Facts and figures

Learn about our extensive collection, facilities and library equipment.

Collection 

• About 600,000 books and non-books (DVDs, audiobooks, CDs)
• 90,000 e-books, all of which are listed in the library catalogue 
• About 1400 subscriptions to printed journals, with titles listed in the library catalogue 
• Access to nearly 30,000 electronic journals with subscriptions (e-journals) 

Primary subject fields 

• Economic Sciences and Law 
• Additional collection areas: Political Science, Sociology, Psychology, Education, Philosophy, History, Information Technology, Mathematics, Linguistics and Literature

Media locations 

• Open stacks on 3 floors using a finely differentiated classification system.
• You can find your desired documents on the shelf and use them at the workspaces. 
• Closed, external storage facility¸ in which books obtained prior to 1987 are stored. These items must be ordered from the library catalogue. Orders that are placed by 8 a.m. from Monday to Friday are generally ready for pick-up at the library by 12 noon. Please note that no books are picked up from the storage facility on Saturday.

New purchases 

• Around 17,000 new purchases each year 
• Send us your purchase recommendations using this form

Usage 

• 158,470 items borrowed in 2011
• 11,155 active users in 2011
• 80 Opening hours per week
• Around 370 seats, expandable with an additional 80 seats during exam preparation periods 
• 1400 square metres of space in the book / reading area on the ground floor; 1350 square metres on the upper level; 600 square metres on the lower level 
• 470 square metres at the storage facility 
• 42 employees (about 31 full-time positions)