The story of the Library of Parliament is a part of the history of Finnish society. The library being open to everyone since 1913 is a good example of Finnish democracy. There are very few parliament libraries in the world that have free access to normal citizens, where they are free to read the parliament documents and to get answers to their questions.<\/p>\n
How did Finland get an open parliament library? What does an open parliament library tell about Finland? And what does it mean for democracy and freedom of expression? Honoring the celebration of the year, Director Sari Pajula, head information specialists P\u00e4ivikki Karhula and Timo Turja, as well as informaticist P\u00e4ivi Erkkil\u00e4, tell about the Library of Parliament and its colorful stages.<\/p>\n
Additional information: Reporter and producer: Riitta Taarasti The story of the Library of Parliament is a part of the history of Finnish society. The library being open to everyone since 1913 is a good example of Finnish […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19436,19447,3144,17129,3139,3251],"tags":[3418,5575,5576,18561,19681,23929,23932,23933,23934],"class_list":["post-371274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","hentry","category-documentary","category-library-channel","category-library-issues","category-documentaries","category-education-channel","category-library-history","tag-karhula-paivikki","tag-democracy-en","tag-freedom-of-speech-en","tag-library-of-parliament","tag-nordpool","tag-documentary-films","tag-turja-timo-en","tag-pajula-sari-en","tag-erkkila-paivi-en","post_format-post-format-video"],"youtube_id":"","vimeo_id":"80969934","duration":"1729","number_of_plays_sum":"291","videoembed_videoembed":"
\nLibrary of Parliament website<\/a>
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\nFilming: Tuomas Lipponen and Panu Somerma
\nEditing: Panu Somerma
\nGraphic artist: Harri Oksanen
\nPhoto reporters: P\u00e4ivi Erkkil\u00e4, Hilppa Haukka and Tarja Venesvirta
\nPhotos: Eduskunnan kuva-arkisto, SA-image archive, City of Helsinki media bank and Wikipedia Commons
\nMusic: Lift Motif – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
\nProduction: Library Channel – Libraries.fi, 2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"