General Information

a name and address

1 Type of library: university, public
2 Name of library / Name of mother institution: The Hive / University of Worcester
3 Address: The Hive, Sawmill Walk, The Butts, Worcester WR1 3PB
4 Phone / Fax / Email: 01905 822866 N/A hiveadminteam@worcestershire.gov.uk ((General Enquiries): hiveadminteam@worcestershire.gov.uk,
(Booking Enquiries): bookings@thehiveworcester.org)
5 Name of the director of the library: Anne Hannaford, Director of Information and Learning Services, Judith Keene, University Librarian and Assistant Director of Information and Learning Services, Janine Downes, Hive Library Manager
6 Contact person for enquiries: Anne Hannaford, Director of Information and Learning Services a.hannaford@worc.ac.uk

7 Current readership, number of registered readers: 23334 [as up until 20th November 2013]
8 Number of full time students: 8102
9 Number of part time students: 1789
10 Number of staff in institution: 1784 [including hourly paid teaching staff, temp staff, and student temps]

11 Total floor area: 2960 sq. metres
12 Number of reader seats: 537
13 Total capacity of shelving: 4774 linear metres [approx. 150,000 volumes]
14 …in open access storage: 3516 linear metres
15 …in closed access stacks: 1248 linear metres
16 Number of library staff: 49 [48.91 FTE]
17 Opening hours to the public: 86.5 days per week (Term), 42 days per week (Vacation)