General Information

a name and address

1 Type of library

university [university]

2 Name of library / Name of mother institution

Centrum Informacji Naukowej i Biblioteka Akademicka (CINiBA), The Scientific Information Centre and Academic Library (Polish acronym: CINiBA) / Joint library of the University of Silesia in Katowice and the University of Economics in Katowice

3 Address

Bankowa St.11a St., 40-007 Katowice, Poland

4 Phone / Fax / Email

(+4832 786 50 50, info@ciniba.edu.pl)

5 Name of the director of the library

Professor PhDr. Dariusz Pawelec

6 Contact person for enquiries

(Jadwiga Witek)

b population served

7 Current readership, number of registered readers

33 600 (Library of the University of Silesia) + 12 100 (The Library of the University of Economics in Katowice) + region

8 Number of full time students

22 360 (Library of the University of Silesia) + 8/9. 11 100 (The Library of the University of Economics in Katowice)

9 Number of part time students

8 800 (Library of the University of Silesia)

10 Number of staff in institution

2440 (Library of the University of Silesia) + 1000 (The Library of the University of Economics in Katowice)

c the old/original building(s)

11 Total floor area

14 835 m² (Library of the University of Silesia) + 1328 m² (The Library of the University of Economics in Katowice)

12 Number of reader seats

273 (Library of the University of Silesia) + 169 (The Library of the University of Economics in Katowice)

13 Total capacity of shelving

550 000 volumes (Library of the University of Silesia)+ 341 000 volumes (The Library of the University of Economics in Katowice)

14 …in open access storage

42 374 volumes (Library of the University of Silesia) + 92600 volumes (The Library of the University of Economics in Katowice)

15 …in closed access stacks

510 000 volumes (Library of the University of Silesia) + 269 373 volumes (The Library of the University of Economics in Katowice)

16 Number of library staff

100 (Library of the University of Silesia) + 47 (The Library of the University of Economics in Katowice)

17 Opening hours to the public

54 hours/week, 324 days/year