About us
The library was founded in 1861.
The library network includes the city library, 14 branch libraries, home and institutional services, 2 mobile libraries (visiting over 100 stops) and 3 Tietotori computer learning centers.
- in 2017, the population of Tampere was 231 967
- The library had 93 489 members
| Borrowed items | Visitors | |
|---|---|---|
| Main library | 1 462 049 |
720 594 |
| Branch libraries | 2 817 944 |
1 650 767 |
| Mobile libraries | 281 359 |
94 913 |
| Home and institutional services | 146 287 |
|
| Information society services | 0 |
97 129 |
| Total | 4 707 639 |
2 563 403 |
- Loans/inhabitant 20,67
- Visits/inhabitant 11,1
| Collections | |
|---|---|
| Books |
854 194 |
| Scores and partitures | 33 312 |
| Recordings (music) |
83 312 |
| Other recordings |
18 276 |
| Videos, DVDs, Blu-Rays |
46 513 |
| CD-ROMs | 557 |
| e-books, console games, e-materials |
6 736 |
| Newspapers (titles) |
268 |
| Magazines, periodicals |
2 020 |
| Library use 2017 | |
|---|---|
| Borrowing |
4 837 542 |
| Adults: fiction & non-fiction |
2 186 243 |
| Children: fiction & non-fiction |
1 289 948 |
- expenditure 13,8 million euros
- expenditure/inhabitant 59, 63 €, 2,94 €/loan
- staff, total 184
- 98 librarians, 60 library assistants and 26 other employees
Exhibitions, brochures, municipal information, public events for children and adults (puppet theathre, story times, literature evenings, philosophy evenings), annual writing competition.
- Tampere City library uses Axiell Aurora library system together with 21 other public libraries in Pirkanmaa area. Together we are called PIKI-libraries. We share a joint Net library and collections (3,1 million) and 9,3 million loans a year. Customers can use one library card at all PIKI-libraries.
- The information service is supported by several online databases
- classification: Dewey Decimal Classification, applied