Resources in the library

Satakirjastot

You can reserve and borrow books, movies, games, music, and much more from the Satakirjastot collection. Reservations are delivered free of charge to the library of your choice. All new additions can be found in the online library. The list below shows the items ordered during the last month:

• English-language novels for adults
• Children’s and young adult books
• Non-fiction books (in all languages)
• Movies
• Music

You can also borrow the following directly from the online library with your library card:

• Cineast – watch movies online
• Promentor – study languages with online courses
• Rockway.fi – learn to play an instrument or sing with online courses

E-library

E-library. E-books, audiobooks and digital magazines in one app. The service is provided by the National Library of Finland in cooperation with public libraries.

Equipment for loan

• Canvas bags and large bags with zippers for library loans.
• Season tickets. You can check which season tickets are available for loan in the online library.
• Record player. The record player can also be used to digitize LPs.
• Sports equipment at the Main Library and the Lappi library. The Lapin library also has a goods lending service.
• Knitting pillow
• Litter pickers
• Electricity meters

The record player, sports equipment, season tickets, knitting pillow and litter pickers can only be borrowed from the Main Library and cannot be reserved. Items from the Lapin lending library can only be borrowed from the Lapin library.

Musical instruments, games, and videos

In the Main Library’s Digitization and Music Room, you can play:

• Electric guitar and electronic drums with headphones.
• Electronic drums are available on weekdays after 3 PM.

Please book your playing time in advance by emailing kirjasto@rauma.fi

At the Main Library and Kourujärvi Library, you can also play an electric piano without a reservation.

The selection of board games and console games varies between libraries. On the Satakirjastot website, you can find an up-to-date list of board games and console games available for loan and reservation from your own library.

You can borrow movies, TV series, documentaries, and educational or hobby videos on DVD and Blu-ray discs.

Newspapers and magazines, Celia

In the Main Library’s reading room, and in the Pyynpää, Lappi, and Kourujärvi libraries, you can read and borrow newspapers and magazines.

Rauma Libraries’ Magazine List 2025 (In Finnish, pdf)

• The loan period for magazines is 2 weeks.
• The latest issues cannot be borrowed.

There are no magazines in the Uotila self-service library (opening January 2026) or in the Kodisjoki library.

You can find an up-to-date magazine list in the e-library.

Newspapers published in Rauma are preserved in the Rauma Collection.

Libraries also have a wide selection of CD audiobooks for both children and adults.

Customers with reading disabilities can register for Celia’s audiobook service.

Microfilms and microcards

In the Microfilm reading room in the 2nd floor of the Main Library you can read microfilms and microcards:

• Microfilms of the general inventory of Finnish settlements and the Finnish Genealogical Society’s reproductions of historical documents
• Church and parish records of Rauma and Rauma area
• Länsi-Suomi (see also digitized volumes of Länsi-Suomi from years 1877–1879 and 1905–1939 at the National Library’s website)
• Pohjanlahti
• Rauman lehti
• Rauman sanomat