General Information

a name and address
1 Type of library university [University]
2 Name of library / Name of mother institution The McClay Library / Queen’s University Belfast
3 Address College Park, Belfast, BT7 1LP
4 Phone / Fax / Email (phone +44 (0)2890976322, E-mail, library@qub.ac.uk)
5 Name of the director of the library Mr John Gormley
6 Contact person for enquiries (Ms Elizabeth Traynor; Ms Karen Latimer)
b population served
7 Current readership, number of registered readers 38 000
8 Number of full time students 22 000
9 Number of part time students 6 000
10 Number of staff in institution 3 000
c the old/original building(s)
11 Total floor area 20 574
12 Number of reader seats 2 755
13 Total capacity of shelving 46 000 linear metres
14 …in open access storage 38 000 linear metres
15 …in closed access stacks 8 000 linear metres
16 Number of library staff 118
17 Opening hours to the public 70 hours per week, 330 days per year