The Tampere City Library is a large modern public library serving a population of over 174,000 people. Designed by Raiti and Reima Pietita and completed in 1986, the building's unusual roof has the shape of the capercailtie after which it is named.Thousands of people enter its doors every day, many of them from places all over the world.
	Photo courtesy of Tampere City Library Home Page Click here for an aerial view

	Rotunda of the Tampere City Library
Photo courtesy of the Tampere City Library WWW Home Page

Here Mr. Napoli presents his talk and demonstration of the St. Joseph County Public Library's WWW Home Page.
	Photo by Erkki Lounasvuori with SJCPL's QuickTake Digital Camera

Mr. Napoli's talk was one in a series of workshops, called the "Tiedon talo," sponsored by the Finnish Library Association as part of its continuing education efforts for Finnish librarians. Mr. Napoli began by talking about the "St. Joseph County Public Library's Internet Services: how we started; what we're doing; where we're going" (about 60 minutes). He followed this with a practical talk and demo about the "St. Joseph County Public Library's WWW Home Page: What's it all about?" (about 30 minutes). This talk about his library's Internet technology, services, and policies was followed by a 30-minute question-and-answer period for members of the audience.

	Finnish librarians ask Mr. Napoli several questions
Photo by Erkki Lounasvuori with SJCPL's QuickTake Digital Camera

After this, his first talk in Finland, Mr. Napoli takes a taxi with Mikael Böök to the University of Tampere for lunch with the Department of Information Studies faculty and for his second talk. See a map of Tampere for the locations of the City Library and the University.