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Library details: AGH University Main Library is an Academic library.
This library is affiliated with Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza im. Stanislawa Staszica w Krakowie (view map) . The collection of the library contains 590,174 volumes. The library circulates 101,549 items per year.

Other Info: The AGH University Main Library is an auxiliary organizational unit of the University. It forms the basis of the AGH University library and information system, co-creating it with branch libraries of other university units. It serves as a publicly accessible scientific library and a center for scientific and technical information. The goal is to ensure resource accessibility to all user groups, including individuals with special needs, by eliminating architectural barriers and providing specialized equipment and software. In terms of collection size, it is the second-largest library in Krakow, following the Jagiellonian Library, and one of the largest technical libraries in the country. The thematic scope of the collection gathered by the Main Library aligns with the research areas and study programs conducted at the University. It includes topics such as electrical engineering, automation, electronics, space technologies, biomedical engineering, computer science, telecommunications, mechanical engineering, robotics, energy, mining, civil engineering, drilling, metallurgy, geology, geophysics, environmental engineering, surveying, materials engineering, ceramics, chemical engineering, management, mathematics, physical sciences, chemical sciences, social communication and media, management sciences, and quality sciences. The types of collections in the Main Library include books (printed and electronic), journals (printed and electronic), and special collections (standards, patent descriptions, cartographic documents, doctoral theses, trade literature, manuscripts, and incunabula). The primary sources of information about the library collection are the AGH Libraries Catalogue and the AGH University Main Library card catalogue for older publications. The Main Library's collections can be used on-site, borrowed for external use, and accessed through interlibrary loans. Employees and students of AGH University have access to licensed e-resources from anywhere in the world through a proxy server. This is not possible for sources whose licenses or technical limitations do not allow it.

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Organizational structure: The library is part of a publicly-funded organization. It operates on a Non-profit financial model.

Academic Level: The library Serves an educational institution at the University level.

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Record History: This listing was created on Sep 7, 1998 and was last modified on Nov 11, 2025.

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