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After More than Two Years of Restoration, Finland’s National Library Reopens as Budget Cuts Hit Organization

Filed by on March 2, 2016

From Yle News:

Finland’s National Library re-opened on Tuesday after a restoration that lasted more than two years. It’s now restored to its 1840s glory – and equipped with the latest technology including wireless internet.

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The 170-year-old National Library is being hit by major budget cuts at the University of Helsinki, which owns the building.

“We’re threatened with cutting 50 jobs, which is far too many,” Library Director Kai Ekholm told Yle.

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Learn More About the Renovation (via NLF)

On a Related Note…The National Library’s Digital Collections Contain Over Ten Million Pages of Published Material

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Gary Price (gprice@mediasourceinc.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. Before launching INFOdocket, Price and Shirl Kennedy were the founders and senior editors at ResourceShelf and DocuTicker for 10 years. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com, and is currently a contributing editor at Search Engine Land.

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