Rules and regulations
The rules and regulations of the Leppävirta municipal library have been accepted in the meeting of the Culture and Leisure Committee on 15th of June 2021.
Library card and PIN code
You can get a library card by presenting a valid personal identification document with a photograph, and by pledging yourself to follow the library rules. The first library card is free of charge. If you are under 15 years old, you need a guardian’s written consent to get a library card.
You are responsible for any material that is borrowed with your library card. The guardian is responsible for the borrowed material of a person who is under 15 years old.
If you wish, you can use the electronic library card found on our web library instead of a physical library card. You can open the library card on your mobile device and use the barcode for borrowing. You can get the barcode by logging in and opening an Own Account menu and choosing the Library Card section.
Please also notify the library if your contact information changes.
A PIN code consists of four numbers. You can get a PIN code from the library. You need the PIN code when you use our web library, and when you use the self-service facilities downstairs outside opening hours.
Loans and reservations
You can borrow physical material and e-material from the Leppävirta municipal library. The loan period for the borrowed material varies from 1 to 28 days depending on the material. Loan period expires when the library closes on the due date. You cannot borrow movies and videogames if you are not old enough.
You can renew your loans maximum of 10 times if the loans do not have any reservations. The library also has material that cannot be renewed, such as quick loans. You can renew your loans on our web library, via phone call or in the Leppävirta municipal library with the help of a librarian.
You must always return your loans on the due date at the latest. You can borrow and return material independently with the self-service borrowing and returning machine upstairs and borrow material independently with the self-service borrowing machine downstairs. There are two so-called returning boxes in the Leppävirta municipal library: one next to the exterior door upstairs and the other downstairs in the newspaper reading room. The loans returned to the returning box will be registered as returned on the next working day. The returning by the returning box is at customer’s own risk.
You can subscribe to email notifications for reminders about upcoming due dates. However, the library cannot affect the interruption in data communication, which is why the library is not responsible if the loans are overdue because you did not get a reminder.
You can reserve material in the Leppävirta municipal library or on our web library. When the reserved material can be collected, you will be informed via email, text message or by a letter. The notification includes a personal reservation number. The same number can be found on your reserved material, so you can independently collect your reservations from the reservation cart. You can collect your reservations during self-service hours downstairs, where you can independently borrow it with the self-service borrowing machine. Reserving material is free. If you fail to collect your reservations, a fee of 2,10 € will be charged. Collecting period lasts for 7 days, and in the mobile library for 14 days.
If the library does not have the material you would like to borrow, you can fill in an acquisition request.
Mobile library
The mobile library Tilda operates in all areas of the municipality of Leppävirta.
Fees
The first overdue notice 2,10 €. The second overdue notice and invoice 2,10 €. Failing to collect reserved material 2,10 €. Collecting period is 7 days, and in the mobile library 14 days. Interlibrary loan 5 €/loan. The payment limit for losing borrowing rights 10 €.
If you have over 10 euros worth of fees, your borrowing privileges will be suspended until you pay the fees.
After two overdue notices, the library will send an invoice for the overdue material, about six weeks from the due date. If you do not pay the invoice or return the borrowed material, the invoice will be sent to debt collection.
If you lose or damage the library’s material, you must compensate it either by purchasing a new copy or paying the compensation fee. Movies, digital games or computer programmes cannot be compensated by purchasing a new copy.
Compensation fee for DVD, CD or videogame from the adults’ department 30 €. Compensation fee for DVD, CD or videogames from the children’s and young adults’ department 15 €.
Interlibrary loan service
You can submit an interlibrary loan request for material that is not found in the Leppävirta municipal library. The service is fee-based (5€/loan).
You will be informed primarily via phone call or text message when the interlibrary loan can be collected.
Self-service facilities
When the library is closed, you can access the self-service facilities downstairs every day from 7 am to 9 pm. To get in you need your library card and PIN code. The facilities are supervised by camera monitoring.
In the self-service facilities you can:
- collect reserved material
- borrow material that is available in the self-service facilities
- read and borrow newspapers and magazines
- read e-newspapers
- use free wireless internet
- exchange your own books with others
- use a microwave
- visit the exhibit space and conference room
Exhibition space
The library has a free exhibition space downstairs (17,5 m2). You can make an exhibition request by filling in a request form. Suitable exhibitions are for example exhibitions of art, photographs, crafts or textiles. The exhibition space is open every day even during self-service hours i.e. from 7 am to 9 pm.
The library has a glass cabinet upstairs which can be used for small exhibitions, such as various collectors’ collections. The movable glass cabinet’s size is 45 x 43 x160 cm, and it has three removable glass shelves.
Conference room
The library has a conference room which seats approximately 30 people. The conference room is equipped with a video projector and a white screen. There is also a coffee maker and a kettle at your use.
You can reserve the conference room via phone call (044 797 5572) or by visiting the library and asking the librarian. Commercial operators are charged 50 € + 12 € VAT for 1-4 hours and 80 € + 19,20 € VAT for over 4 hours of use. Otherwise, the use of the conference room is free.
Computers, printers and copying
You can reserve the library computers only on special occasions by calling 044 797 5572. Printouts are subject to a fee.
You can copy and scan material with the library printer. Copies are subject to a fee.
Accessibility
The Leppävirta municipal library is accessible. There is a parking space for the disabled. The toilet for the disabled can be found downstairs. There is an elevator between the floors. You can use an induction loop in the service counter and in the conference room. The library has a walker that the customers can use. The external doors do not open automatically, so please ring the doorbell if you need help getting in or out of the library.
There is an elevator for the disabled in the mobile library, so you can access it even though you use a walker or a wheelchair.
The audiobooks of Celia library are for people who struggle with an injury or an illness that complicates reading a physical book. Such injury or illness can be for example vision loss or dyslexia.
You can get access to the Celia library by contacting our librarians. In addition, the Leppävirta municipal library has some Celia-audiobooks that can be borrowed with a library card.