Infrastructure

• Area of use 12.461 qm
• User workstations (University Library + IB Department Library + IC Department Library + Hegel Archive) 1.411

Media collection

• Printed Books - Material 1.755.462
• Electronical publications 667.696
• Actual printed Newspaper 193
• Licensed electronical Newspaper (Campus) 68.370

Budget

• Expenses for media acquisition 3.779.603

Use

• Active users 17.830
• Of which external 5.318
• Borrowings (incl. renewals) 214.357
  

Courses

• 313 (72 online courses, 241 courses in presence) mit 4.075 participants
• 104 consultations with 220 participants
• 13 Moodlecourses with 491 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): 2.586.849
  

German statistics of libraries

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