Библиотека как социальный институт сохранения и устойчивого развития культур и культурного самовыражения коренных народов Севера ("Library as a social institution for conservation and sustainable development of cultures and cultural expressions of the North indigenous peoples"): междунар. науч.-практ. конф., 20-23 ноября 2012 г. Мурманск: сб. материалов/ сост. Михайлова Е.Р., Иванова С.В. : редкол.: Синева Е.В. и др. – Мурманск: МГОУНБ, 2013.

108 The cultural centre Sajos is the home of many Sámi players with which the Crossing Library networks: the Sámi Parliament, the Sámi Archives, the Children’s Cultural Centre, the Sámi Music Centre, a bookstore, the Education Material Office, and the Sámi Educt ion Institute. The Sámi Archives is run as part of the Finnish National Archives, and it obtains and accepts Sámi archival material. Other players located in Inari include the Sámi Radio and the Sámi Museum Siida. The Sámi Special Library has, together wit h the Crossing Library, enhanced remote access. Lectures on Sámi issues have been arranged jointly by the Lapland Department of Rovaniemi Library and the Sámi Research of the University of Lapland; these lectures have been distributed throughout the Sámi A rea. The weekly lessons in the Sámi language carried out by the Special Library are also available throughout the Sámi Area. People have remote access to these lectures and language lessons in either libraries or other suitable premises. Through the joint media platform of the libraries, the lectures are available for online viewing for a week after they were originally given. Remote connections work both ways: from the central location to the sparsely-populated area and from the tundra to the city. It is also worth mentioning that these remote access facilities make people gather to one place; thus, information technology also brings people together and does not only separate them so that they sit alone by their own computers. Next year, we aim to carry out a cooperation project on the control and obtaining of audiovisual material and new recording forms. The project will also analyse copyright issues dealing with recordings. The idea is that libraries will compile a common CD/DVD collection of recordings, documentaries and feature films that deal with Sámi issues and are considered important by the libraries. The activities of the Crossing Library consist of Sámi library work done in Sámi by Sámi. Like the Sámi Special Library,