Human resources

Value discussions conducted among the personnel produced new ideas to help promote skills and wellbeing as well as
a new, welcome addition to the value family of the National Library.

 

Key figures

At the end of the year, the National Library had 213 permanent and 117 fixed-term employees. The total number of person years was 273, of which 25 per cent were completed by fixed-term staff.

The number of fixed-term employees was markedly higher than in 2009 or in previous years. The increase for this and last year was caused by the promotion project for the National Digital Library, also known as the stimulus project, which was launched early in the summer and is scheduled to end in June 2011. A total of 62 additional employees were hired for this project.

Promoting workplace wellbeing

The further development of workplace wellbeing was promoted through value discussions, which involved the whole organisation. The discussions also generated the final decision to coin a new value for the National Library, “We promote access to information.”

The TYHY group, appointed to promote staff wellbeing, organised seven meetings during the year, focussing primarily on the planning and organisation of the value process. All performance areas were also appointed their own TYHY groups.

Skills development

The skills of the staff were mainly developed through training organised by the University of Helsinki and the National Library itself. The number of participants in the trainings grew from the previous year by seven per cent. For training days, the increase was four per cent. On average, 3.0 days were spent in training for each person year.

The management of the National Library began leadership coaching, supervised by
a coach from Novetos Oy. The National Library commissioned training in project management from Projekti-Instituutti Oy and training in work community communication from Kevi Consulting Oy.

The results of the value workshops were presented in a poster exhibition organised in the foyer of the University of Helsinki Small Hall. The workshop coordinators served as guides for the exhibition.

Photo: National Library of Finland / Kari Timonen