Prices

Aalto University has a common price list from April 1, 2011 that is in valid in all campus libraries.

 

1. Local services

net of VAT.

Borrowing and reservation of materials is free of charge.

Overdue charges:

Type of material Fee/item/day
Textbooks € 0.70 (max. € 9.80 per item)
Other books € 0.30 (max. € 9.90 per item
Overnight and short-term € 1.00 per hour loans (Otaniemi) € 1.00 per hour after the first hour of opening
Overnight and short loans (Töölö) € 8.00 per day
Slides (Arabia) € 0.05 (max. € 9.90 each)
Other material (Arabia) € 0.15 (max. € 9.90 per item)

 

Other charges:

Limit for total fines leading to a patron block € 10,00
Renewal of library card € 5,00
Reservation of material on loan free of charge
Failing to collect reserved material € 2,00
Charge for lost or damaged material costs of acquiring new or compensation
min. € 100,00
Charge for a lost magnetic key (Otaniemi) € 15,00
Charge for a lost slide (Arabia) € 10,00

 

 

2. Inter-library loan service

  • The inter-library loan service is free of charge to Aalto University staff.
  • Express-service additional charge from Finland € 10 and from abroad € 15
  • Students pay for material when they collect it from the library.
  • Students collect and borrow the materials they need from libraries in the Helsinki area on their own.
  • Other material is charged according to the costs arising.

Copies from own collections:

Aalto University students make copies themselves - they buy copy cards.
Other Finnish customers and companies € 12 per article
Foreign customers € 12 per article

 

Copies from Finland:

Aalto University students € 8 per article
Other Finnish customers and companies € 15 per article

 

Copies from abroad:

Aalto University students € 12 per article
Other Finnish customers and companies € 30 per article

 

Loans from own collections:

Other Finnish customers and companies € 10 per loan
Europe € 15 per loan
Other countries € 30 per loan

 

Loans from Finland:

Aalto University students free of charge
Other Finnish customers and companies € 15 per loan

 

Loans from abroad:

Aalto University students € 22 per loan
Other Finnish customers and companies € 30 per loan

 

Copies of microfiches:

Other Finnish customers and companies € 0.80 per page

 

Microfiches from abroad:

Other Finnish customers and companies € 16 per card

 

Copies of dissertations/theses:

USA: Aalto University students Other Finnish customers and companies
Microcopies € 50 per title € 58 per title
Paper copies € 35 -50 per title € 60-90 per title
Canada:  
Microcopies € 44 per title € 58 per title
Paper copies € 75 per title € 90 per title
Great Britain:
Microcopies € 64 per title € 75 per title
Paper copies € 111 per title € 126 per title

 

3. Information service

Sis. ALV 23 %

Personal information service
 60 € per hour, first half an hour free of charge
Aalto University students free of charge

 

4. Information retrieval guidance

incl. VAT 23 %.

Information search € 60 per hour
Aalto University staff and students free of charge

 

5. Copying and printing

The prices for copy cards are campus-specific.

6. Helecon Online databases

incl. VAT 23 %.

Prices for users external to Aalto University. According to the separate quotation for the FinElib
consortium.

All Helecon databases for a package price of € 2482.

The package price includes one optional information channel:

ASIA € 218
BILD € 437
FINP € 487
MIX € 1159
SCANP € 235
SCIMA € 420
THES € 235

The annual fee includes an ID for one user. Request a quotation for IP address-based or
intranet usage rights.

Pikatunnus: € 60.
An ID for three days for all Helecon databases

 

7. Helecon information channels

incl. VAT 23 %.

Prices for users external to Aalto University.According to the separate quotation for the FinElib
consortium.

Information channels: € 207 per year per channel

Further details about the channels (lib.hse.fi).

 

8. TENTTU databases

€ 1250 incl. VAT 23 %.

Prices for users external to Aalto University.

According to the separate quotation for the FinElib
consortium.

The annual fee includes an ID for one user.

Request a quotation for IP address-based or
intranet usage rights.

Further details (otalib.fi).