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Library Statistics

Information about the library, its collections, services, and activities library exterior .

THE BUILDING
Square footage	495,358 sq. ft. (approx. the size of 10 football fields)
Seating capacity	2,001
Miles of shelving:	61.45

THE UNIVERSITY
Faculty	3,117 in 80 departments
Staff	12,639
Students	29,012 (22,661 undergraduate; 6,351 graduate)
Revenue	$1.96 billion, of which about 12% ($239 million) comes from the state of Utah

THE COLLECTIONS ....PEOPLE....WHAT WE DO....TECHNOLOGY / COMPUTERS.....OTHER STATS

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)
Volumes held (includes e-books)	2,556,568	2,693,067	2,743,706	2,787,851	2,825,095
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
Microforms	2,963,346	2,971,064	2,986,345	2,994,607	2,998,089
Documents	857,681	863,957	769,902	250,738	885,109
Manuscripts (linear ft.) & Archives	40,554	43,192	44,995	32,090	33,372
Maps	229,120	234,491	243,357	250,738	252,204
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 (65,000 online)
Audio	38,326	39,000	37,414	46,319	47,006
Film/Video	21,642	22,785	24,803	28,412	30,395
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.
E-books	13,844	95,771	99,102	103,932	112,545
E-journals	13,547	17,263	18,863	33,881	38,865
Databases	334	349	338	344	396
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
Total expenditures	$16,381,098	$16,674,372	$16,259,719	$16,743,709	$16,738,903
Total materials expenditures (includes consortium purchases)	$ 5,165,808	$5,797,661	$5,274,391	$5,377,729	$5,284,822

PEOPLE	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)
Professional staff	54	49	52	52	54
Support staff	161	164	161	160	154
FTE student assistants	75	69	66	68	71
Total FTE staff	290	282	279	280	279

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)
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
Reference transactions	300,000	300,000	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
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
Active online courses					WebCT: 1500 classes/22,000 students OLMS (Open Learning Management): 6 classes/500 students UOnline: 115 classes/3798 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.
Circulations	481,516	497,989	522,474	539,052	499,956
Items shelved	669,314	651,676	562,856	492,662	399,767
Database searches	n/a	n/a	2,217,023	2,251,680	2,710,504
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
Gate count	1,500,000	1,540,243	1,533,017	1,654,398
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)

TECHNOLOGY LABS/COMPUTERS	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)
Number of computers	Labs 328 (169 PCs, 159 Macs)	Labs 328 (169 PCs, 159 Macs)	Labs 651	Labs 634	Labs 770
Staff and public areas	133 PCs	133 PCs	373 staff	167 public	200 public, 300 staff
Total number of computers managed on campus	750	750	1,024	1,000	1,270
Number of software packages on MMC computers	256	256	300	325	300

OTHER STATS

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