The ETH-Bibliothek, established in 1855, is the largest public library in Switzerland and has a major influence on technical developments in Swiss libraries in general.
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Function
- Central university library for ETH Zurich
- Swiss centre for technical and scientific information
- Provides information for employees and students at ETH Zurich, for members of the public with an interest in technology and science and for companies working in research and development
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Task
- To provide electronic information for members of ETH Zurich
- To enable access to information and media from other service providers
- To obtain, make available and collect academic literature
- To develop and provide innovative services
- To manage the ETH Zurich Institute Archives and the ETH Board Archives
- To coordinate the maintenance and further development of the culturally and historically important collections at ETH Zurich
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Collections
- Architecture
- Civil Engineering
- Engineering Sciences
- Natural Sciences and Mathematics
- System-oriented Natural Sciences
- Management and Social Sciences
Statistics (as of the end of 2011)
| Holdings | 7,692,000 | |
| Electronic resources | 296,000 | |
| Journals |
electronic journals (licensed or freely accessible) current printed journals |
13,900 5,330 |
| Databases | 149 | |
| Books, reference works |
e-books printed papers (monographs and bound volumes) |
86,000 2,838,000 |
| Dissertations, reports |
documents ETH E-Collection reports and microfiches |
25,800 2,213,000 |
| Maps | maps and plans | 402,000 |
| Images, audiovisual media |
electronic images image documents audiovisual media |
169,000 1,787,000 6,500 |
| Archive material, documentation |
manuscripts contents of the archive (boxes) medals |
261,000 23,000 2,241 |
| Other statistics |
abstracts and indices new acquisitions ETH E-Citations DOI registration (Digital Object Identifier) |
144,000 150,000 9,900 406,000 |
| Usage |
loans (printed documents) online renewals loans to other libraries (printed documents) number of journal articles (document delivery) |
289,000 154,000 64,000 94,000 |
| Number of accesses to |
library website (visits) licensed electronic journals (pdf downloads) e-books (pdf downloads) ETH E-Collection (pdf downloads) databases (visits) |
910,000 3,646,000 883,000 3,032,000 910,000 |
