Library

The library of the Geological Survey of Finland is the main library for geoscience information in Finland. The main office is in Espoo, near Helsinki. Library units are also situated in the regional offices in Kuopio and Rovaniemi. The library provides services to staff, geoscience organisations and universities as well as to members of the public.

Collections

The GTK library, established in 1886, holds about 150 000 items. The holdings include about 21 000 geologic maps and serials (some 2600 titles currently). It also houses monographs and conference volumes, theses and dissertations, CD-ROMs and videos. In addition to purchasing, material is acquired by exchange agreements with both national and international organisations.

Library catalogue and other reference databases

Hermanni	The GTK Library catalogue
FINGEO	Bibliographic Database on Finnish Geological Literature from 1971 to present
OLD BIBLIOGRAPHIES	Bibliographic Databases on Finnish Geological Literature 1555-1970
RAPGEO	Database on unpublished reports in GTK's Archives
OKU REPORTS	Exploration reports of Outokumpu mining company
LOPPI	National drill core register
Claims	Database on claims and claim reports 1811-2008
TREK	GTK Research register (1998-2009)
Publications	Database on all publications issued by the GTK since 1895
GTK Maps	Database on printed maps issued by the GTK since 1879
MulThes	Multilingual Thesaurus developed by the IUGS/COGEOINFO Working Group
Geologic Index Terms	Geologic Index Terms and Geographical Descriptors used in GTK

The databases are updated continuously. General feedback about the databases may be addressed to: info gtk.fi.

Services

Clients can search the GTK databases free of charge through Internet. Loans and copies from collections are available from the library units (see price list). The loan period is mostly a month, two weeks for new publications. The library material is also available to users through interlibrary loans.