Library services for people with special needs

The library can bring books to your home if you can't get to the library yourself. You can get this help if you have a disability, a long-term illness, or if you are very old.

There is no charge for the library's Home services. The service is not provided for temporary needs.
 

First register as a client of the library's Home services

Register as a Home services customer by calling the library.

The telephone number of the library's Home services is +358 40 637 0567. We answer the phone on weekdays from 9 am to 3 pm. You may have to wait in line before you can become a customer of the library's Home service.

How to borrow books from the Home service

If you are a customer of the library's Home service, this is how you borrow books:

• Call or email the library.
  o Phone 040 637 0567. We answer the phone on weekdays from 9 am to 3 pm.
  o The e-mail address is [email protected].
• Please let us know which books, music or films you would like to borrow. You can choose them yourself. You can also ask us to suggest something new.
• We will pack the books you want in a bag. It will be delivered to your door on the agreed date.
• We'll call or email you after about a month to ask you for any new requests.
• When you receive your new book bag, we will take away the old bag at the same time.

Celia audiobooks

If you are unable to read a normal book because of a visual impairment, dyslexia or other disability, you can listen to digital audiobooks from the Celia library through libraries.

Accessibility Library Celia is a special state library that supports equality in reading and learning. Anyone who finds it difficult to read an ordinary book because of a reading disability, illness, injury or other reason can become a customer.

Celia has tens of thousands of audio books for children and adults. Celia also produces and distributes Braille books and other specialised books and learning materials.

Audiobooks can be listened to on a computer, tablet or smartphone. The downloadable, free Pratsam listening app is an easy way to enter the world of books.

If you want to become a listener of Celia's audiobooks, please contact the library. The library will provide you with access codes and advice on how to use the online service and the audiobooks. You don't need a doctor's certificate to prove that you have difficulty reading.

Tampere City Library also has a collection of audio books that all customers can borrow. The audiobooks are available on CD and as e-books. You can check out the library's selection of audio books on the online library piki.fi.