Statistics

Holdings

	2020	2021	2022
Total media holdings	9.359.165	9.513.850	9.769.957
Physical media	7.991.749	8.032.710	8.071.374
Digital holdings	1.367.363	1.481.140	1.698.583

Finances

	2020	2021	2022
Expenses for literature acquisition	4.275.949	4.016.524	4.218.710
– thereof for the acquisition of electronic resources	3.217.067	2.898.270	2.950.443

User services

	2020	2021	2022
Library visits	1.077.403	759.680	1.456.769
Days open	303	347	351
Queries answered	428.688	271.154	276.016
Catalogue retrievals	11.449.770	12.086.545	3.980.527
Issued media	670.509	752.230	641.195
E-journal retrievals	2.662.078	2.735.355	2.633.110
E-book retrievals	1.045.673	978.117	934.997
Study spaces available	3.099	3.134	3.184
Booking of study spaces	k. A.	65.545	165.722
Courses on information and media literacy in hours	158	213	341
Participants in face-to-face events	1.452	2.326	3.277
E-learning services retrievals	68.857	82.327	85.595
Open Access publications by Göttingen scientists suported by the Publication Fund	343	483	428

Further statistics

• German Library Statistics
  
• BIX - The Library Index (until 2015)