Bibliotheca academica in Turku 1640-1828 . . 7
Aboa literata . . 9
The Academy librarians . . 15
Porthan - cultural hero in eighteenth-century Finland . . 17
The fire ot Turku in 1827 . . 19

The Library of the Imperial Alexander University 1828-1905 . . 23
Finnish national literature . . 25
Under His Majesty the Emperor's special protection . . 29
The restorer of the Library: F. W. Pipping . . 33
New library methods: Karl Collan . . 33
The philosopher: Wilhelm Bolin . . 36
The Temple of Science - the buildings in Helsinki . . 38
The Reading Room and the Rotunda . . 41

The Helsinki University Library 1905-1980 . . 44
A national research library . . 45
The Library in two World Wars . . 51
Rebuilding between East and West . . 55
Bibliotheca renovata: from the 1950s to the 1970s . . 60
In the mass university: the Open Access Collection . . 62

The National Library and the Finnish library network 1980-2010 . . 65
Services for the country's library network . . 69
Innovations: Linnea and FinELib . . 70
The National Digital Library . . 72
Recessionary pressures . . 74
Facing the twenty-first century . . 77
Content provider and memory organisation . . 79
New services and new collections . . 81
The cultural environment: exhibitions and campaigns . . 85
Future options . . 87
Balancing the books . . 88

A survey of the collections and their history . . 91
The Slavonic Library- the Russian cultural heritage in Finland . . 91
The Adolf Erik Nordenskiold Library . . 100
The Monrepos Library . . 102

The collections of the National Library of Finland . . 107
Appendix . . 116
Information and further reading . . at end of volume