Library

• Questions about borrowing, service fees and other library matters: library@uef.fi
• UEF Primo and the use of electronic resources: primo@uef.fi
• Information retrieval and reference management training, information specialist services: information.services@uef.fi
• Enquiries concerning the collections and the acquisition of information resources: acquisitions@uef.fi
• Material ordering outside local collections and material delivery to other libraries: kaukopalvelu@uef.fi
• Questions concerning UEF CRIS system and collecting publication data: cris@uef.fi
• Self-archiving for UEF eRepository publication archive: erepo@uef.fi
• Service email for electronical publishing: electronic.publications@uef.fi
• Questions related to APC fees and benefits: apcfees@uef.fi
• Questions concerning research data management and data sharing: datasupport@uef.fi
• Kuopio university hospital (KUH) medical library kys.kirj@kuh.fi

If you are unsure of which address to contact, send your message to library@uef.fi. Your message will be forwarded when necessary. You will receive a reply to your message at the latest on the fourth working day.

You can contact the library also via chat Mon-Fri from 10 to 16.

You can also use the service forms.

Phone numbers

• Joensuu campus library +358294458397 (local/mobile call charge)
• Kuopio campus library +358294458400 (local/mobile call charge)
• KUH medical library +358294458402 (local/mobile call charge)

Addresses

• Joensuu campus library, Yliopistokatu 4, 80100 JOENSUU (Carelia-building)
• Kuopion campus library, Yliopistonranta 8, 70210 KUOPIO (Snellmania-building)
• Kuopio university hospital (KUH) medical library, Puijonlaaksontie 2, 70210 KUOPIO (Puijo hospital, door A)

P. O. Box addresses

• Joensuu campus library, P. O. Box 107, FIN-80101 JOENSUU, Finland
• Kuopio campus library, P. O. Box 1627, FIN-70211 KUOPIO, Finland
• KUH medical library, P. O. Box 100, FIN-70029 KYS, Finland

If you are returning books by mail, please see the instructions.

Campus maps

Library tour in Savilahti, Kuopio (video)

Library staff

• As as customer
• Quick guide for information searching
• User's guide to UEF Primo
• Library guide for new customers

The University of Eastern Finland Library is a public scientific library open to everyone who is seeking information. As a public academic library we are offering library and information services especially for the university staff and students.

The Library comprises the campus libraries in Joensuu and Kuopio and the Kuopio University Hospital Medical Library. Our main functions are to support teaching and learning and to support research and publishing. The library is one of the six legal deposit libraries in Finland and a European Documentation Centre. 

The functions of the library are defined by the Rules and Regulations of the University of Eastern Finland.

The tasks of the Library:
1. to be responsible for the development and administration of the university’s library and information services
2. to offer library and information services and to organise teaching and guidance which promote the efficient use of information sources
3. to operate as a scientific library open to the public and to attend to the tasks assigned to the Library by legislation
4. to promote the availability of information sources by being actively involved in the scientific library network
5. to improve and develop the university’s publication activities and services relating to open science within the scope of operations of the Library

The action plan of the library 2021-2024 defines the values and the goals of the library, the library as the supporter of the university's strategic goals, the key users and partners as well as the assessment and monitoring.

Our annual reports (in Finnish, with abstracts in English) of years 2010-2020 were published in the UEF eRepository and the newer ones at UEF Library blog.

Organization of the library