The CRAI of the University of Barcelona presents this compilation of significant figures in order to offer a panoramic, as well as a synthetic, view of its facilities, resources and activities corresponding to the year 2021.
To facilitate the consultation, data are structured into three main blocks: Facilities, equipment and human resources, Services and Information resources and patrimonial collections; plus, a fourth block, CRAI's user satisfaction, where data are extracted from user satisfaction surveys.
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16 CRAI libraries |
38.416 m2 built |
6.404 library seats |
16 computer labs with 269 seats |
80 working rooms with 546 seats |
169 laptops |
3.269 electrical connection points |
236 workers |
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1.028.650 CRAI libraries visits |
1.347.843 downloaded articles from electronic journals |
506.371 inquiries and eBook downloads |
2.702.478 queries and downloads of databases |
10.153 queries answered at User Support Service, (S@U) |
270.716 loans and renewals of documents and equipment |
8.736 interlibrary loan received requests from other libraries |
2.804.203 CRAI web views |
4.689.054 catalog searches |
11.496 attending training courses |
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1.692.206 printed books |
356.824 electronic books |
16.682 audiovisual documents |
39.297 printed journals |
39.120 electronic journals |
271 databases |
17.975 other types of electronic resources |
66.818 documents at the Digital Repository |
9.119 doctoral theses at the Digital Repository and at TDX (Tesis Doctorals en Xarxa) |
4.349 documents at BiPaDi (Biblioteca Patrimonial Digital) |
22.967 documents at MDC (Memòria Digital de Catalunya) |
29% of UB's articles published at the Digital Repository |
97 journals at RCUB (Revistes Científiques de la Universitat de Barcelona) |
2.180 manuscripts |
1.240 incunabula |
120.000 printed documents from the 16th century to 1820 |
890 parchments |
+8.000 engravings in separate plates |
2.161 objects digitalized by CEDI (Digitization Centre) |
30 personal collections |
82 special collections |
76 digital collections |
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97,7% of teaching and researcher staff global satisfaction |
90,1% of student global satisfaction |
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