Infrastructure

• Area of use 12.461 qm
• User workstations (University Library + IB Department Library + IC Department Library + Hegel Archive) 1.467

Media collection

• Printed Books - Material 1.759.299
• Electronical publications 626.127
• Actual printed Newspaper 207
• Licensed electronical Newspaper (Campus) 64.622

Budget

• Expenses for media acquisition 3.399.247

Use

• Active users 27.587
• Of which external 14.337
• Borrowings (incl. renewals) 297.124
  

Courses

• 323 (213 online courses, 110 courses in presence) mit 4.357 participants
• 117 consultations with 440 participants
• 13 Moodlecourses with 941 participants

Training and internships

The Ruhr-University Bochum offers training as a media and information services specialist (FaMI) in the library field. The university library also offers numerous internships.

• Trainees as media and information services specialists (FaMI): 2
• Practice-related students: 2

Department Libraries of the University Library

• Number of Libraries : 28
• Materials (printed volumes): 2.589.758
  

German statistics of libraries

Further information and comparisons with other libraries can be found in the German Library Statistics (DBS).