Frequently Asked Questions

You’ll find downloadable logos for Library Channel and other Libraries.fi services in the material bank (site in Finnish) — logos are available with the name in Finnish, Swedish and English. If you can’t find a logo that suits your needs, please contact us.
Library Channel logos

Yes. Library Channel’s programs are made explicitly for shared use. Both libraries and anyone else who finds value or enjoyment in the programs can freely show them at events and as part of teaching, both in Finland and abroad. The programs remain available for the time being, and Library Channel produces them under a Creative Commons license (CC BY-NC-SA).

You can easily share programs and blog posts to, for example, Facebook, Threads and LinkedIn. Under the image of every Library Channel video and blog article there’s a Share button. Alternatively, you can copy the page’s URL and paste it into your post or message.

Yes. You’re welcome to freely share and embed Library Channel’s programs on different websites, online libraries and blogs. The programs don’t have a limited release period — they remain available to watch and listen to indefinitely.

Every video has a Share button. Click it and copy the embed code from under the </> button. When you paste the copied code onto your website, the video will appear directly there.

If, for example, you’d like the newest video in a particular series to appear automatically on your website, please contact us. We’ve already created some ready-made scripts for Finna online libraries.

All programs published after 23 September 2020 are subtitled in accordance with the Accessibility Directive, and podcasts have text equivalents. Subtitles are often missing from a large share of the older programs.

Library Channel’s videos are brought to the site via Vimeo, YouTube and SoundCloud, which may require cookies to be accepted in order to work. If a video doesn’t show up, open the gear icon in the bottom-left corner of the screen, select “Allow all cookies” and press “Save settings”. Read more about video cookies on Library Channel’s blog (in Finnish).

You can play the same video on repeat using autoplay code. You’ll find a template at the end of this paragraph. The number sequence in the middle of the URL is the video’s identifier. Copy the URL below and replace the number sequence with the identifier of the video you want, and the video will always restart from the beginning once it ends — in other words, it will loop. You’ll find the video’s identifier under the Share button in the top-right corner of the video.
https://player.vimeo.com/video/237470557?autoplay=1&loop=1&title=0&byline=0&portrait=0

You can also show videos by playing a particular series’ playlist from our YouTube channel.

Yes. If you or your library produces videos or podcasts that you’d like to see on Library Channel as well, please contact us.

Once we’ve gone through the content and copyright aspects of the programs, and if they align with Library Channel’s production policies, the programs are welcome on Library Channel.

You can deliver programs to Library Channel in two ways:
a) by publishing the programs on your own channel on Vimeo, YouTube or SoundCloud, from which we import them to Library Channel using an import script. For example, you can create a “Library Channel” playlist on your YouTube account and add the videos from your production that you want included on Library Channel.
b) or by delivering the programs to us, and we’ll save them on Library Channel’s Vimeo account, from where they become viewable on Library Channel. The same arrangement works for audio programs and podcasts via SoundCloud.

Library Channel can live stream about three training days or other events per month, since we produce a great deal of other programming besides live broadcasts. If you’re organizing an event whose content you think could interest a wider audience, and which you’d like to remain available afterwards too, please read the instructions on our Live page and contact us.

Within our resources, we aim to be a partner in events that are central to the library field, and where our contribution specifically matters. Through its live broadcasting, Library Channel wants to help improve geographical equality and accessibility in training and seminars.

Library Channel is accessible via the WordPress Core REST API, and it has been extended with the wpml-wp-rest-api-adapter plugin as well as a few other additions.