Facts and figures for 2019

A day at the Library
- 3 772 people visit one of our 11 subject libraries
- 483 books are checked out
- 8 559 people visit our website
- 11 149 queries are made in our search tool
- 9 724 articles are downloaded
- 9 364 e-books are downloaded
2 244 seats

Welcome to sit down and study
Stack our books in a pile

and it will be as high as 17 Mount Everests
Our collection of e-resources continues to grow

Now we have 31 306 e-journals
Last year...

176 599 print books were checked out
3 772 visitors...

...in just one day
We open the doors

The Library gives access to over 200 databases
Libraries and visitors

Subject libraries: 11
Study places in the libraries: 2 244
Physical visits, thousands: 1 376
Visits to the website: 3 123 959
Collections
Books and serial publications, items in thousands: 5 020 412
Total metres of shelving: 150 000
Electronic books, number of titles: 615 266
Electronic journals, number of titles: 31 306

Loans and teaching

Local loans annually from our own collections: 176 599
Interlibrary loans annually from own collections: 14 532
Full text documents downloaded annually from DiVA: 2 824 374
Library instruction, in hours: 1 465
Library instruction, no. of participants: 16 790
Staff and budget
Total no. of employees / number of librarians: 186/96
Salary costs (in SEK, in thousands): 111 342
Purchasing costs, printed items (in SEK excluding V.A.T., in thousands): 4 592
Purchasing costs, electronic resources (in SEK excluding V.A.T., in thousands): 46 882