Facts and Figures

Learn more about our collection, our facilities, infrastructure as well as our library equipment.

Business Administration and Economics
Law
Additional collection areas such as Political Science, Sociology, Psychology, Education, Philosophy, History, Information Technology, Mathematics, Linguistics and Literature.

All documents can be accessed and ordered through HSGswisscovery.

Infrastructure
Workstations	540
Weekly opening hours	80
Audience area (m²)	4‘047
Staff (FTE)	31.06

Collection
	2023	2024	2025
Printed books, journal volumes, non-books	565'005	561'461	562'927
E-Books	409'064	471'462	497'422
Printed journal subscriptions	568	557	538
E-Journals (licensed)	127'178	119'779	124'429

Usage
	2023	2024	2025
Active users	6'813	6'231	8'606
Items borrowed	42'023	39'294	35'398
Interlibrary loan, shipping coiurier books, mail delivery	7'015	6'796	6'919
Copy jobs	1'812	1'387	1'509

Databases accesses	811'799	691'211	*
E-Books full-text accesses	184'677	198'978	*
E-Journals full-text accesses	768'533	775'549	*

*The data will follow at the beginning of April.

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