Tritonia Vaasa opens with limited service 1.6

Tritonia Vaasa will open with limited service on Monday 1.6. Opening hours during summer 1.6-14.8 are Mon 11-17, Tue-Thu 11-16, Fri-Sat closed.

Students and staff can order books through the pickup service in May.

Tritonia Allegro is closed until 16.8. If you need books from Allegro, please contact allegro@tritonia.fi during the period 1-25.6.

Borrow and return on a self-service basis

Customers can pick up reservations, and borrow and return print material, on a self-service basis. For the self-service loans machine, you will need your library card and pin code. If you have forgotten your code, you can change it in Finna.

Customer service

During library opening hours, you can summon library staff for assistance. Customer service is also available via e-mail, phone and chat.

E-mail and phone:

• Loans services 029 449 8258, loans@tritonia.fi
• Information service 029 449 8258, isrv@tritonia.fi
• Janitors 029-449 8250, custodians@tritonia.fi

Library facilities and resources

The reading spots, reading rooms and group study rooms will be kept closed. A few PCs are reserved for quick printing and copying is also possible. Remember to disinfect the devices after use with disinfecting wipes for this purpose.

Safety

We pay extra attention to the safety of our customers and staff. To prevent infection, we ask our customers to keep a good hand hygiene and keep a distance of 2 m to other customers and staff. About 30 people can visit the library simultaneously.

Do not visit the library if you have flu symptoms, even mild symptoms.

Due dates

Borrowed books will fall due gradually during the three first weeks in June, to avoid crowding. All short loans are to be returned by 1.6. The changes in the database will be made 18.5. Check due dates for your loans in your own Finna account. During summer, overdue fees will accrue as normal.

Remember that you can renew your loans throughout the summer, if there are no reservations! We ask our customers to cancel reservations which are no longer necessary. Reservations that haven’t arrived yet can be cancelled through your Finna account.

Reservations that have arrived during the state of emergency can be picked up by 4.6.

Returning books

A quarantine time of 72 h is applied to book returns, so observe that books returned through the return box will be handled with a delay, and book returned through the self-service machine will be shown as available in the database during the quarantine time.

If you are living elsewhere and cannot renew your loan because it is reserved, you can send the book by mail to the address: Tritonia PL 331 65101 Vaasa. Please also send an e-mail to loans@tritonia.fi.

Interlibrary loans

A limited interlibrary loans service is available from 1.6 until Midsummer, we primarily order articles. If you however are in urgent need of an interlibrary loan for your thesis, contact ill@tritonia.fi to check the alternatives. The interlibrary loans service is on vacation 22.6 -31.7.20.

Publishers open additional resources during the Corona pandemic

Several publishers and vendors have during the Corona pandemic opened e-resources for more widely use than usual. Some of the publishers have made their resources accessible for anyone, some have opened additional material for license customers or lifted limitations on the number of simultaneous users, while some have opened only publications related to COVID19 research. 

In our LibGuide, you can easily find resources of interest for University of Vaasa and VAMK: https://uva.libguides.com/additional_access. For Åbo Akademi University and Novia UAS users, resources are being updated on the website https://www.abo.fi/en/library/additional-e-resources-available/.

Access to the newly opened resources is temporary and publisher-specific. Follow the websites for updates.

The International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC) maintains a list of accessible e-resources on their website.

Tritonia closed - online services available

From 18.3 until 31.5, the library (Tritonia Vaasa and Tritonia Allegro) will be closed since the government has declared a state of emergency. 

Customer service is available via e-mail, phone or chat Mon-Fri 9.00-16.00.

News 15.5

Tritonia will be closed until 31.5, students and staff can still order books through the pickup service in May.

Tritonia Vaasa will open with limited service 1.6: reservations can be picked up and library material can be borrowed and returned on a self-service basis. Reading spots, reading rooms and group study rooms will be kept closed. Read more about the service during summer

Loans services during the closure

• Loans will not fall due during the closure (next due date will be 1.6)
• No new fees will accrue during the closure (new fees will be deleted manually)
• You can pick up reserved books after the closure
• The interlibrary loans service is interrupted
• It is not advisable to return loans during the closure. However, if you are about to move away, for example, you can return your books through the return box on the seaside of the library (picture). Please note that books returned through the return box are handled with a delay.
• A limited book pickup service opened at Tritonia’s main entrance on Monday 30.3. The service is available only for students and staff at University of Vaasa, Vaasa University of Applied Sciences (VAMK) and Novia UAS and from 8.4 for staff and students at Åbo Akademi University. Read more
  
  

Keycards

The spring period for the keycards will be extended until 9.9.

• No invoices for overdue keycards will be sent for the spring period.
• If you need to return your keycard during spring or summer, you can put it in an ENVELOPE and return it through Tritonia’s return box for books. Remember to write your own name and/or student number on the envelope.
• You can also return your keycard by mail to the address: Tritonia Academic Library in Vaasa, Custodians, PL 331, 65101 Vaasa. NOTE: To ensure that the keycard doesn’t fall out of the envelope, you can for example attach it to a piece of cardboard with tape
• From 24.8.2020, you can also renew your keycard for the autumn period 9.9-31.12.2020 at the library (Mon-Fri during library opening hours).

Education and guidance

• Information literacy education will be arranged entirely online
• Information service is given online
• The library's publication and research services are available online
• EduLab's support services for digital teaching are available online
  
  

E-resources and online services

The e-resources are available as usual and they can also be accessed remotely outside campus. Log in to Tritonia Finna (https://tritonia.finna.fi/) with your university username to access the e-resources.

Many other library services can also be used online remotely. Through Tritonia Finna, you can reserve books, pay overdue fees, reset your PIN if you have forgotten it, and update personal data. 

Use these online services

• Tritonia Finna
• LibGuides
• Chat (www.tritonia.fi on the frontpage and in Libguides)
• Online service forms
• E-mail and phone:
  • Loans services 029 449 8258, loans@tritonia.fi
  • Information service 029 449 8258, isrv@tritonia.fi
  • Janitors 029-449 8250, custodians@tritonia.fi
  • Staff contact information

This message will be updated with more information on the library services and the exceptional situation, if necessary.

Tritonia operates in University of Vaasa’s facilities and follow the university’s guidelines regarding the coronavirus situation: https://www.univaasa.fi/en/news/koronaetusivulle/