1. Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nuremberg Presentation for the 3rd Erasmus STW at GUT library, Gdansk 2019
Where are Erlangen and Nuremberg?
200 km north of Munich, Bavaria
Erlangen - Nuremberg: 20 km
Inhabitants in the region:
Erlangen 100,000
Nuremberg 500,000
Fuerth 125,000

2. The FAU History, Facts & Figures
Founded at Erlangen 1743
Named after two margraves of Brandenburg-Bayreuth: Friedrich and Karl-Alexander
1961: Incorporation of the municipally-funded College of Business, Economics and Social Sciences in Nuremberg
1972: Incorporation of the School of Education in Nuremberg
Almost 40,000 students, 4,900 international students and 579 professors, 3,500 members of academic and 2,300 members of administrative staff in 5 faculties (2018/19)
Engineering (27%)
Business, Economics and Law (25%)
Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology (25%)
Sciences (13%)
Medicine (10%)

3. The University Library: Two-track library system History, Facts & Figures
1743: foundation in Erlangen
1961 and 1972: incorporation of the Nuremberg libraries
University library and regional library
About 5,4 million (printed) items with about
50,000 new titles added annually
49,000 electronic journals and 950,000 e-books
2,400 manuscripts, 2,100 incunabula
Graphic Collection: 7,000 drawings, woodcuts and copper engravings
190 library staff members (148.5 positions)
40,000 active library users
1 million loans every year
Trainings for 7,100 participants
1913
Self portrait of the young
Albrecht Duerer

4. Main Library in Erlangen
Four branch libraries
Main Library in Erlangen

5. Branch Library for natural science and technics in Erlangen
Four branch libraries
Branch Library for natural science and technics in Erlangen

6. Economic and Social Sciences Branch Library in Nuremberg
Four branch libraries
Economic and Social Sciences Branch Library in Nuremberg

7. Educational Science Branch Library
Four branch libraries
Educational Science Branch Library
P00/67-742

8. The University Library Two-track library system
Main library + 3 branch libraries
16 department libraries
in more than 130 locations
Main Library Erlangen
Branch Library for Natural Science
and Technics Erlangen
110,000 items/year
Economic and Social Sciences
Branch Library Nuremberg
Educational Science Branch Library Nuremberg

9. The University Library More insights
Dept. for Manuscripts and Early Printed Books / Digitalization
Past and present in a branch library
Parent & Child Room
Mobile shelving in a stack
Long Night of the Sciences / Book sale
UB coach: individual counseling

10. Projects : now and in the future
Support of Open Access publishing in cooperation with the FAU
Digitalization of the historical stock
Realisation of a new branch library for the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology , to incorporate about 9 departmental libraries, situated in the mid of Erlangen
Attendance of “DEAL”-negotiations with Elsevier, Wiley and Springer as part of a german consortia for transformation to Open-Access-publishing
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11. For more information: https://ub.fau.de
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12. Thank you for your attention!
Marianne Bachmann
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