Self-service library

You can visit the Janakkala main library independently during extended opening hours. You can enter the library using the card reader located next to the library door. You place your library card in the reader and enter a four-digit PIN code, which unlocks the door. The PIN code is the same one used, for example, in the online library and at the self-checkout machine. Staff will assist customers in using the self-service library during service hours.

The library has access control and recorded video surveillance.

What can you do during self-service hours?

• You can borrow and return items at the self-checkout machines. The screens of the self-checkout machines guide you in borrowing and returning.
• Reservations can be picked up from the reservation shelf. Reserved materials are organized in numerical order based on the customer number.
• Information retrieval is done independently.
• You can use the library’s facilities for studying and working. The library’s open wireless network is available.

What can you not do during self-service hours?

• You cannot pay fees to the library or top up time on your gym card.
• You cannot print, copy, or scan, and the library’s upper floor is not accessible.
• Services that require staff are therefore not available during self-service hours.

Checking in and out:

• Check in with your library card and personal PIN.
• Please do not let other customers in with the same door opening. You are responsible for everyone you let in.
• At the end of service hours, you must check out as a self-service library user at the self-checkout machine or you cannot stay in the library.
• Those under 15 years old can visit the self-service library together with a guardian. However, everyone must leave at the same time.
• You must leave the library by 9:00 PM at the latest. After this, alarms will be activated. Customers causing false alarms will be responsible for any incurred costs.

Use of the reading room:

• During self-service hours, you must check in to the reading room just like the self-service library. After that, the reading room services are available as normal.
• You cannot access the reading room from the foyer unless you have checked in.

Lobby and restroom facilities:

• During morning self-service hours, you can access the lobby and restrooms through the foyer.
• After service hours, you cannot access the lobby. Restroom facilities are also not available.

Users under 15 years old in the self-service library:

• Users in the self-service library who are under 15 years old require a guardian-signed agreement.
• The agreement must be signed during service hours at the library.
• The guardian is responsible for the minor’s visits to the library.

In case of problems:

• Property maintenance emergency number p. 050 501 0561 (lights, doors, acute property defects)
• SOL alarm center p. 020 5700 800 (disturbances, vandalism)

Records of processing activities:

• Record of processing activities for video surveillance (.pdf)
• Record of processing activities for access control (.pdf)