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| COLLECTIONS |
2002
(7/1/2001-6/30/2002) |
2003
(7/1/2002-6/30/2003) |
2004
(7/1/2003-6/30/2004) |
2005
(7/1/2004-6/30/2005) |
2006
(7/1/2005-6/30/2006) |
2007
(7/1/2006-6/30/2007) |
Volumes held
(includes e-books) |
2,556,568 |
2,693,067 |
2,743,706 |
2,787,851 |
2,825,095 |
2,857,663 |
| Serials subscriptions (includes e-journals) |
24,028 purchased + 2,481 gifts=26,509 subscriptions |
27,299 purchased + 2346 gifts=29,645 subscriptions |
20,547 purchased + 12,973 gifts=33,520 subscriptions |
20,035 purchases + 11,869 gifts = 31,904 subscriptions |
19,486 purchased + 12,446 gifts=31,932 subscriptions |
22,298 purchased + 15,126 gifts=31,932 subscriptions |
| Microforms |
2,963,346 |
2,971,064 |
2,986,345 |
2,994,607 |
2,998,089 |
3,002,409 |
| Documents |
857,681 |
863,957 |
769,902 |
885,549 |
885,109 |
892,377 |
| Manuscripts (linear ft.) & Archives |
40,554 |
43,192 |
44,995 |
32,090* |
33,372 |
31,941 |
| Maps |
229,120 |
234,491 |
243,357 |
250,738 |
252,204 |
253,526 |
| Photographs |
1,136,867
(21,554 online) |
1,141,789
(28,572 online) |
1,224,377
(33,000 online) |
1.5 million
(42,164 online) |
1.65 million
(45,000 online) |
1.65 million
(45,000 online) |
| Audio |
38,326 |
39,000 |
37,414 |
46,319 |
47,006 |
48,470 |
| Film/Video |
21,642 |
22,785 |
24,803 |
28,412 |
30,395 |
32,229 |
| Digital CONTENTdm files |
50,000 objects |
1.2 million objects (100,000 pages in 18 newspapers)
Other digital collections - 50,000 objects
|
2.26 million objects (200,000 pages in 28 newspapers)
Other digital collections - 82,000 objects
|
4.13 million files, with 350,000 newspaper pages in 40 titles.
Other digital collections = 163,000 objects.
|
5.7 million files with 350,000 newspaper pages in 40 titles.
Other digital collections = 205,562 objects.
|
6.87 million digitized files, with 590,000 newspaper pages in 50 titles.
Other digital collections = 239,005 objects.
|
| E-books |
13,844 |
95,771 |
99,102 |
103,932 |
112,545 |
129,861 |
| E-journals |
13,547 |
17,263 |
18,863 |
33,881 |
38,865 |
37,424 |
| Databases |
334 |
349 |
338 |
344 |
396 |
358 |
| Number of records in the online catalog |
5,551,765 representing 99%+ of our items |
5,816,025 representing 99%+ of our collection |
5,993,048 representing 99%+ of our collection |
6,199,047
representing 99%+ of our collection |
6,334,465
representing 99%+ of our collection
|
6,531,394
representing 99%+ of our collection |
| Total expenditures |
$16,381,098 |
$16,674,372 |
$16,259,719 |
$16,743,709 |
$16,738,903 |
$17,623,766 |
| Total materials expenditures (includes consortium purchases) |
$ 5,165,808 |
$5,797,661 |
$5,274,391 |
$5,377,729 |
$5,284,822 |
$5,303,793 |
| WHAT WE DO |
2002
(7/1/2001-6/30/2002) |
2003
(7/1/2002-6/30/2003) |
2004
(7/1/2003-6/30/2004) |
2005
(7/1/2004-6/30/2005) |
2006
(7/1/2005-6/30/2006) |
2007
(7/1/2006-6/30/2007) |
| Presentations to groups |
1,187 sessions for 48,957 people (includes visitors in docent sessions for Nazi Olympics exhibition) |
1,034 sessions for 24,897 people |
1,232 sessions for 28,374 people |
1,103 sessions for 29,146 people |
880 sessions for 16,721 people |
1,230 sessions for 41,561 people |
| Reference transactions |
300,000 |
300,000 |
275,000 |
275,000 |
275,000 |
275,000 |
| Total lab user hours |
784,671 |
unauthenticated: 147,835
authenticated: 443,068 |
unauthenticated 46,362 authenticated 984,978 |
unauthenticated 55,379
authenticated 817,887 |
unauthenticated 39,863
authenticated 858,181 |
unauthenticated 136,252
authenticated 837,961 |
| Active WebCT courses online |
1,112 in 86 departments |
788 courses in 101 departments |
865 courses in 107 departments |
1400 classes in 110 departments |
1500 classes and over 22,000 students in 110 departments |
1600 classes and 45,644 students in 3,326 sections |
| Active online courses |
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WebCT: 1500 classes/22,000 students
OLMS (Open Learning Management): 6 classes/500 students
UOnline: 115 classes/3798 students |
WebCT: 1600 classes/45,644 students
OLMS (Open Learning Management): 1,436 classes/9,936 students
UOnline: 130 classes/4,354 students |
| Rare book presentations |
52 presentations to 11, 441 participants including 7,000 school children |
80 presentations to over 17,000 participants including 9,000 school children |
44 presentations to 6,460 participants plus indirect contact with 9,000 school children |
69 presentations offered to 4,827 participants plus indirect contact with 9,700 school children. |
60 presentations offered to 2,787 participants plus indirect contact with over 16,000 school children. |
85 presentations offered to 2,795 participants plus indirect contact with over 14,990 school children. |
| Circulations |
481,516 |
497,989 |
522,474 |
539,052 |
499,956 |
500,778 |
| Items shelved |
669,314 |
651,676 |
562,856 |
492,662 |
399,767 |
367,621 |
| Database searches |
n/a |
n/a |
2,217,023 |
2,251,680 |
2,710,504 |
2,785,229 |
| Interlibrary Loans |
23,799 items lent; 11,463 items borrowed |
25,904 items lent; 14,229 items borrowed |
25,822 items lent; 15,413 items borrowed |
23,740 items lent; 19,190 items borrowed |
22,512 items lent; 21,225 items borrowed |
23,289 items lent; 22,897 items borrowed |
| Gate count |
1,500,000 |
1,540,243 |
1,533,017 |
1,654,398 |
1,370,793 |
1,294,230 |
| Web visits |
5,500,000 pages viewed in 1,500,000 visits (418,000 unique visitors) |
9,686,857 pages viewed in 2,052,365 visits (380,240 unique visitors) |
9,331,885 pages viewed in 2,808,892 visits (590,299 unique visitors) |
10,257,620 pages
viewed in
3,110,599 visits (678,189 unique visitors)
|
10,378,480 pages viewed in 3,894,222 visits (853,785 unique visitors) |
9,532,731 pages viewed in 4,247,292 visits (953,041 unique visitors) |