General Information

a name and address
1 Type of library university
2 Name of library / Name of mother institution Universitätsbibliothek Bern / Universität Bern
3 Address Münstergasse 61
4 Phone / Fax / Email ++41 31 631 92 00
++41 31 631 92 99
info@ub.unibe.ch
5 Name of the director of the library Marianne Rubli Supersaxo
6 Contact person for enquiries Christian Lüthi
christian.luethi@ub.unibe.ch
++41 31 631 92 03
(Leiter Abt. Ressourcen, Direktion)
b population served
7 Current readership, number of registered readers 24000 [Aktive Benutzerinnen und Benutzer 2012]
8 Number of full time students 16991
9 Number of part time students Wird nicht unterschieden
10 Number of staff in institution 3873
c the old/original building(s)
11 Total floor area 26461 sq. metres
12 Number of reader seats 2335
13 Total capacity of shelving 4388600 volumes
14 …in open access storage 745000 volumes
15 …in closed access stacks 3643000 volumes
16 Number of library staff 167
17 Opening hours to the public 69 h pro Woche / 300 Tage pro Jahr