Savonlinna Municipal Library
Main Library “Joeli”
Asemantie 5, 57100 Savonlinna
+358 44 417 4424
Opening hours: Mon-Thu 8-19, Fri 8-17, Sat 8-15
Service hours: Mon-Thu 10-19, Fri 10-17, Sat 10-15
In the summer, the library is closed on Saturdays. On a weekday eve of a national holiday, the library is open 10-16.
Kerimäki Library
Kerimäentie 6, 58200 Kerimäki
+358 44 417 5121
Opening hours: Mon-Thu 7-20, Fri-Sun 7-18
Service hours: Mon & Wed 12-18, Tue & Thu-Fri 10-16
On a weekday eve of a national holiday, the library is open 10-16.
Punkaharju Library
Tehtaantie 5, 58500 Punkaharju
+358 44 417 5473
Opening hours: Mon-Thu 7-20, Fri-Sun 7-18
Service hours: Mon-Tue 12-18, Wed-Fri 10-16
On a weekday eve of a national holiday, the library is open 10-16.
Savonranta Library
Kangastie 3, 58300 Savonranta
+358 44 417 4437
Opening hours: Mon & Wed 9-15, Tue 9-18, Thu 9-19, Fri 9-15
Service hours: Mon & Wed 10-15, Tue 14-18, Thu 14-19
On a weekday eve of a national holiday, the library is open 11-16.
Mobile Library “Loisku Lumpehinen”
+358 44 417 4433
Timetables available in libraries
Library Fees
Borrowing, making reservations for items and using the material in the library is free of charge. However, there are fees and charges collected for overdue loans, reservations left unretrieved, replacement of lost library card, inter-library lending service, photocopies and printouts, and some further prices. Lost, damaged, or unreturned material must be compensated.
The maximum amount of unpaid fees and compensation is 10 €. After that, loaning is prohibited.
Library Card
You need a valid library card to borrow any materials from the library collections. The first library card costs you nothing. To receive a library card, a new customer must give their name and address and prove their identity. Guardian’s consent is required from children under 15 years of age.
If you lose your library card, you get a new one for a fee. Immediately inform the library of the loss, as the owner of the card is responsible for all of the material borrowed with their card. The library card is personal.
Always inform the library about the change of name, address, or email address. You can use the same library card in Savonlinna main library, mobile library and Kerimäki, Punkaharju and Savonranta libraries, and in all Lumme libraries.
Always keep your library card with you.
Loan Periods
| General loan period | 28 calendar days |
| New/high-demand/reserved materials | 14 calendar days |
| Magazines/DVD/Blu-ray recordings | 14 calendar days |
| Interlibrary loans | according to the rules of the sending library |
Check the loans’ due date on your received receipt. The loan period expires on the due date, when the library is closed.
Loan period may be renewed up to eight times if there are no reservations for the material.
You can have a maximum of 100 items borrowed at a time, of which a maximum of 20 DVDs and Blu-Rays, 5 videogames.
Web Library “Lumme”
Via the web library lumme.finna.fi you can:
- search for items in the library catalog
- renew your loans
- make reservations for items
- make proposals for new acquisitions
- inform the library about the change of address or email address
Renewing, making reservations for items and proposals for new acquisitions, and informing the library about change of address via the web library requires a library card and a PIN associated with the library card, which can be obtained by visiting the library.
Services of the Library
- During the library’s opening hours the public spaces are open to all with no entrance fee
- Terminals for public use except for the mobile library
- Access to the Internet. Time limits are 15 minutes, 30 minutes or one hour. Free wireless network (WLAN) in the main library, Kerimäki and Punkaharju libraries
- Photocopying machines except for the mobile library
- Microfilm and microfiche reading equipment in the main library
- Municipal information
- Brochures on events, exhibitions and education
- Information services free of charge
- Information retrievals from Finnish online databases
- Savonlinna municipal library is a part of the library network. If the material you need is not available it can be asked from other libraries. For interlibrary loans, there is a charge
- The library users may make proposals for new acquisitions to the library collection
- The personnel of the library gives you advice in the use of the collections and answers your questions
Materials in the Library
| Literature |
| Fiction and non-fiction books |
| Simplified and large print books |
| Books in all fields of knowledge |
| Vocabularies, codes of law, encyclopedias, reference books |
| Picture books and fairytales |
| Comic books |
| Sheet music |
| Newspapers and Magazines |
| Finnish and foreign newspapers and magazines |
| Professional, hobby and scientific magazines |
| Magazines for children and youth |
| Recordings |
| All kinds of music |
| Language courses |
| Audiobooks |
| DVDs and Blu-ray Discs |
| Films |
| Documentaries |
| Hobby and teaching programmes |
| Animations |
| Television series |
| Other Material |
| Board games |
| Disc golf discs |
| Maps and navigational charts |
| Microfilms and microfiches |
| Statistics and standards |
| Local collections |
| Local collections in the main library, Kerimäki and Punkaharju libraries. Books, newspapers, magazines and other material about Savonlinna. No home loans. |