Established in 1959
Organizational chart (pdf)
Rules of use of the Oulu University Library (pdf)
Libraries:
- Architecture Library (architecture)
- Medical Library (health sciences)
- Pegasus Library (humanities, education, economics)
- Science and Technology Library Tellus (science and technology)
- Kajaani University Consortium library services are available through Kajaani University of Applied Sciences Library.
Library staff at the end of 2012: 84
Students and staff at the University of Oulu: 18 300
Library use*):
- Library visits: 886 800
- Loans: 254 500
- Usage of electronic journal articles: 800 300
- Participants in information skills instruction: 6 900
Collections *):
- Printed books: 1 223 300
- Electronic books: 354 00
- Printed journals (purchased): 1 100
- Electronic journals: 35 200
- Databases: 460
Through its status as a legal deposit library the library receives free copies of most publications in Finland (since 1961) and also legal deposit copies of EU publications (since 1995). The National Audiovisual Archive (KAVA) is also available for public use in the library.
Facilities*):
- Reading and studying places: 1 364
- Places in group study areas: 523
- Individual study rooms: 27
Expenditure*):
- Total expenditure: 9 019 400 €
More statistical figures can be found in the library’s annual reports (in Finnish) and in the Statistics database of scientific libraries.
