What did corona year 2020 look like at Haaga-Helia library?

As can be expected, corona restrictions had quite an impact on library usage. Compared to 2019, the number of library visits decreased by 51 %. The number of loans also decreased, but not as drastically. They went down by 27 %.

E-books found their readers. The use of e-books increased by 41 %.

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Library users

  • students 16 518
  • staff 669
  • others 8 042
  • users total 25 230

Use of materials

  • loans 201 999
  • e-books viewed 866 411
  • e-journals viewed 380 145

Collections

  • books 89 403
  • e-books 280 081
  • e-journals 40 570

Library visits

  • library visits 114 438
  • virtual visits 633 606
  • HH Finna data retrievals 389 146

Costs

  • printed materials costs 114 005 €
  • e-materials costs 371 089

Per haagahelian that makes

  • 74 e-journal viewed
  • 17 book loans
  • 33 e-journal subscriptions
  • 54 virtual library visits
  • 9 library visits