{"id":25834,"date":"2026-02-05T08:45:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T06:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/?p=25834"},"modified":"2026-03-13T13:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T11:54:08","slug":"40-years-of-library-services-in-the-carelia-building-on-the-joensuu-campus-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/40-years-of-library-services-in-the-carelia-building-on-the-joensuu-campus-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"40 years of library services in the Carelia building on the Joensuu campus, part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><bdo lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Joensuu Campus Library of the University of Eastern Finland is located in the Carelia building, which turned forty years old in 2025. Over the decades, the library\u2019s facilities and services have undergone changes. Now we are once again on the threshold of a new transformation: the campus development project will bring new actors into the building.<\/bdo><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><bdo lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In the upcoming semester, we will celebrate the forty-year-old library space with a series of blog posts. We will also share information about the changes that will come to the facilities as part of the campus development project.<\/bdo><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1756\" height=\"737\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/carelia-rakennus-littea.jpg\" alt=\"A large red-brick building.\" class=\"wp-image-25258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/carelia-rakennus-littea.jpg 1756w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/carelia-rakennus-littea-1250x525.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/carelia-rakennus-littea-151x63.jpg 151w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/carelia-rakennus-littea-768x322.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/carelia-rakennus-littea-1536x645.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1756px) 100vw, 1756px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><bdo lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In presentable and modern facilities<\/bdo><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><bdo lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Main Library of the University of Joensuu began operating in the Carelia building in the summer of 1985. Both the customers and the library staff were provided with modern, spacious facilities. The total floor area was 5,400 square metres across three floors. The first floor housed reference works and course books. On both the second and third floors, there were two collection halls containing research literature and periodicals from various academic disciplines. Staff facilities were located on the first and second floors.<\/bdo><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"858\" height=\"583\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/palvelutiski.jpg\" alt=\"Library ciruclation desk with two staff members behind it.\" class=\"wp-image-25578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/palvelutiski.jpg 858w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/palvelutiski-151x103.jpg 151w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/palvelutiski-768x522.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 858px) 100vw, 858px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><bdo lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The library&#8217;s circulation desk was located near the entrance on the first floor.<\/bdo><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"586\" height=\"863\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/neuvontatiski.jpg\" alt=\"Library information desk.\" class=\"wp-image-25579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/neuvontatiski.jpg 586w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/neuvontatiski-102x150.jpg 102w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><bdo lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The information desk was also located on the first floor, near the reference works.<\/bdo><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><bdo lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The library halls contained hundreds of reading places, and adjacent to the halls were sixteen group study rooms. The largest of these rooms were intended to be equipped for teaching purposes with overhead projectors and slide projectors. The library also had three typing rooms, a language laboratory, as well as a separate space for watching videos and television and for listening to music.<\/bdo><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"860\" height=\"583\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/kielistudio.jpg\" alt=\"Students in a language laboratory.\" class=\"wp-image-25720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/kielistudio.jpg 860w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/kielistudio-151x102.jpg 151w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/kielistudio-768x521.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><bdo lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Students in the library&#8217;s language laboratory.<\/bdo><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1496\" height=\"925\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/kerrosopaste-mv.jpg\" alt=\"Directory board on the library's first floor.\" class=\"wp-image-25725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/kerrosopaste-mv.jpg 1496w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/kerrosopaste-mv-1250x773.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/kerrosopaste-mv-151x93.jpg 151w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/kerrosopaste-mv-768x475.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1496px) 100vw, 1496px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><bdo lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Public signage guided visitors to the services.<\/bdo><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><bdo lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Operations in the building did not initially settle into the desired routine. In the spring of 1986, a construction-time defect was discovered in the floor surfaces of the first floor. The floor had to be replaced, which meant that the library\u2019s first floor, including its service desks, was out of use for three months. Library services had already been somewhat restricted shortly before this due to a civil servant strike. The library premises had remained open, but for a little over a month no materials were lent out.<\/bdo><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"582\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/lattia_auki.jpg\" alt=\"Opened floor with intersecting pipes\" class=\"wp-image-25577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/lattia_auki.jpg 870w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/lattia_auki-151x101.jpg 151w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/lattia_auki-768x514.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><bdo lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Drying the floor in the summer of 1986.<\/bdo><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><bdo lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The initial difficulties were overcome, and the library\u2019s first decade in the new premises became in many ways a period of growth and expansion. New degree programmes were established at the university, and student admissions were increased. At the same time, the number of library users, loan statistics, and the collections grew rapidly. Furnishing the facilities and developing the services continued for years \u2014 the work was not completed all at once.<\/bdo><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"857\" height=\"597\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/ylatasanne.jpg\" alt=\"View from the library\u2019s upper level toward the lower floors.