- Cand.phil. (M.A.) in the Finnish language, University of Åbo, 1982.
- Educated as professional librarian at University of Tampere, Finland 1988.
- Further studies in information science.
- After qualifying as librarian, moved to Finnish Lapland to work in
Rovaniemi County Library as Sami special librarian.
- Studied the Sami language, and worked as librarian for one year 1992-93 at
the Nordic Sami Institute in Kautokeino, Norway
- In 1996 became university librarian at the University of Tromsø, Norway,
with responsibility for Sami language and culture.
- Librarian at the Sami Parliament at Jokkmokk, in Sweden, 1998-99
- Moved further south in the autumn of 2001 to Tysfjord in
the Norwegian county of Nordland to work as departmental librarian
in connection with the Lule Sami mobile library service.
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Päivi Alanen
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