Statistics

Holdings

	2022	2023	2024
Total media holdings	9.769.957	9.931.499	10.051.834
Physical media	8.071.374	8.102.803	8.130.987
Digital holdings	1.698.583	1.828.696	1.920.847

Finances

	2022	2023	2024
Expenses for literature acquisition	4.218.710	3.115.348	4.610.945
– thereof for the acquisition of electronic resources	2.950.443	2.044.181	3.927.882

User services

	2022	2023	2024
Library visits	1.456.769	1.991.397	2.216.643
Days open	351	349	350
Queries answered	275.016	272.064	260.546
Catalogue retrievals	3.980.527	1.670.146	1.719.462
Issued media	641.195	585.601	534.254
E-journal retrievals	2.633.110	3.099.446	4.072.476
E-book retrievals	934.997	981.025	830.972
Study spaces available	3.184	3.184	3.194
Booking of study spaces	182.084	65.545	182.880
Courses on information and media literacy in hours	341	263	290
Participants in face-to-face events	3.277	2.646	2.445
E-learning services retrievals	85.595	53.074	77.663
Open Access publications by Göttingen scientists suported by the Publication Fund	428	325	283

Further statistics

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