Library Collections and Locations

Library collections

The library collections focus on sign language and interpreting, youth and NGO work, adventure education, cultural management and socially oriented education and civic work.

Humak Library collections include:

  • E-books and e-journals
  • Printed books
  • Other materials, such as activity cards
Humak Finna

The collection policy guides the acquisition and maintenance of library materials. Its relevance is reviewed annually.

The aim is to provide up-to-date and high-quality materials that support:

  • Teaching and learning in Humak’s degree programmes
  • Research, development, and innovation (RDI) activities of Humak staff
  • Societal impact and lifelong learning

Library materials are primarily acquired in electronic format to ensure accessibility for all students and staff. Printed materials are acquired to complement e-resources when an electronic version is not available. Course literature may also be acquired in audiobook format.

Users who require audiobooks for health-related reasons can access the materials of the Celia Accessible Library. Celia membership is registered at the library at the request of a study counsellor.

Acquisition channels are competitively tendered and provide materials with licences suitable for library use.

Outdated or low-use materials are regularly evaluated and withdrawn to keep the collection current and relevant. The library does not accept donations. Acquisition suggestions can be submitted for the collection.

Library locations

Printed materials can be borrowed from the Helsinki, Jyväskylä, and Kuopio campus libraries. You can find the libraries’ opening hours in Humak Finna.

The Helsinki campus library includes the collections of both Humak and the Youth Information Library.

Main subject areas:

  • Sign language and interpreting
  • NGO and youth work
  • Development of working life
  • Adventure education
  • Youth research

The Youth Information Library is a nationwide special library in the field of youth work, open to everyone. It was established in 1974 at the initiative of the Ministry of Education and Culture. In 2021, the library was transferred from Allianssi, the national umbrella organisation for youth work in Finland, to Humak University of Applied Sciences. The collections of the Helsinki campus library and the Youth Information Library have been merged into a single collection.

The Jyväskylä campus library operates in cooperation with the Alkio College library.

Main subject areas:

  • Cultural management
  • NGO and youth work
  • Humanities
  • Social sciences and political science
  • Natural sciences
  • Educational sciences

The collection particularly supports studies in cultural management and community education, as well as multidisciplinary research and development.

The library operates in cooperation with the Northern Savonia Folk High School library.

Main subject areas:

  • Sign language and deafness
  • Translation and interpreting
  • NGO and youth work
  • Social sciences and educational sciences

The collection supports teaching and research in interpreting, accessibility, and community work.