General Information

a name and address

1 Type of library: university [University Library]
2 Name of library / Name of mother institution: Tilburg University Library / Tilburg University
3 Address: Warandelaan 2 5037 AB TilburgThe Netherlands
4 Phone / Fax / Email: (+31 (0)13-466 3111(Mo-Fri): Library Service Desk
+31 (0)13-466 2121 (Mo-Fri): Secretary
E-mail: see nr. 6 Mrs. Ine Appels)
5 Name of the director of the library: Mr. ir. M.J. (Marc) van den Berg
6 Contact person for enquiries: (Mrs. C.A.G.M. (Ine) Appels
Head of Department: Communication and Secretariat.
E-mail: c.a.g.m.appels@uvt.nl)

7 Current readership, number of registered readers: Active borrowers: 32 973, all registered borrowers: 53 441
8 Number of full time students: Including part time students: 13 153 students, 1 050 international students, 354 PhD students
9 Number of part time students: See nr. 8
10 Number of staff in institution: About 2 000

11 Total floor area: 880 m² including closed stacks, closed stack alone 105 m²
12 Number of reader seats: 948
13 Total capacity of shelving: see part C.b) 42. - The number of volumes in the library before the renovation is unknown, but it was much higher than the current numbers. The collection underwent thinning.
14 …in open access storage: see part C.b) 43. - The number of volumes in the library before the renovation is unknown, but it was much higher than the current numbers. The collection underwent thinning.
15 …in closed access stacks: see part C.b) 44. - The number of volumes in the library before the renovation is unknown, but it was much higher than the current numbers. The collection underwent thinning.
16 Number of library staff: Total 54,9 FTE (not all of them are working in the library building)
17 Opening hours to the public: Monday – Friday: 08:00-23:00hrs (about 3900hours per year) Saturdays – Sunday: 10:00 – 18:00 hrs (about 832 per year) Average 361 days per year. Total hours of opening: about: 4732.