Library in Brief
Turku University Library is the largest academic library in Southwest Finland and it is open to all.
Key figures 2021
Library use
Users
- Library visits 181 249
- Active users / borrowers 11 466
- New customers 9 305
Loans
- Loans 70 440
- Renewals 277 930
- Inter-library loans (given and received) 1152
Electronic Services
- Collection Database Volter
- Viewed records 1 632 456
- Number of data retrievals 1 914 770
- Number of contacts 1 760 287
- Usage of electronic resources 9 520 627
Collections
- E-books 607 785 (titles)
- E-journals 40 692 (titles)
- Printed books 1 118 796 (titles)
- Printed journals 33 337 (titles)
- Ephemera material 4 445 870 (items)
- Maps (18 454 items)
- Music materials 30 468 (tiles)
- Audiovisual Materials 24 084 (items)
- Patent Publications 136 807 (items)
- Archive Materials: 203 archive sources or creators
Cataloguing
- Number of records 1 503 398
- Added records 10 954
- Cataloguing to other database (2 database) 653
User training
- 419,5 hours/year
- 7903 attendees
Publishing support
University of Turku research publications 6163 (source: Current Research Information System)
- of which 6483 reported to Ministry of Education and Culture (source: Vipunen, Education Statistics Finland)
- 174 dissertations
Open access publications 4376
- 71% of the reported publications are open access
- Open access publication channel 2440 (40 %)
- Hybrid publication channel 1157 (19 %)
- Parallel publishing in non-open publication channel 779 (13 %) (source: Data Warehouse)
904 thesis in UTUthesis which 1138 are open access
Staff 31.12.2021
- 77 employees
- 70,57 working years
Units, facilities and opening hours
Units
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In Turku 6
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In Rauma 1
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In Raisio 1
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Storage facilities 2
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Administrative units 1
Library opening hours
- 388,5 hours open during week
- 1086 days open during statistical period
Library facilities
- 15 140,60 total floor area in square metres
Frame organisation
- Number of staff 3 620
- Number of students 16 918
- Admissions quota 2 465
- Total costs (x € 1000) 283 631,9
Finances
Operating Costs Total 11 719 082 €
- Staff Costs 3 493 842 €
- Library Materials Costs 4 482 205 €
- Printed material 215 597 €
- Periodicals 56 989 €
- Other monographs 158 608 €
- Electronic material 4 262 748 €
- Printed material 215 597 €
- Space Costs or Calculated Space Costs 2 548 521 €
- Other Costs 1 194 514 €
Library financing total 11 775 756 €
The University of Turku key facts and figures
The University of Turku, established in 1920, has 8 faculties and 5 independent units.