Information Service to Finnish Industry and to Helsinki University of Technology

In 1972 Helsinki University of Technology Library was appointed the national central library of technology in Finland. According to its statutes, its tasks include offering information services to any enterprise, institution or individual requiring scientific and technical information, and channelling scientific and technical information produced in Finland into international information systems. These reponsibilities mean daily reference services and manual literature searches as well as computer-based current awareness services and retrospective searches for a great variety of clients.