The National Library of Finland Bulletin 2011

THE NATIONAL LIBRARY

of Finland Bulletin 2011

EDITORIAL

Kai Ekholm
The National Library of Finland earns its evaluation

The National Library of Finland prepared for its international evaluation with great expectations and respectful anticipation for nearly two years.
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IN BRIEF

The Comellus project creates new expertise and solutions for the long-term preservation of printed publications

Europe's first national crowdsourced digitization program breaks 25,000 participant mark

Well-known Finnish Disney collector Pentti Hauhiala donates most of his life's work to promote the Finnish cultural heritage

The National Library's travel-themed treasures digitised for open online use

Facts and statistics

International cooperation

The National Library of Finland Bulletin 2011

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Ville Hänninen The secret recipe of Finnish comics Tommi Musturi is typical of the Finnish comic avant-garde. What makes Finnish comics interesting to international readers? The secret of many Finnish comics lies in their ability to depict worlds where something is "wrong". This sense of something being out of place seems to be the reason for the success of many of our most popular comics. read more »
Solja Järvenpää Opinions and emotions – Finnish women in their comics read more »		Kirsi Aho The National Library published the online version of the 1000-year-old Theorica Pantegni read more »
Jussi-Pekka Hakkarainen Polonica – a rich but neglected collection The Polonica Collection of the Slavonic Library is one of the most versatile collections of the National Library of Finland. The collection and its historical dimension have been forgotten over the years, even though Polonica can offer a number of research themes from a time period spanning over two hundred years.