General Information
a name and address
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Type of library
- university [University]
- 2
Name of library / Name of mother institution
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University of Edinburgh Main Library
/ University of Edinburgh
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Address
- George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LX
- 4
Phone / Fax / Email
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(+44 131 651 5041 IS.Helpline@ed.ac.uk)
- 5
Name of the director of the library
- Sheila E Cannell Sheila.cannell@ed.ac.uk
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Contact person for enquiries
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(Lesley Bryson Lesley.Bryson@ed.ac.uk)
b population served
- 7
Current readership, number of registered readers
- 33 000 (full time equivalent)
- 8
Number of full time students
- 23 436 (headcount)
- 9
Number of part time students
- 5 538 (headcount)
- 10
Number of staff in institution
- 7 800
c the old/original building(s)
- 11
Total floor area
- 27 693 m² (built in imperial measures, 298,081 m²)
- 12
Number of reader seats
- 1 750
- 13
Total capacity of shelving
- 63 223
- 14
…in open access storage
- 43 756
- 15
…in closed access stacks
- 43 756
- 16
Number of library staff
- 185
- 17
Opening hours to the public
- 07.30-02.30 (19 hours per day), 34 weeks. Reduced hours (various) out of termtime
