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The University of Konstanz, founded in 1966, proved in 2007 that it has outstanding qualifications by competing in the Excellence Initiative and becoming the smallest and youngest University of Excellence in Germany. The University of Konstanz Library serves a staff of over 1,100 and and a student community of more than 9,000 currently studying at the university on the banks of Lake Constance.
Studying at the University of Konstanz means being able to choose from approximately 40 different subjects in the Natural and Social Sciences and the Humanities. The University of Konstanz consists of 3 faculties (Sciences; Humanities; Law, Economics and Politics) and 13 departments. The University of Konstanz Library provides students and staff with all kinds of support in their studies, research and teaching. It offers well over 1,000 workplaces, of which more than 200 are equipped with computers, plus high-performance wireless LAN connections. All the rankings of recent years have shown that the library regularly attains top-class positions.
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Collections
With more than two million books, journals and other media, the library is of central importance to the university. Besides print material, the library naturally also encompasses a broad range of electronic journals, e-books, databases and films. The library collection comprises over 32,000 e-books, 28,000 e-journals and 420 networked databases. Practically all the media are (almost) accessible 24 hours per day. A large proportion of the stocks can be borrowed during the opening hours.
Institutional Repository
The library runs the Full-Text-Server KOPS as an institutional repository. The repository collects, preserves and makes accessible the scholarship and research of the faculty and staff of the University of Konstanz.
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