1972-2012: Facts and figures at a glance
Opening hours, visitor numbers, client spaces and computers  

Semester opening hours

1972-1999
Monday to Thursday - 8am to 9.30pm
Friday - 8am to 7.45pm
Saturday - closed
Sunday - 10am to 5.45pm

2000-2011
Monday to Thursday - 8am to 9.30pm
Friday - 8am to 7.45pm
Saturday and Sunday - 10am to 5.45pm

2012 –
Monday to Friday - 7am to 10pm
Saturday and Sunday - 9am to 6pm

Visitor numbers

  1969-1988 1989 1996 2002 2011
Visitor numbers not available 1 079 087 1 257 030 1 205 897 1 522 445

Client spaces and computers

  1972 1992 2004 2012
Number of client seats 1 000 1 700 2 046 2507
Number of computers for client use 0

15 computers hosting journal indexing databases
plus 50 terminals running the online catalogue CLUE.

154 public computers in plus 30 more in the training rooms.

434, including 28 laptops available for loan

Client demand for computers has continued to grow but in recent years patrons have increasingly brought their own laptops and mobile devices into the Library to make use of the wireless network. A count of laptops in Robertson Library from 2009 over a 7 day period during semester revealed the rapid growth in laptop use.

 

Aug 2009

Sep 2009

Mar 2010

Apr 2010

May 2011

Oct 2011

May
2012

No of laptops in use

596

1 038

1 293

1 563

1 936

2 047

*1 090 (count taken over a two day period only)

Architects' perspective of exterior of Robertson Library, 2012Architects' perspective of exterior of Robertson Library, 2012.

Express computers and the reference collection on level three, 2003Express computers and the reference collection on level three, 2003.

The Library website on a laptop, 2004The Library website on a training room computer, 2004.

Express computers on level two with a Library rover assisting clients, 2008Express computers on level two with a Library rover (in blue t-shirt) assisting clients, 2008.

 

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