Facts and Figures | Library University of St.Gallen (HSG)

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
	2022	2023	2024
Printed books, journal volumes, non-books	557'595	565'005	561'461
E-Books	375'336	409'064	471'462
Printed journal subscriptions	783	568	557
E-Journals (licensed)	120'234	127'178	119'779

Usage
	2022	2023	2024
Active users	7'987	6'813	6'231
Items borrowed	41'840	42'023	39'294
Interlibrary loan, shipping coiurier books, mail delivery	5'855	7'015	6'796
Copy jobs	1'301	1'812	1'387

Databases accesses	323'899	811'799	*
E-Books full-text accesses	206'510	184'677	*
E-Journals full-text accesses	761'400	768'533	*

* Figures will follow in April