Zahlen und Fakten - Bibliothek Universität St. Gallen

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.

Collection
	2019	2020	2021
Printed books, journal volumes, non-books	571'435	561’068	565'682
E-Books	181'337	257’691	303'965
Printed journal subscriptions	796	799	757
E-Journals (licensed)	71'468	101’210	110'044

Usage / Infrastructure
	2019	2020	2021
Active users	8’303	6’846	7'587
Items borrowed	78'893	54’165	36'780
Interlibrary loan, shipping coiurier books, mail delivery	5'287	8'664	6'574
Copy jobs	771	1'826	1'441

Databases accesses*	13'710’874	566'421	419'066
E-Books full-text accesses*	1'734’629	195'768	191'515
E-Journals full-text accesses*	414’592	661'915	703'837

*from 2020, the use of e-resources will be surveyed according to a new method according to the Federal Statistical Office.