National Library of Finland: Project to digitise Swedish-language periodicals begins. “In early 2026 the National Library of Finland will launch an extensive, five-year project to digitise all Swedish-language periodicals published in Finland. The project will be carried out together with the Society of Swedish Literature in Finland (SLS) and the copyright management organisation Kopiosto, with […]

National Library of Finland: Stepping up to the plate – Saving the Finnish baseball season. “The most recent Finnish baseball season was full of twists and debates. The National Library of Finland preserved online content related to the sport during the 2025 season.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/24/national-library-of-finland-stepping-up-to-the-plate-saving-the-finnish-baseball-season/

National Library of Finland: Digitised material newly highlighted in the National Library’s search service. “The digitised collections(opens a new tab) section brings together material digitised by the National Library of Finland as a range of collections by topic, era, material type and other themes. The search service encompasses more than 120 of these curated collections. The compilation […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/01/national-library-of-finland-digitised-material-newly-highlighted-in-the-national-librarys-search-service/

National Library of Finland: Newspapers published up to the end of 1954 digitised – 250 years from the publication of the first newspaper in Finnish. “The National Library of Finland has digitised all newspapers published in Finland up to the end of 1954. Newspapers published up to the end of 1939 are openly available, while subsequent issues can be explored on site at the legal deposit […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/02/national-library-of-finland-newspapers-published-up-to-the-end-of-1954-digitised-250-years-from-the-publication-of-the-first-newspaper-in-finnish/

National Library of Finland: 30 million pages of history – Increased use of digitised National Library material . “The digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi service recently surpassed the 30-million-page mark. The service contains newspapers, journals, ephemera, maps, library card indices, music notation and manuscripts. The digitised collection grows by two or three million pages each year.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/10/national-library-of-finland-30-million-pages-of-history-increased-use-of-digitised-national-library-material/

National Library of Finland: Online discussions on forests preserved in the Finnish Web Archive. “For a long time, public discussion on forests has been marked by the issue of defining limits for the economic exploitation of Finnish forests. The National Library of Finland has preserved forest-focused discussions on the internet spanning several years.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/21/national-library-of-finland-online-discussions-on-forests-preserved-in-the-finnish-web-archive/