February 26, 1999

A Template of Russia, but Calm: the U. of Helsinki's Slavonic Library

By BRYON MacWILLIAMS

The Slavonic Library at the University of Helsinki does not need several days or more to retrieve a book, but hours, or even minutes. No part of its vast collection is closed to the public. Books, without regard to amount, are not dropped into the laps of researchers; they are not seized if a scholar fails to reorder them after three days. Its reading rooms are not occupied by crowds of the size found in suburban America shopping malls. And

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