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University of Freiburg

The University Library in figures

(incl. campus libraries)

Media and information holdings

Total holdings of printed media: 5,284,200 
Available databases and individual electronic documents: 1,845,161
Available electronic journals (titles): 168,731
Manuscripts and autographs: 4.050
Incunabula: 3,456 
Rare books: 13,624 
Literary remains: 178
Audiovisual documents (analogue and digital): 55,596
Micromaterials (individual items): 642,806
Maps and plans (number of sheets): 43,927
Sheet music: 31,795
Works recorded in the institutional repository FreiDok plus: 262,776, 
of which references with full-text access: 43,783, 
of which references to research data (records): 220

Resources

Total expenditure on acquisitions: EUR 8,285,291
Expenditure on acquistions of electronic media: EUR 3,674,288
Expenditure on open-access publications & transformation agreements: EUR 3,261,262
Physical media units acquired: 26,234
Digital media units acquired: 53,206
Currently subscribed non-electronic journals (titles): 2,996
Currently subscribed electronic journals (titles): 77,787

Operations

Opening hours: 119 hours per week
User workstations: 3,823
Computer workstations: 187
Library visits: 3,080,232 
Items borrowed: 462,899 
Borrowing users: 11,720 

Promoting Digital Literacy

Attendees at library user training sessions: 6,310
User training sessions (hours): 1,089
Calls to the library’s e-learning resources: 24,488

Media centre

Audiovisual editing suites and multimedia workstations: 8
Studios: 5 (1 film studio, 2  radio studios, 1 podcast room, 1 recording booth)
Seats in training rooms: 26

Staff

Full-time equivalents (FTEs): 133.55
Apprentices / interns (person-months): 57.50

Locations

Number of campus libraries: 58

Last updated: 01.01.2026
Source: Deutsche Bibliotheksstatistik (German Library Statistics) and our own calculations