The University Library of Wuppertal (german: link=no, Universitätsbibliothek Wuppertal, abbreviated ''UBW'') is a central service institution of
University of Wuppertal
The University of Wuppertal (''Universität Wuppertal'') is a German scientific institution, located in Wuppertal, in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
The university's official name in German is ''Bergische Universität Wuppertal'' ...
in
Wuppertal, Germany. The main building at main campus ''Grifflenberg'' holds five special libraries while both sub campuses ''Haspel'' and ''Freudenberg'' hold one special library each.
About 16,000 people use the library on a regular basis and borrow about 1.9 million books per year.
History
The library was founded in 1972, the same year the university was founded. It united the former libraries of ''Pedagogic College
Rhineland'' and ''College of Wuppertal''. In March 2012 a new reading room was opened and included 200 new study desks, a range of internet stations and three lockable
rotundas
A rotunda () is any building with a circular ground plan, and sometimes covered by a dome. It may also refer to a round room within a building (a famous example being the one below the dome of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.). Th ...
with working stations for groups. The whole room was part of the 2013 ''Day of Architecture'' in
North Rhine-Westphalia. In December 2013 the library received a large private donation from the family of
Mario Puelma that involved thousands of books.
Stock
The University Library of Wuppertal holds:
[Rektoratsbericht 2012 (''Annual Rectorate Summary 2012''), Abschnitt "Strukturdaten" (''Section "Structural Data''), S. 84 (''p. 84'')]
* more than 1.2 million books,
* more than 2,300 magazine subscriptions,
* more than 20,100 e-journals.
About 3,000 books are part of the historical stock; so for example the oldest book the library holds is dated back to 1490. The library receives about 20,000 new items per year.
Collections
The library holds significant private collections of the two
philologists Günther Jachmann Günther, Guenther, Ginther, Gunther, and the variants Günter, Guenter, Guenther, Ginter, and Gunter, are Germanic names derived from ''Gunthere, Gunthari'', composed of '' *gunþiz'' "battle" (Old Norse ''gunnr'') and ''heri, hari'' "army". Gund ...
and
Mario Puelma.
References
External links
*
Website of the University of Wuppertal(in German)
(in English)
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Buildings and structures in Wuppertal
Culture in Wuppertal
Libraries established in 1972