As a student at the University of Oulu or Oamk, you can get an electronic library card by downloading Tuudo application for free from Google Play or App Store. Sign in with your University of Oulu or Oamk account and start using your electronic library card immediately! More information in the Welcome to the library guide for students.
If you are not using Tuudo, you can get a library card in the library by proving your identity.
University of Oulu and Oamk staff members can also connect an existing card to Tuudo.
Using the library card:
It is advisable to inform the library immediately of a lost library card.
The card is personal, and the card holder is responsible for all items borrowed with it.
Customers who are not University of Oulu or Oamk students or staffcanget a library card in the library by proving their identity. To save time, you can register as a customer by filling in the online form in Oula-Finna before coming to the library to pick up your card.
Using the library card:
It is advisable to inform the library immediately of a lost library card.
The card is personal, and the card holder is responsible for all items borrowed with it.
The customer can update their changed contact information by logging in to Oula-Finna. Personal details can be found from Profile -section.
The contact information of University of Oulu and Oamk staff are updated in the library’s user register directly from the human resources information systems of the University of Oulu and Oulu University of Applied Sciences.
You need a library card to borrow printed library materials. You can get a library card free of charge from library customer service (bring an official identity card). University of Oulu and Oamk students can activate the electronic library card in the Tuudo mobile application.
Other library users than the students and staff of University of Oulu and Oamk can also borrow mainly all library materials, including course textbooks.
Loan periods for library materials are displayed in the Oula-Finna database. You are personally responsible for all materials borrowed on your library card, so please remember to check the loan periods from your user details in Oula-Finna or in Tuudo.
You can renew your loans if there are no requests for the items. Overnight loans cannot be renewed.
Unlimited renewal.
Reading room loans can be on loan for a maximum of 6 months (students and non-university customers).
Books borrowed from the legal deposit collection for staff office use will be renewed automatically for five years, unless there are requests for them.
Borrowed items have to be returned or renewed by the due date. The items can be returned to any of the library units. However, we recommend returning items to the unit housing the collection to which it belongs.
When the library is closed, items from all Oulu University Library units can be returned to the libraries' outside returns boxes. Items left in the returns box are checked in on the next date the library is open.
Loans must be returned to the library by their due date at the latest. On the due date the items must be returned to the library during the opening hours.
Items can also be returned by post before the due date. However, the customer is responsible for any loss or damage.
Overnight and weekend loan items borrowed from the Reference Library have to be returned no later than 10 o’clock on the next day the library is open. They should be returned to the same service desk that they were borrowed from.
You can also return library items by post at your own responsibility. Remember to pack the items with care to protect them from moisture during transport and send the package at a Posti service point. Since the library does not have a mobile phone number for arrival notices, packages cannot be sent online. Address: Oulu University Library P. O. Box 7500 90014 University of Oulu Arrival notice to address: kirjasto@oulu.fi
A due date reminder will be sent 3 days before the due date and on the due date. The day after the due date, an overdue notice will be sent by email.
If a book is not returned, the library charges fines on all overdue items.
Pegasus Library: the box is next to the Pegasus Library main entrance (door B), see map.
Medical Library: the box is next to an unobstructed entrance located to the left of the main entrance 7A (see map). Entrance 7A has a sign to this entrance.
Health and Social Care Library: the box is in front of the library and can be accessed during the opening hours of the Paasi building (self-service library users can return loans with the self-service machine in the library).
Oulainen Learning Centre: the box can be found in the hallway next to the entrance of the Learning Centre. Returns can be dropped there during campus opening hours.
Items left in the returns box are checked in on the next date the library is open.
Please note! Overdue fees are added to your account in Oula-Finna gradually as you renew your overdue loans. The total amount of the fees is not visible until you have renewed all your overdue loans. Loans can be renewed until the block limit (20€) is reached. To renew the rest of the loans, you must first pay the accumulated charges. The fee limit is 50€. If the amount is more or if you reach it before you have renewed all your loans, please contact the library via chat or by email.
Online payment
Online payment is possible in Oula-Finna through Finnish online banking services and by credit card. See instructions in Oula-Finna.
Overdue fees for loans that are more than 38 days overdue cannot be paid in Oula-Finna. Please contact the library to settle them.
Paying fees in the libraries
Pegasus Library: bank/credit card, MobilePay
Medical Library: bank/credit card
Health and Social Care Library: bank/credit card
It is not possible to pay fees in the Oulainen Learning Centre (online payment only).
You can place requests for items available for home loan that are checked out to another customer.
The request is valid for six months.
If you wish to place a request for an item only available for reading room/office loan, please contact the library (students and non-university customers). University of Oulu and Oamk staff can place requests for reading room/office loans in Oula-Finna. There are detailed instructions in Oula-Finna.
When placing requests by e-mail or phone, remember to tell your name and library card number.
