In accordance with the decision of the Parliament:

Chapter 1

Objectives

ARTICLE 1

This law provides for public library and information services for municipal libraries and for the national and regional promotion of these services.

ARTICLE 2

The aim of the library and information services of general libraries is to promote equal opportunities for education, literary and artistic activities, the development of continuous knowledge, skills and citizenship, internationalisation And lifelong learning.

The aim of the library activities is to promote the development of virtual and interactive online services and their cultural content.

Chapter 2

Organisation of library and information services

ARTICLE 3

The municipality's role is to organise library and information services within the meaning of this law.

The municipality may organise library and information services itself, or in part or in full, in cooperation with other municipalities or otherwise. The municipality is responsible for ensuring that the services comply with this law.

Customers must have access to library and information services, as well as a renewable library material and equipment.

In a two-language municipality, the needs of both language groups should be taken into account on an equal basis.

In the municipalities of the Sami region, the needs of both the recipient language and the Finnish population must be taken into account on an equal footing.

Chapter 3

Library and information services network

§ 4

The General Library cooperates with other public libraries and scientific libraries and educational libraries as part of a national and international library and information network.

Libraries in the general library and in provincial libraries complement the services of other public libraries.

The central library of libraries is the general library of the municipality designated by the ministry concerned, with the agreement of the municipality. The whole country is an area of action.

The provincial library is the general library of the municipality designated by the ministry concerned, with the agreement of the municipality. The area of activity is determined by the Ministry concerned.

The functions of the Central Library and the provincial library are regulated by a regulation. The Ministry, after consulting the municipality, may, for a reasoned reason, withdraw the order as a central library or a provincial library.

Chapter 4

Discharge of library services

§ 5

The use of library's own collections in the library and their quote is free of charge.

The loans provided by the General Library and the provincial libraries for the general libraries are free of charge.

For the rest of the library, the municipality may charge a charge equal to the cost of the service.

For a specific reason, a charge which would otherwise be equivalent to the cost value of the service would be made higher than that.

Chapter 5

Evaluation

ARTICLE 6

The municipality should assess its library and information service.

The purpose of the evaluation is to improve access to and support for the development of library and information services. The evaluation will monitor the implementation of public library library and information services, as well as the quality and economy of services.

The Ministry of Education and Culture is the responsibility of the Ministry of Education and Culture, which is responsible for the implementation of the evaluation in conjunction with the Regional Administrative Agency. The municipality shall be obliged to participate in the assessment referred to in this paragraph. (13/03/98)

The main findings of the evaluation shall be made public.

Chapter 6

Public administration of library and information services

§ 7 (13/03/98)

The Ministry of Education and Culture is the Ministry of Education and Culture. The regional administrative authority is the regional government agency. Details of the tasks of the Regional Administrative Agency will be laid down by a Council regulation.

Chapter 7

Outstanding provisions

§ 8

The library must provide a sufficient number of training and other staff in the library and information services sector.

The qualifications of the staff of the library are regulated by a regulation.

The relevant ministry may, for a specific reason, grant exemption from the eligibility criteria.

§ 9 (29.12.2009)

The municipality will receive a State contribution to the cost of running the library, as provided by the Law on the State share of the municipality's basic services (1704/2009) Provides.

A State grant shall be granted to the municipality, within the limits of the budgetary appropriation entered in the State budget, for the management of the central library and county library function referred to in Article 4 and for activities under this law, such as the financing of education and cultural activities. Of the law (1705/2009) Provides for both investment projects and the development of the library, as provided for in the State Aid Act, (2002) Provides. The State aid authority for investment grants is the Ministry of Education and Culture. (30/04/2013)

A State grant may also be awarded to the rest of the municipality or to a special task assigned to the service provider.

ARTICLE 10

The library may have rules governing the use of the library and the rights and obligations of the library users.

Any breach of the rules of use shall be subject to the fees decided by the municipality, which shall be reasonable in relation to infringements of the rules of use.

ARTICLE 11

More detailed provisions on the application of this law are adopted by the Regulation.

Chapter 8

Entry into force

ARTICLE 12

This Act shall enter into force on 1 January 1999.

At the end of 2002, government shares and State grants under this Act may also be used to profit from the lottery and the lottery. (13/12/1275)

This law repeals the library law of 21 March 1986 (195/86) With its subsequent modifications.

THEY 210/1997 , No 133/1998, EV 133/1998