General Information

a name and address
1 Type of library university [University Library]
2 Name of library / Name of mother institution Tilburg University Library / Tilburg University
3 Address Warandelaan 2 5037 AB TilburgThe Netherlands
4 Phone / Fax / Email (+31 (0)13-466 3111(Mo-Fri): Library Service Desk
+31 (0)13-466 2121 (Mo-Fri): Secretary
E-mail: see nr. 6 Mrs. Ine Appels)
5 Name of the director of the library Mr. ir. M.J. (Marc) van den Berg
6 Contact person for enquiries (Mrs. C.A.G.M. (Ine) Appels
Head of Department: Communication and Secretariat.
E-mail: c.a.g.m.appels@uvt.nl)
b population served
7 Current readership, number of registered readers Active borrowers: 32 973, all registered borrowers: 53 441
8 Number of full time students Including part time students: 13 153 students, 1 050 international students, 354 PhD students
9 Number of part time students See nr. 8
10 Number of staff in institution About 2 000
c the old/original building(s)
11 Total floor area 880 m² including closed stacks, closed stack alone 105 m²
12 Number of reader seats 948
13 Total capacity of shelving see part C.b) 42. - The number of volumes in the library before the renovation is unknown, but it was much higher than the current numbers. The collection underwent thinning.
14 …in open access storage see part C.b) 43. - The number of volumes in the library before the renovation is unknown, but it was much higher than the current numbers. The collection underwent thinning.
15 …in closed access stacks see part C.b) 44. - The number of volumes in the library before the renovation is unknown, but it was much higher than the current numbers. The collection underwent thinning.
16 Number of library staff Total 54,9 FTE (not all of them are working in the library building)
17 Opening hours to the public Monday – Friday: 08:00-23:00hrs (about 3900hours per year) Saturdays – Sunday: 10:00 – 18:00 hrs (about 832 per year) Average 361 days per year. Total hours of opening: about: 4732.