Welcome to the information gas station - fill 'er up! Yes these are public internet terminals at the main Helsinki library. Pretty sweet eh? Something I've noticed everywhere is that there are no privacy screens. There are generally fewer public computers in the libraries here, it is just so common for people to bring their own laptops. Heck it's ten o'clock am and these stations are free. The socio-economic grid is muc flatter. Wireless is available in all public libraries. The goal is to simply provide a comfortable working space for computer users. One library we visited had little tables on wheels that you simply pull up to the couch, bench, chair, that you choose to sit on.Something else that makes sense is that almost everything in the libraries is moveable. No earthquakes = shelves on wheels. An adaptable enviroment. Furthermore, computer terminals and OPACs often have wiring going up tubes into the ceiling, making it easy to move everything around when the layout changes.
So...giving my current location kind of blows my anonymous status so I'm undecided what the current future of this blog will be. I may simply copy library related posts from here into my main travel blog (the one that talks about stuff other than libraries!) ... what do you think?
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