Facts and figures for 2018
A day at the Library
- 3 402 people visit one of our 12 subject libraries
- 609 books are checked out
- 7 301 people visit our website
- 9 284 queries are made in our search tool
- 9 928 articles are downloaded
- 7 093 e-books are downloaded
1 600 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 26 556 e-journals
Last year...
222 461 print books were checked out
3 403 visitors...
...in just one day
We open the doors
The Library gives access to 288 databases
Libraries and visitors
Subject libraries: 12
Study places in the libraries: 1 636
Physical visits, thousands: 1 242
Visits to the website annually, thousands: 2 665
Collections
Books and serial publications, items in thousands: 5 033 000
Total metres of shelving: 152 683
Electronic books, number of titles: 567 243
Electronic journals, number of titles: 26 556
Databases: 288
Loans and teaching
Local loans annually from our own collections: 222 461
Interlibrary loans annually from own collections: 15 639
Full text documents downloaded annually from DiVA: 2 245 742
Library instruction, in hours: 1 085
Library instruction, no. of participants: 14 633
Staff and budget
Total no. of employees / number of librarians: 196/101
Salary costs (in SEK, in thousands): 111 308
Purchasing costs, printed items (in SEK excluding V.A.T., in thousands): 6 370
Purchasing costs, electronic resources (in SEK excluding V.A.T., in thousands): 52 721