Finland's libraries are increasingly being valued not by how many books they lend, but how they help societies function. On a freezing January morning in Helsinki, around 20 people gather outside Oodi, the city's central library, waiting for the doors to open. "I have tears in my eyes when I see people almost run into the building at 08:00, heading straight to their favourite spots," says Katri Vänttinen, director of library services for the whole of the Finnish capital. "It shows that the