513 Terhi.lehti@lahti.fi
Since the end of June, the Ellibs service has no longer been among the services at the Lastu libraries. Replacing Ellibs as the e-book service, library customers can now use E-library, a joint service of Finnish public libraries, which was opened in the spring.
Lastu libraries have terminated the Ellibs e-book service as the joint E-library was opened. The Ellibs service is no longer available to Lastu library customers.
From now on, the E-library can be used by our customers. More material will be continually added to the service. Lastu library customers can borrow e-books and e-audiobooks and read digital replicas of Finnish magazines using the E-library application, which can be downloaded from the App store of your mobile device.
The renovation works at the Nastola Library will cause changes to the library's entrances and services in the summer.
In July, a snow recess will be built at the front door of the Nastola Library. The aim is to prevent problems caused by snow to the operation of the doors in winter. The renovation will start Monday, July 1, 2024, and it will last approximately four weeks.
During the renovation, the library's self-service hours are not available.
The library is open according to the service opening hours: Mon, Tue and Thu from 13:00 to 19:00 and Wed and Fri 10:00 to 17:00.
You can enter the library through the main door of the Loisto multipurpose building. The door is located on the same side of the building as the library’s front door. Signs guiding you to Loisto’s main door can be found in front of the library.
The renovation is expected to be completed and the self-service hours will be available no later than Monday, July 29, 2024.
Additional information:
Lahti City Library, Terhi Lehti, Head of Library Services, Branch Libraries, tel. 044 483 1513 Terhi.lehti@lahti.fi
between 1 July and 14 July 2024, Lahti City Library, Johanna Mattila, Head of Library Services, Procurement and Logistics, tel. 044 416 3228 Johanna.Mattila@lahti.fi
A new green oasis will soon flourish in the yard of the Laune Library because gardening boxes have been brought to the yard as part of the Nature-positive Lahti project.
The Lahti City Library encourages inhabitants of Lahti to be nature positive and for its part, the Library tries to bolster Lahti as an environmental city by making the city greener. There are now two gardening boxes in the yard of the Laune Library. Lahti residents can grow their own plants in these boxes. Green, urban gardening is a part of a more comprehensive Nature-positive Lahti project, which aims to increase the diversity of nature in the city and make the city greener.
– The yard of the Laune Library has a new look as gardening boxes have been placed there for Lahti residents. This communal green solution provides local residents with the opportunity to actively participate in the care of urban nature and at the same time enjoy plants they have grown themselves, tells Terhi Lehti, Head of Library Services at the Lahti City Library.
The Library’s yard project, implemented within the framework of the Nature-positive Lahti project, is one of the many measures that aim to improve the quality of life of Lahti residents and enhance sustainable development. An example of what the project has undertaken earlier is that it has made it possible to increase vegetation in the yards of day care centres. This has led to very positive feedback.
Additional information:
Lahti City Library, Terhi Lehti, Head of Library Services, Branch Libraries, tel. 044 483 1513 Terhi.lehti@lahti.fi
Activating Indoor and Outdoor Game Backpacks Available for Everyone in the Lahti Libraries This Summer.
The Age Institute provides the Lahti City Library with backpacks full of games and other material to boost your vitality and facilitate indoor and outdoor activities. The backpacks can be borrowed from the Library.
In the Lahti region, there are already more than ten groups involved in the Together in the Neighbourhood Project. In these groups the inhabitants of Lahti can plan different activities to be carried out for example in the recreational facilities or the yards of their apartment houses. In the backpacks you will also find a guide on how to get started with the Together in the Neighbourhood activities.
– We hope that these backpacks will inspire residents of all ages, older people as well as families and groups of friends, to spend time together. In the summer, people are interested in yard games and expect to get instructions for outdoor exercise activities. It’s great that the Library makes it possible the Together in the Neighbourhood backpacks can be borrowed, says Jukka Murto, Together in the Neighbourhood Project Coordinator at the Age Institiute.
Suvi Haikola, Head of Library Services at the Lahti City Library, is also happy about the donation and thinks the game backpacs are well-suited to the Library’s collection.
– The game packpacks are a nice addition to the sports equipment and games the Library already offers, says Haikola.
The loan period for the game backpacks is two weeks.
Additional information:
Suvi Haikola, Head of Library Services, Lahti City Library, 044 416 3239 suvi.haikola@lahti.fi
Read more about the Age Institute and Together in the Neighbourhood Project here. Jukka Murto, Age Institute Coordinator, 040 552 7100 / jukka.murto@ikainstituutti.fi
Starting June 1. 2024, there will be changes to the parking time limits at the Main Library's customer parking area.
To increase turnover in the parking spots, the two-hour parking spaces will be changed to one-hour spaces. The thirty-minute parking spots will remain the same. The goal of these changes is to promote more efficient parking.
Customer parking spots at the Main Library from June 1, 2024:
One-hour parking spaces
Thirty-minute parking spaces
Please note that parking is only permitted for those visiting the Main Library.
For more information: Petri Neuvonen, Building Maintenance Manager Tel. 044 483 1975
National E-Library opened on April 29, 2024 and it's now available to library customers.
