About us
The library was founded in 1861.
The library network includes the main library, 14 branch libraries, home and institutional services, 2 mobile libraries (visiting over 100 stops) and 3 Tietotori computer learning centers.
| Libraries | Borrowed items | Visitors |
|---|---|---|
| Main library | 1 235 253 |
542 643 |
| Branch libraries | 2 310 144 |
1 245 767 |
| Mobile libraries | 217 955 |
61 339 |
| Home and institutional services | 124 411 |
0 |
| Information society services | 0 |
59 870 |
| Total | 3 891 598 | 1 909 619 |
- Loans/inhabitant 16,35
- Visits/inhabitant 8,02
| Collections | |
|---|---|
| Books |
757 341 |
| Scores and partitures | 32 746 |
| Recordings (music) |
69 643 |
| Other recordings |
22 143 |
| Videos, DVDs, Blu-Rays |
38 626 |
| e-books |
4 189 |
| Newspapers (titles) |
123 |
| Magazines, periodicals |
1 285 |
| Library use 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Borrowing |
3 893 730 |
| Adults: fiction & non-fiction |
1 803 283 |
| Children: fiction & non-fiction |
1 233 737 |
- expenditure 14,7 million euros
- expenditure/inhabitant 61,78 €, 3,78 €/loan
- staff, total 167
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.
- The information service is supported by several online databases
- classification: Dewey Decimal Classification, applied