Library's pricelist of services

• Item available notice by mail free of charge
• ​Overdue fee (not course books, see below)    
  • 0,30 € / book, book trolley or locker / day
  • max. 6 € / book, book trolley or locker* (*Renewal of the loan after due date will restart the accumulation of the maximum fee.)
• ​Fee for lost book trolley/locker key 10 €
• ​Fee for lost researcher room key ​80 €
• Fees for course books    ​
  • ​overdue fee for course books 1 € / day / book
  • maximum fee 10 € / book / loan and renewal* (*Renewal of the loan after due date will restart the accumulation of the maximum fee.)
• ​Fee for overnight and weekend loans ​10 € / book
• ​Minimum fee for replacement of lost or damaged publication 100 €
  • Customer can also acquire a similar copy to replace the lost or damaged item.
• Partial payment of the legal deposit: payment for repairing partially damaged Fennica material (no replacement available) 30 €
• Laptops and tablets    ​
  • ​overdue fee 20 €
  • ​fee for missing charger ​50 €
  • ​fee for broken display ​250 €
  • ​fee for lost or broken device ​500 €
  • fee for lost or broken calculator100 €
• Invoicing fee ​10 €
• ​New library card to replace a missing one ​5 €
• Library's canvas bag 5,5 €
• Library's microfibre cloth 2,5 €
• Paper bag 0,20 €
• Ear plugs ​0,50 €

Suspension of borrowing rights follow in case customer has fees over 10 € or loan is overdue 28 days.

Interlibrary Services for Turku University Library Customers

Turku University staff, departments and students and other personal customers

• Loans from National Repository Library 4,50 €
• Article copies from National Repository Library free of charge
• Loans from Finland 9 €
• Book or article copy ordered from another Turku University campus (Turku, Rauma, Pori) free of charge for Turku University staff, departments and students
• Loans from Nordic Countries 10 €
• Loans from other countries 20 €
• Microfiches / consignment 4 €
• Microfilms / consignment 9 €
• Paper copies from Finland 6 €
• Paper copies from abroad 1 - 30 pages 12 € (next pages 5 € /10 pages)

Commercial and community customers (invoiced)

• Loans from National Repository Library 9 €
• Loans from Finland 18 €
• Book or article copy ordered from another Turku University campus (Turku, Rauma, Pori) same as loans from Finland
• Loans from Nordic Countries 20 €
• Loans from other countries 40 €
• Microfiches / consignment 8 €
• Microfilms / consignment 18 €
• Paper copies from Finland 12 €
• Paper copies from abroad 1 - 30 pages ​24 € (next pages 5 € /10 pages)

Interlibrary Services for Other Customers

State, public and public institutions’ libraries in Finland

• Loans 9 €
• Microfiches / consignment 4 €
• Microfilms / consignment 9 €
• Paper copies from Turku University Library collections 1 - 30 pages 6 € (next pages 5 € / 10 pages)

Commercial and community customers

• Loans 18 €
• Microfiches / consignment 8 €
• Microfilms / consignment 18 €
• Paper copies from Turku University Library collections 1 - 30 pages 12 € (next pages 5 € / 10 pages)

Libraries in other countries

• Loans 18 €
• Microfiches / consignment 9 €
• Microfilms / consignment 18 €
• Paper copies from Turku University Library collections 1 - 30 pages 18 € (next pages 5 € / 10 pages)

Small Invoice Fee (Applies to Libraries, Commercial and community customers)

Based on the Rector’s decision the University of Turku has introduced an invoice fee of 15 € (VAT 0%) for small sales starting 1.7.2016. The amount of the additional fee depends on the expenses caused by invoicing and it will be revised annually. The small invoice fee is added to invoices under 100 € without taxes. The interlibrary services of the Turku University Library invoices customers biannually/annually.

Minimum fee for replacement of lost or damaged publication is at least 100 euros depending on the value of the item. Customer can also acquire a similar copy to replace the lost or damaged item.
 
Urgent orders, orders by phone and otherwise exceptional orders must always be agreed on separately with the personnel of the interlibrary services.
After negotiating with the client Turku University Library reserves a right to charge the customer expenses considerably exceeding the ones mentioned in the price list.
Interlibrary loans which are not fetched are charged according to the price list.
 
Prices are based on the decree concerning payments charged for the university services given by the Ministry of Education (not translated; only available in Finnish).

Library provides its customers a wide range of freely available online materials to support their independent information seeking. You will find the material at the web page https://utuguides.fi/guidesinenglish. The University of Turku students and personnel are also entitled to participate in training sessions offered by the library. For more information about the training sessions, please, contact tietopalvelu@utu.fi

All library customers will receive guidance free of charge at the customer service of the libraries. The University of Turku personnel and students will be offered free personal guidance if allowed by library staff’s work schedule and if no other appropriate training is available.

Information retrieval guidance is free of charge for University of Turku students and personnel. Other customers will be charged 70 euros per hour for standard guidance and 90 euros per hour for special guidance or guidance in a foreign language. Other fees including online teaching fees will be agreed on separately.

Library offers metrics services free of charge for the central management of the University of Turku and if allowed by work schedules to the faculties, to the other units of the university and to single researchers for funding applications (excluding grants).
 
Personal guidance is offered for the university staff and students only if there are no other training alternatives available.

Library will negotiate with the customer the feasibility, scope, schedule and price of the analyses. Depending on the extent of the analysis, the library requires at least seven working days for delivery.

Prices for University of Turku personnel and students (VAT 0 %):

• Basic citation analysis for an individual researcher with less than 100 publications.
  (Analysis covers citations counts for a researcher’s publications and an h-index derived from one database; a comprehensive publication list in electronic format required by the library) 60 €
   
• More extensive citation analyses, self-citation removal or analyses based on several databases (price / number of hours will be agreed on separately) 60 € / hour
   
• Personal guidance (by appointment only)
  • 1/2 hour free of charge
  • more than 1/2 hour 60 € / hour (minimum charge 60 €)

All invoices under 100 € are subjected to a billing fee of 15 € (VAT 0 %).

 * Double-sided copy/print is 2 pages

Student credits for printing and copying can be purchased online at UTUShop.