General Information

a name and address
1 Type of library university [University Of Applied Sciences]
2 Name of library / Name of mother institution Hochschulbibliothek, Haus Tista Murk / Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften
3 Address Turbinenstrasse 2
4 Phone / Fax / Email 41-58 934 75 00
winterthur.hsb@zhaw.ch
5 Name of the director of the library Dr. Wolfgang Giella
6 Contact person for enquiries Wolfgang Giella
giwo@zhaw.ch
41-58 934 65 87
b population served
7 Current readership, number of registered readers 10056 [only for Winterthur in 2014, the ZHAW Library counts 15 873 users in 2014]
8 Number of full time students 8517 [only for Winterthur in 2014 and without the students of further education]
9 Number of part time students 3000 [estimate for Winterthur]
10 Number of staff in institution 2984 [the whole ZHAW]
c the old/original building(s)
11 Total floor area 6320 sq. metres
12 Number of reader seats 744
13 Total capacity of shelving 160000 volumes
14 …in open access storage 140000 volumes
15 …in closed access stacks 40000 volumes
16 Number of library staff 17 [only for the Library in Winterthur]
17 Opening hours to the public 53 in 5 weekdays