Library in Brief
Turku University Library is the largest academic library in Southwest Finland and it is open to all.
Key figures 2024
Library use
- Library visits 436 669
- Loans 79 805
- Renewals 110 925
- Inter-library loans received 724
- Inter-library loans given 733
- Searches in collection database Volter 2 288 499
- Number of sessions in collection database Volter 1 716 326
- Usage of electronic resources 11 328 391
Collections
- E-books 1 032 413 titles
- E-periodicals 117 968 titles
- OA books 10 235 titles
- OA periodicals 22 587 titles
- Printed books 1 115 590 titles / 1 543 958 volumes
- Printed periodicals 32 937 titles
- Documents stored in publication archives 3 653
- Electronic theses 3 630
- Ephemera material 4 545 601 items
- Maps 18 902 titles
- Music materials 33 687 titles
- Audiovisual materials 14 901 titles
User training
- Participants in library-provided user training sessions 8 290
Publishing support
- University of Turku research publications 7 566 of which 7 134 reported to Ministry of Education and Culture (source: Data Warehouse)
- Publications reported to the Ministry of Education and Culture, openly available 69%
- From the reported publications, 48.8% or 3 461 parallel-published
- The agreements signed by the library enabled researchers to open 640 articles free of charge
Staff
- Working years 68,2
Opening hours
- Total weekly opening hours 427
Finances
- Library materials costs 4 107 170 €
- Operating costs total 11 981 588 €
The University of Turku key facts and figures
- Staff FTE 3 593
- Number of students (education leading to a degree) 18 072
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