Function, collections, statistics
ETH Library, established in 1855, is the largest public natural scientific and technical library in Switzerland and has a major influence on technical developments in Swiss libraries in general.
Function
- Central university library for ETH Zurich
- Swiss centre for technical and natural 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
Task
- Providing electronic information for members of ETH Zurich
- Enabling access to information and media from other service providers
- Obtaining, making available and collecting academic literature
- Developing and providing innovative services
- Long-term preservation of ETH Zurich's scientific and cultural heritage in digital form in the ETH Data Archive and advice on data management
- Implementation of ETH Zurich's open-access policy and support for members of ETH Zurich on open-access publishing
- Managing the ETH Zurich University Archives and the ETH Board Archives
- Maintaining and further developing the culturally and historically important collections at ETH Zurich
Collections
- Architecture
- Civil Engineering
- Engineering Sciences
- Natural Sciences and Mathematics
- System-oriented Natural Sciences
- Management and Social Sciences
| Statistics | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Analog resources | 7 905 956 | 9 051 990 | 9 330 097 |
| Digital resources | 546 468 | 726 215 | 804 959 |
|
Journals e-journals (licensed or freely accessible) subscribed journals |
17 025 5 401 |
18 158 5 400 |
19 628 7 142 |
| Databases | 144 | 155 | 156 |
|
Books, reference works e-books printed works (monographs and bound journals) |
163 909 2 853 837 |
184 537 2 882 123 |
213 748 2 915 775 |
|
Dissertations, reports documents ETH E-Collection reports and microfiches |
30 115 2 213 089 |
31 507 2 213 090 |
28 634 2 213 092 |
|
Maps maps and plans |
335 670 |
337 353 |
338 746 |
|
Analog image documents, audiovisual media image documents audiovisual media |
2 206 665 6 815 |
3 319 011 7 776 |
3 509 522 7 942 |
|
Digital image documents Rare Books Collection Collection of Prints and Drawings ETH Zurich Image Archive Max Frisch Archive |
8 769 18 602 300 477 3 810 |
11 100 22 286 329 311 4 000 |
15 000 20 932 365 258 4 000 |
|
Archival materials in linear metres Graphische Sammlung ETH Zürich ETH Zurich University Archives Max Frisch Archive Thomas Mann Archives (includes only manuscripts) |
18 3 715 105 22 |
18 3 852 105 22 |
18 4 012 110 22 |
|
Other statistics Abstracts and indices (cumulated) new acquisitions (analog) ETH E-Citations (increase) assigned Digital Object Identifiers DOI (cumulated) |
192 723 256 034 15 443 841 160 |
211 829 1 179 716 12 089 1 047 302 |
228 926 260 139 84 948 1 448 133 |
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Usage loans (analog documents) manual renewals loans to other libraries (analog documents) loans from other libraries (analog documents) number of journal articles (document delivery) |
295 139 202 532 58 163 97 162 54 661 |
292 566 209 480 56 215 100 873 49 787 |
283 995 204 789 54 122 101 514 37 374 |
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Number of accesses to library website (visits) licensed e-journals (pdf downloads) e-books (pdf downloads) ETH E-Collection (visits) databases (sessions, searches) |
1 568 214 5 246 336 3 484 070 3 213 537 367 008 |
1 526 110 5 072 384 5 215 962 3 285 286 367 392 |
1 962 342 4 728 235 3 851 576 3 222 912 403 938 |