Figures + Facts
about the University’s library system.
Last updated: 31.12.2021
Number of libraries
| 58 | USL + decentralised libraries |
Inventory evidence in bonnus
| 2,754,000 | USL |
| 1,967,000 | decentralised libraries |
| 4,721,000 | in total |
© Bernadett Yehdou/ Universität Bonn
Bonn University and State library
© Frank Homann / Universität Bonn
Collections
| 2,357,000 | books and journal volumes |
| 4,225 | current journals in printed form |
| 27,751 | licensed electronic journals via online access |
On-site use
| 21,047 | registered readers |
| 216,358 | loans including renewals |
| 1,004 | study spaces in the reading rooms and group work area |
| 125 | PC study spaces |
| 112 | hours open per week |
Special service
| 2,073 | participants in the training sessions |
| 5,656 | active courses on eCampus |
| 2,436,000 € | expenditures for literature |
| 103.07 | members of staff |
| 17,000 square metres | of main usable area in two library buildings |
© Barbara Frommann / Universität Bonn
© Frank Homann / Universität Bonn
Decentralised libraries
Together with the subject and faculty libraries, the USL provides literature and information for the University of Bonn. In addition to the media available in the USL, the 56 decentralised libraries store the following collections:
| 2,761,000 | books and periodicals | ||||||||
| 2,883 |
printed serials |
