Session Number
22
Description
The ETH-Bibliothek is not only the main library of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), but also the national center for scientific and technical literature and information. At the end of 1990 its complete holdings amounted to 4.5 million documents including 2 million microfiche and 11,000 current journa1s. In 1990 450,000 documents were lent (half being internal loans and half external loans, i.e. loans by mail). The ETH-Bibliothek supplies more documents and copies by mail than all other Swiss libraries combined. Among its external patrons are industrial companies, engineering offices, individuals and many local and foreign universities.
For the most part there is no open access to the books for the public so that the holdings may be stored compactly. Approximate1y half an hour after they have been ordered in the library, books can be collected at the circulation desk. Books ordered by remote access are delivered to the patron by mail the next day.
Ethics (ETH Library Information Control System)
The ETH-Bibliothek is not only the main library of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), but also the national center for scientific and technical literature and information. At the end of 1990 its complete holdings amounted to 4.5 million documents including 2 million microfiche and 11,000 current journa1s. In 1990 450,000 documents were lent (half being internal loans and half external loans, i.e. loans by mail). The ETH-Bibliothek supplies more documents and copies by mail than all other Swiss libraries combined. Among its external patrons are industrial companies, engineering offices, individuals and many local and foreign universities.
For the most part there is no open access to the books for the public so that the holdings may be stored compactly. Approximate1y half an hour after they have been ordered in the library, books can be collected at the circulation desk. Books ordered by remote access are delivered to the patron by mail the next day.