General Information
a name and address
- 1
Type of library
- university
- 2
Name of library / Name of mother institution
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Bill Bryson Library
/ Durham University
- 3
Address
- Stockton Road, Durham, DH1 5XS, United Kingdom
- 4
Phone / Fax / Email
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+44 (0)191 3343042
+44 (0)191 334 2971
main.library@durham.ac.uk
- 5
Name of the director of the library
- Mr Jon Purcell
- 6
Contact person for enquiries
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Dr Richard Pears
richard.pears@durham.ac.uk
+44 (0)191 334 2970
b population served
- 7
Current readership, number of registered readers
- 26427 [Including current university staff and students, retired staff doing research, visiting researchers, alumni and the public.]
- 8
Number of full time students
- 15655
- 9
Number of part time students
- 1433
- 10
Number of staff in institution
- 3000
c the old/original building(s)
- 11
Total floor area
- 8558 sq. metres
- 12
Number of reader seats
- 879
- 13
Total capacity of shelving
- 21714 linear metres
- 14
…in open access storage
- 17519 linear metres
- 15
…in closed access stacks
- 4195 linear metres
- 16
Number of library staff
- 65
- 17
Opening hours to the public
- 104 hours per week in term-time, reduced in vacations. Open for 350 days per year.
