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Terkko in brief (updated 6/2010)

14.6.2010Meilahti Campus Terkko 1


Meilahti Campus Library Terkko• Founded 1965, Independent institute of the University of

Helsinki• Opened to public 2.1.1966 on the university hospital premises• New library building 1998

Part of the Medical Faculty 1999 – 2009Part of the Helsinki University Library (Independent institute of the University of Helsinki ) 2010 ->

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Terkko in brief


Main library, Haartmaninkatu 4, 00290 Helsinki5 branch libraries located at the medical faculty´sinstitutions and HUCH´s clinics (University Hospitals in the Helsinki Area)

Personnel (the main library and the branch librariesaltogether)

• 32 officers(4 part-time workers)

• 42,3 man-years in all

Meilahti Campus Library TERKKO



Terkko´s main task is to serve the personnel and students of the University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Central Hospital (HUCH)However the library services are available to all those who need medical and health information.

Available to all visitors:• Local collections of printed materials• Lending services with Helka library card• All electronic resources and services on the library

premises (´walk in use´of the library computers)


Open scientific library

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Information resources

Electronic resources• Essential medical databases (Vertex)• Electronic fulltext journals (JournalNavigator) c.11.000• Electronic books (BookNavigator)• Personalized web services (MyTerkko), current awarenessservices (FeedNavigator) and tools for referencemanagement

Local library resources – printed collections (2009)• Medical journals 4000 titles, 90.000 annual volumes• Monographs 60.000 volumes, n. 49.000 titles


Acquisition of the resources 2009

Electronic journals 520,3 *E-books and databases 38,3

558,6* incl. Elsevier-funding 241.700 €

Printed journals 188,2Monographs 25,9

214,1

Acquisition in all 772.682 €


Services

Customer servicesLending serviceInterlibrary loans and document delivery service

Discipline-specific servicesInformation service• Information retrievals, user education, guidance, indexing

CollectionsWHO Information Service CentreWeb services• Discipline-specific web services, developing new digital information services

• Communications

Administration services


Discipline-specific web servicesdeveloped in Terkko

Medic – Finnish medicine and health sciences databaseMyTerkko – Personalized startpage for medical and health professionalsFeedNavigator - Current awareness serviceDiKK – Digital course library for students Vertex – An integrated medical information serviceScholar Chart - Lists Finnish medical scholars articles in real timeTop Cited Articles @UH – Lists top cited articles of the researchers of Helsinki UniversitySupport services for researchers and students: collaboration tool Groups and Portti-servicesMobile services


Use of the electronic services 2009

Terkko web sites 2 291 473 page viewsUnique visits 697 039Average visits per day 1900Top pages visited (besides the homepage): (unique visits)

• Medic 98190• FeedNavigator 65 569• Digital Course Library 55 325


Funding 2009

Staff expenses 1.752.600 €- Budget funds 1.522,621€- other funding sources 229.979 €

• Acquisition of materials 530.900 €

Rents for premises 141.900 €Information technology and communications 5.300 €Other expenses 114.700 €Total funding 2.563.800 €+ Extra funding for Elsevier 241.700 €(Faculty and HUCH)


Statistics 2009 (main library)

Library visitors 141 300Loans and renewals 51 500IL loans & document delivery requests 14 600Printed collections• Medical journals 4000 titles, 90 000 annual volumes• Monographs 60 000 volumes

Cataloging/ added records• Medic 4200, Helka 3550, Julki 2400


Thank you for your interest.Welcome to TERKKOMeilahti Campus Library!

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