For assistance in the preparation of this article the author is grateful to various members of the staff of the Helsinki University Library, especially Dr. Maria Widnäs of the Slavic Department and Professor J. Vallinkoski, the Chief Librarian. The author was engaged in research in the Library from September 1965 to August 1966.

1 Bibliotheca renovata: Helsingin Yliopiston kirjasto, published in Helsinki in 1957 after the renovations were completed, contains illustrations of the present facilities of the library.

2 Up to January 1966 all materials requested on pink call slips, i.e., those which cannot be removed from the library, were requested at the attendant's desk in the General Reading Room. Since then an experimental program of requesting all books and periodicals at the Circulation Desk has been working satisfactorily and will probably be adopted permanently.

3 The Slavic Department prefers that American scholars obtain a letter from the United States Educational Foundation in Finland stating that the Foundation assumes liability for books a scholar borrows for home use from the Slavic Department.

4 Grönroos, Henrik and Myllyniemi, Kaija, Helsinki University Library: A Short Survey (2d rev. ed.; Helsinki, 1965), pp. 18–20 Google Scholar. See also A., Esdaile, National Libraries of the World (2d ed., rev. by Hill, F. J.; London, 1957), pp. 233–39 Google Scholar. The holdings of the National Department are not complete in all these areas, but these represent the objectives of the Department

5 See T. E. Eriksson, Die armenische Büchersammlung der Universitätsbibliothek (Helsinki, 1955; “Helsingin yliopiston kirjaston julkaisuja” [Publications of the University Library at Helsinki], No. 24), for a description of this collection.

6 In addition to the card catalogue in the Reference Room for this collection, the volume compiled by Yrjö Aav, Viron kirjallisuutta Suomen kirjastoissa (Estonian Periodicals and Books in Finnish Libraries) (Helsinki, 1964), lists books in Estonian in all libraries in Finland. Although this volume is now out of print, it may be purchased in photoduplicated form from the Helsinki University Library. In respect to such multilingual titles, see note 13 below.

7 See Antti Karppinen, “Die Lettonica-Sammlung der Universitätsbibliotek zu Helsinki (Helsingfors): Eine Orientierung,” Nordisk tidskrift för boh- och biblioteksvasen, Vol. XXXVIII (1951), for a description of this collection.

8 Grönroos and Myllyniemi, pp. 24-25.

9 Until the Rumiantsev Museum began receiving deposit copies in 1862, the Helsinki University Library (formerly the Russian Library of Alexander University in Helsinki) shared the privilege of receiving deposit copies with only two other libraries in Russia. See Edvin Backman, “Lagstiftningen angående pliktexemplar i Sovjetunionen,” Miscellanea Bibliographica, No. IV (Helsinki, 1944; “Helsingin yliopiston kirjaston julkaisuja” [Publications of the University Library at Helsinki], No. 19), pp. 118-19.

10 See Maria Widnäs, “La constitution du fonds slave de la Bibliothèque de Helsinki,“ Cahiers du Monde Russe et Soviétique, V, No. 2 (1964), 395. This article includes a short, informative history of the Slavic Department.

11 Inquiries concerning the dianegative copies should be addressed to the Chief Librarian, Helsinki University Library.

12 This publication is out of print but is available through photoduplication from the Library of Congress, Photoduplication Service, Washington, D. C, 20540.

13 All title pages carry a Finnish and an English title, and almost all have also a Swedish title. Sometimes these are on separate title pages, sometimes all are on one title page. Throughout this article the English titles are given in parentheses after the Finnish titles. Non-Finnish titles have been translated by the author.

14 Helsingen yliopiston kirjaston venäläisin kirjaimin painetut bibliografiat ja kirjastoalaa koskevat julkaisut (Bibliographies and Books on Librarianship Printed in Russian Characters in the Helsinki University Library) (Helsinki, 1965). Inquiries should be sent to Mr. Aav in care of the Helsinki University Library.

15 Cards for periodicals in the alphabetical catalogue do not list the numbers lacking, but those in the classified catalogue do. Lacking numbers for periodicals before 1912 whose titles begin with letters from 0 to Я cannot, therefore, be determined without consulting a member of the staff of the Slavic Department.

16 See Widnäs, “La constitution du fonds slave,” p. 408, for special dictionaries available.