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Jagiellonian University Library System holdings in numbers

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Jagiellonian University Library System holdings in numbers

Statistical data as of December 31, 2022

Traditional types of holdings in total:

8,744,872 items, including:

  • Jagiellonian Library – 6,564,628 items
  • faculty and institute libraries – 2,180,244 items

Jagiellonian Library - traditional types of holdings:

  • books – 3,085,633 items
  • periodicals – 1,182,065 items
  • special collections – 2,296,930 items, in particular:

manuscripts collection – 36,831 items
early printed books collection – 111,324 items (including 3,666 incunabula)
maps collection – 64,845 items
graphic arts collection – 66,244 items
musical collection – 59,723 items

Jagiellonian Library  - non-traditional types of holdings:

  • acquired digital materials – 51,671 items
  • licensed online resources subscribed by the Library – 339,700 items
  • own digitized materials from the Library collections– 830,887 items

Faculty and institute libraries – traditional types of holdings:

  • books – 1,723,208 items
  • periodicals – 296,018 items
  • special collections – 152,018 items

Development of Jagiellonian Library collections in 2022:  

130,594  items, in particular:

  • books – 63,536 items
  • periodicals – 19,573 items
  • special collections – 47,485 items
  • acquired digital materials – 2,799  units

Jagiellonian Library usage in 2022:

  • registered patrons – 15,428 
  • collection items checked out to the reading rooms and outside  – 313,933
  • number of visitors in the reading rooms – 41,183 
  • number of seats available in the reading rooms  – 354
  • number of guests visiting the Library – 1,306 

Jagiellonian Library reference services in 2022:       

  • bibliographic and subject inquiries on site  – 5,961
  • requested research queries  – 1,390, including 210 from abroad

Jagiellonian Library reprographic services in 2022: 

  • photocopies  – 10,331
  • digital photographs  – 216
  • scans  – 669,059

Online resources usage in 2022:

  • number of sessions (logins)  – 1,252, 386
  • number of full text downloads – 1,704,698
  • number of items accessed at the Jagiellonian Digital Library (JBC) – 3,452,880

Jagiellonian Library website usage in 2022:

  • number of page views   – 1,177,004
  • number of unique viewers – 892,986