The National E-library is a joint service for Finnish municipalities. It is provided by the National Library of Finland together with Finnish public libraries. Via this service customers can borrow e-books, e-audiobooks and Finnish digital journals. New material is being added to the E-library all the time. So, there will be something new to read and listen to every week.
The E-library is available through an E-library application, which can be installed on mobile devices. E-library applications can now be downloaded from app stores. The service is safe and free of charge. To register in the service for the first time, strong authentication is required. You need Finnish bank credentials to use the service.
Read more about the National E-library from National Library of Finland's website.
The selection of musical instruments in the main library's hobby rooms has been expanded with an electronic drum kit.
The Main Library collection of musical instruments has been expanded. We have acquired a set of Roland electronic drums, which emulate the feel of playing acoustic drums.
You can play the electronic drums in the piano room 4. The piano room can be reserved via the Timmi booking system. Read more about the rooms for recreational activities and how to reserve them at https://lastufinna.lahti.fi/rooms-for-recreational-activities/ (opens to a new window).
We also have some additions to the collection of sports equipment that can be borrowed. The library now has new equipment that may tempt our customers to go hiking or doing other physical exercise outdoors. The sports equipment in the library has been provided by the Lahti City Sports Services.
”Last autumn the Lahti Sports Services conducted a survey on what sports equipment our customers would wish to have. It’s great that we now have frisbee golf discs, for example,” says Suvi Haikola, Head of Library Services.
The Main Library Auditorium floor, which had been damaged by microbes, has been repaired, and the Auditorium can be used again.
According to Salla Palmi-Felin, Director of Library Services, library events and group visits will be moved to the Auditorium during the spring, whenever possible.
”When planning events for next autumn, we’ll take into consideration that the Auditorium can be used again for library events, and we can also accept reservations from other event organizers. Reservations can be made via the Lahti City website at lahti.fi/tilavaraukset.”
The Main Library Auditorium has been out of service since August 2023. When a dampness and indoor air survey was conducted, It became apparent that there was a need to renovate the Auditorium floor.
The dampness and indoor air survey was conducted to form a basis for the Main Library renovation project. It is estimated that the Main Library renovation will begin no later than 2028. At first, measures will be taken to make sure the Library will remain available.
In addition to the repairs of the Auditorium floor, the measures first taken include a more efficient ventilation. In the summer of 2024, a few other technical repairs will also be carried out in some areas of the Library. If the repairs have a significant effect on how the library spaces can be used, customers will be informed of the situation.
A working group targeting the Main Library indoor air quality follows the City’s indoor air operating model. According to the estimate of the working group, the indoor air quality in the Library is stable. You can get acquainted with the Lahti City indoor air operating model at the City’s website, at lahti.fi
The Lastu libraries have acquired Cineast, a film streaming service. The service is free of charge for library patrons. However, a Lastu library card is required. You can log in to the service with your library card number and PIN code.
At the moment, the Cineast collection has more than 1500 films for adults and children, and new films are added to the collection every week. The versatile collection has films from several countries, including Finland, and documentaries, too. The collection has plenty of films for children. The service has an age limit verification system, which prevents children from watching a film rated above their age limit.
It is possible to browse the collection via menu options, for example by genre, language, year or age limit. You may also use keywords to search for films. The front page shows a number of recommended films. Among these are films from different genres and films by some notable directors.
You can log in to the service at https://www.cineast.fi/fi/. You may borrow five (5) films per month. A film that has been borrowed is available for 48 hours. During this time you can watch the film as many times as you want. The service is available via the web browser or by downloading the Cineast mobile app from your mobile device’s app store. The films can be watched on television with Chromecast or Apple TV AirPlay.
The Nastola Library has acquired a Framery office pod, a soundproof working booth. The office pod is meant for no more than two people at a time and it is meant for patrons wishing to have a quiet place to work or study. The space may be used during the library’s service hours and also during the self-service hours.
How to reserve the sound proof space
You can use the sound proof working space after you have reserved it via the Timmi booking system. To use the space during the library’s self-service hours you have to first access the library with your library card and PIN code.
You can reserve the sound proof space via the Timmi booking system. You can log in to the Timmi system with Suomi.fi e-identification or with your library card and PIN code. Using the system is simple. However, you can ask the library’s customer service for help and guidance in making a reservation.
The Lastu libraries have acquired a music streaming service focused on jazz music, Naxos Music Library Jazz. In addition to music recordings, the service has other material, such as curated playlists.
You can access the service with a Lastu library card number. The service can also be used with an NML Jazz App. You can search for music by using a search box or browse the collection for example by performer, record company or genre.
FC Lahti, which plays in the highest Finnish football league, has donated six season tickets to the Lahti City Library. The season tickets can be borrowed from the Main Library and the Nastola Library. The season tickets give free access to all FC Lahti home games. The season tickets have a loan period of one week and they cannot be renewed of reserved. The tickets must be returned to the library location where they were borrowed. One person may not borrow a season ticket more than three times during the season.
Many of our customers have been asking whether it would be possible to borrow a garbage picker from the library. Now it is possible because of the cooperation between the library and the Lahti City Environmental Services.
Garbage pickers can be borrowed from all libraries in Lahti. The loan period is 14 days.
