General Information

a name and address

1 Type of library
university [University]
2 Name of library / Name of mother institution
The McClay Library / Queen’s University Belfast
3 Address
College Park, Belfast, BT7 1LP
4 Phone / Fax / Email
(phone +44 (0)2890976322, E-mail, library@qub.ac.uk)
5 Name of the director of the library
Mr John Gormley
6 Contact person for enquiries
(Ms Elizabeth Traynor; Ms Karen Latimer)

b population served

7 Current readership, number of registered readers
38 000
8 Number of full time students
22 000
9 Number of part time students
6 000
10 Number of staff in institution
3 000

c the old/original building(s)

11 Total floor area
20 574
12 Number of reader seats
2 755
13 Total capacity of shelving
46 000 linear metres
14 …in open access storage
38 000 linear metres
15 …in closed access stacks
8 000 linear metres
16 Number of library staff
118
17 Opening hours to the public
70 hours per week, 330 days per year