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 2012)
| Holdings | 7,475,000 | |
| Electronic resources | 364,000 | |
| Journals |
electronic journals (licensed or freely accessible) subscribed journals |
14,600 5,380 |
| Databases | 145 | |
| Books, reference works |
e-books printed papers (monographs and bound volumes) |
104,800 2,887,500 |
| Dissertations, reports |
documents ETH E-Collection reports and microfiches |
27,200 2,213,000 |
| Maps | maps and plans | 403,000 |
| Images, audiovisual media |
electronic images image documents audiovisual media |
201,500 1,520,000 5,200 |
| Archive material, documentation |
manuscripts contents of the archive (boxes) medals |
261,000 23,400 2,241 |
| Other statistics |
abstracts and indices new acquisitions ETH E-Citations DOI registration (Digital Object Identifier) |
161,051 165,000 10,600 570,000 |
| Usage |
loans (printed documents) online renewals loans to other libraries (printed documents) loans from other libraries (printed documents) number of journal articles (document delivery) |
314,000 182,000 65,700 89,000 81,000 |
| Number of accesses to |
library website (visits) licensed electronic journals (pdf downloads) e-books (pdf downloads) ETH E-Collection (pdf downloads) databases (visits) |
930,000 3,340,000 988,953 3,359,000 354,000 |
