General Information

a name and address

1 Type of library
university [University Of Applied Sciences]
2 Name of library / Name of mother institution
Hochschulbibliothek, Haus Tista Murk / Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften
3 Address
Turbinenstrasse 2
4 Phone / Fax / Email
41-58 934 75 00 winterthur.hsb@zhaw.ch
5 Name of the director of the library
Dr. Wolfgang Giella
6 Contact person for enquiries
Wolfgang Giella giwo@zhaw.ch 41-58 934 65 87

b population served

7 Current readership, number of registered readers
10056 [only for Winterthur in 2014, the ZHAW Library counts 15 873 users in 2014]
8 Number of full time students
8517 [only for Winterthur in 2014 and without the students of further education]
9 Number of part time students
3000 [estimate for Winterthur]
10 Number of staff in institution
2984 [the whole ZHAW]

c the old/original building(s)

11 Total floor area
6320 sq. metres
12 Number of reader seats
744
13 Total capacity of shelving
160000 volumes
14 …in open access storage
140000 volumes
15 …in closed access stacks
40000 volumes
16 Number of library staff
17 [only for the Library in Winterthur]
17 Opening hours to the public
53 in 5 weekdays