General Information

a name and address
1 Type of library university [University Library]
2 Name of library / Name of mother institution Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek Luzern – Standort UNI/PHZ-Gebäude / Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek Luzern
3 Address Frohburgstrasse 3, CH-6002 Lucerne, Switzerland
4 Phone / Fax / Email (P 041 228 77 57; F 041 228 77 67; info.upg@zhbluzern.ch)
5 Name of the director of the library Ulrich Niederer
6 Contact person for enquiries (Tobias Schelling)
b population served
7 Current readership, number of registered readers 18 000
8 Number of full time students 3 300
9 Number of part time students 600
10 Number of staff in institution 900
c the old/original building(s)
11 Total floor area total 1 300 m², 4 sites
12 Number of reader seats approx. 200
13 Total capacity of shelving 100 000 books (900 000 in a storage depot)
14 …in open access storage 100 000
15 …in closed access stacks 900 000 (in a storage depot)
16 Number of library staff 21
17 Opening hours to the public 57,5 – 66 hours per week at the different sites