Address:
Promenade des Bastions
Geneva 4,
1211
Switzerland
Phone: +41224182800
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Library details: Bibliothèque de Genève is an Academic library.
This library is affiliated with Ville de Genève (view map)
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The collection of the library contains 2,100,000 volumes. The library circulates 100,000 items per year. The library serves a population of 25,000 FTE Enrollment.
Other Info: Formerly Bibliothèque publique et universitaire. Geneva Deposit of Statutory Copies, Geneva’s written heritage, collections of literature, philology, history, reformed theology, history of sciences, manuscripts, papers of personalities, iconography, cartography, portraits, posters
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Administration: The director of the library is Alexandre Vanautgaerden .
Organizational structure: The library is part of a publicly-funded organization.
Academic Level: The library Serves an educational institution at the University level.
| Statistics Academic | ||
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment | 25,000 | FTE Students |
| Collection size | 2,100,000 | volumes |
| Annual Circulation | 100,000 | transactions |
| Technology Profile | ||
|---|---|---|
| Product Name | Year Contracted | |
| Current Automation System | Alma | 2023 |
| Previous Automation System | Virtua | 2002 |
| Previous Automation System | VTLS | 1995 |
| Previous Automation System | SIBIL | 1985 |
| Discovery Service (w/index) | Ex Libris CDI | 2012 |
| Discovery Interface | Primo | 2012 |
| Institutional Repository | Rerodoc | |
| Item ID Type | Barcode | |
| The library participates in the shared automation system provided by the Swiss Library Service Platform (view map) | ||
| Identifiers | |
|---|---|
| libraries.org ID | 5614 |
| OCLC Symbol | CHBGE |
| WorldCat Registry ID | 48196 |
Record History: This listing was created on Feb 18, 2002 and was last modified on Apr 10, 2025.
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