Statistics – University Library in numbers (2025)

Infrastructure

  • Area of use 12.509 qm
  • User workstations (University Library + IB Department Library + IC Department Library + Hegel Archive) 1.476

Media collection

  • Printed Books - Material 1.688.780
  • Electronical publications 647.409
  • Actual printed Newspaper 316
  • Licensed electronical Newspaper (Campus) 71.168

Budget

  • Expenses for media acquisition 4.889.338

Use

  • Registered users 60,335
    • Of which external 5.460
  • Borrowings (incl. renewals) 191.414

Courses

  • 314 (105 online courses, 209 courses in presence) mit 4.206 participants
  • 136 consultations with 150 participants
  • 9 Moodlecourses with 582 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

German statistics of libraries

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