\" class=\"wp-image-25698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/ylatasanne.jpg 857w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/ylatasanne-151x105.jpg 151w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/ylatasanne-768x535.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 857px) 100vw, 857px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><bdo lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Library architecture viewed from the third-floor landing.<\/bdo><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"856\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/hypermedia.jpg\" alt=\"Computers on desks, with reference works on bookshelves in the background.\" class=\"wp-image-25695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/hypermedia.jpg 856w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/hypermedia-151x105.jpg 151w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/hypermedia-768x533.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 856px) 100vw, 856px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><bdo lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Information retrieval terminals on the tables; more traditional reference works on the shelves.<\/bdo><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><bdo lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Information technology was making its way into libraries. At the University of Joensuu Library, computerisation in various work tasks had begun already in the 1970s, first in the cataloguing of materials. The first library system to cover circulation, acquisitions, and cataloguing\u2014VTLS\u2014was introduced in 1991. Until then, information about the publications acquired by the library had been browsable on microfiche, but now customers could search the collections using computer terminals. One step toward self-service was the self-check machine, ceremoniously taken into use in 1993.<\/bdo><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1328\" height=\"899\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/itsepalveluautomaatti_arvohlot.jpg\" alt=\"Five people looking at the library\u2019s self-service machine.\" class=\"wp-image-25615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/itsepalveluautomaatti_arvohlot.jpg 1328w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/itsepalveluautomaatti_arvohlot-1250x846.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/itsepalveluautomaatti_arvohlot-151x102.jpg 151w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/itsepalveluautomaatti_arvohlot-768x520.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1328px) 100vw, 1328px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><bdo lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rector Paavo Pelkonen performed the first loan using the library\u2019s self\u2011service machine. Present were Jorma Kirjavainen from Kirjastopalvelu Oy, Timo Hyv\u00e4rinen from Inter Marketing Oy, systems designer Hannu Kinnunen, and Library Director Tuulikki Nurminen.<\/bdo><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><bdo lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The university was eager to showcase the Carelia building to both domestic and international visitors. Presidents of Finland Mauno Koivisto and Martti Ahtisaari each visited the university during their regional tours, and on those occasions the programme also included a tour of the library. In the 1990s, the building was visited by, among others, the ambassadors of the Federal Republic of Germany and Hungary, and in 2001 the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Igor Ivanov, toured the library. The expansion of theological education also brought ecclesiastical visitors, such as the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in 1995.<\/bdo><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"862\" height=\"582\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/koivisto.jpg\" alt=\"A crowd in front of the library\u2019s display case.\" class=\"wp-image-25717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/koivisto.jpg 862w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/koivisto-151x102.jpg 151w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/koivisto-768x519.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 862px) 100vw, 862px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><bdo lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The presidents\u2019 visits were media events. Mauno and Tellervo Koivisto at the University of Joensuu Main Library in September 1991.<\/bdo><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1392\" height=\"944\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/ahtisaari-vari.jpg\" alt=\"A smiling crowd in the library hall.\" class=\"wp-image-25722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/ahtisaari-vari.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/ahtisaari-vari-1250x848.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/ahtisaari-vari-151x102.jpg 151w, https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2026\/01\/ahtisaari-vari-768x521.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1392px) 100vw, 1392px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><bdo lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Martti Ahtisaari visited the library in January 1995.<\/bdo><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><bdo lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The collections of the University of Joensuu Main Library grew, and the shelves in the reading rooms filled up. As operations expanded, space challenges emerged faster than anticipated. We will discuss this further in the next part of the series.<\/bdo><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><bdo lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Sources:<\/strong><\/bdo><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joensuun yliopiston kirjasto 30 vuotta: Joensuun yliopiston kirjaston 30-vuotisjuhlajulkaisu. Joensuun yliopiston kirjasto 2000.<br \/><bdo lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Minutes of the Board Meetings of the University of Joensuu Library, 1985\u20131990.<\/bdo><br \/><bdo lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Annual Reports of the University of Joensuu Library, 1985\u20131993.<\/bdo><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mikko Meril\u00e4inen, <bdo lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">information specialist<\/bdo><br \/>Riitta Porkka, <bdo lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">head of services<\/bdo><br \/><bdo lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Collection services<\/bdo><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/40-years-of-library-services-in-the-carelia-building-on-the-joensuu-campus-part-1\/\"><bdo lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Part 1: Library facilities to the university&#8217;s new main building<\/bdo><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/40-years-of-library-services-in-the-carelia-building-on-the-joensuu-campus-part-3\/\" id=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/40-years-of-library-services-in-the-carelia-building-on-the-joensuu-campus-part-3\/\"><bdo lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Part 3: From spaciousness to crampedness<\/bdo><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/40-years-of-library-services-in-the-carelia-building-on-the-joensuu-campus-part-4\/\" id=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/40-years-of-library-services-in-the-carelia-building-on-the-joensuu-campus-part-4\/\"><bdo lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Part 4: From one renovation to another<\/bdo><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Joensuu Campus Library of the University of Eastern Finland is located in the Carelia building, which turned forty years old in 2025. 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