Library in Numbers
| Resources | ||
| Media and Collections | Printed Books | 913,112 |
| E-books | 380,256 | |
| Print Journals | 570 | |
| Electronic journals | 223,335 | |
| Digital collections | 437,369 | |
| Catalogs and Subject Databases | Licensed databases and platforms | 1,101 |
| Open-access subject databases | 6,284 | |
| Available workstations | Total | 1,961 |
| Usage | ||
|---|---|---|
|
KIT Library South Hours |
Days a year | 365 |
| Hours a day | 24 | |
| Print Collection | Active borrowers | 5,969 |
| Total loans | 102,152 | |
| Electronic services | Searches in local online catalogs | 862,631 |
| Full-text journal articles viewed | 2,244,653 | |
| Full-text views of individual digital documents | 5,932,674 | |
| Acquisitions and Staff | ||
| Expenses | Total acquisitions (€) | 6,234,601 |
| Acquisition of Open Access Publications (€) | 4,077,702 | |
| Staff | Full-time equivalents (FTE) | 114.02 |
| Publication and Media Services | ||
| Publications | Publications available from KIT Press | 60 |
| Access to Karlsruhe dissertations and habilitation theses | 706 | |
| Total number of publications recorded for KIT | 11,531 | |
| Number of digitized audiovisual media | 13,459 | |
As of 2025