Jun 13, 2012 08:18 CEST A brightening future for Finland!
At June 11th , the Finnish library-consortium Vaski approved and launched their new library system Axiell Aurora.
The Vaski –consortium consists of the libraries in Turku, Kaarina, Laitila, Naantali, Paimio, Raisio and Uusikaupunki and the municipal libraries in Kustavi, Lieto, Masku, Mynämäki, Nousiainen, Pyhäranta, Rusko, Sauvo, Taivassalo and Vehmaaand. This is in total 17 municipalities at the west coast of Finland, with a population of 350 000 people.44 libraries and 5 mobile libraries are taking part of the new system and a total of 2 million records and 5,8 million loans per year. At Axiell we are very happy that the system now is up and running and want to congratulate our Finnish collegues for the project! For further information about the project – contact Ensio Aikio, Managing Director Finland or follow this link (you can choose lanugaue in the website).
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