Library's closure during holiday season (22.12.2025 - 6.1.2026)

Karelia UAS Library will be closed during 22.12.2025 – 6.1.2026.

Remember to renew your loans to get a longer loan time for the closure period. The due date will then be 13 Jan 2026. Note! Due dates will not be automatically extended, so you must renew your loans.

You can renew your loans in multiple ways, for example:

on Tuudo (Karelia UAS students/staff)
on Karelia-Finna
- Karelia UAS students/staff: Have you connected your library card to your Finna account? If not, don’t worry – just follow the instructions in this guide video. (The link will open on YouTube.)
by email to library(a)karelia.fi
by phone/WhatsApp message: +358 50 311 9545
- Please provide your name and/or library card number (found next to the barcode).
by visiting the library’s customer service desk during service hours (see those here).

If you are not able to renew your loans, return those loans to the library.
The loans that are past their due date and have not been renewed will cause you to get overdue fees – for course books the overdue fee is €1 per day!

Reminder list for holiday season:

You can read/use e-collections such as databases, e-books and e-articles, by using Karelia-Finna. Remember to log in to Karelia-Finna with your Karelia username and password.
- You can read Christmas-themed books in English on Ebook Central database, such as:
  - Twas the Night Before Christmas: A Visit from St. Nicholas / Clement Clarke Moore and Jessie Willcox Smith
  - A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas / Charles Dickens and John Leech
  - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: An American Hero / Ronald D. Lankford
  - Short story collection Christmas Memories from Mississippi / Charline R. McCord, Judy H. Tucker, and Wyatt Waters
  - The Christmas Murders / Jonathan Goodman and Albert Borowitz
  - You can learn about the origins of Christmas carols by reading the book The Christmas Carol Reader / William E. Studwell, Frank Hoffmann, and B. Lee Cooper
  - In addition, there are classic books such as Jane Eyre, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Madame Bovary, Les Misérables, Robinson Crusoe, The Three Musketeers, Crime and Punishment, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Phantom of the Opera, and many others.

Other libraries in the Joensuu area (University of Eastern Finland (UEF) Library and Vaara Libraries) have varying opening hours during holiday season, so please check their websites for their opening and service hours.