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Library Statistics

During the 2007-2008 academic year the Libraries:

Held over 500,000 volumes in the collection
Added over 20,000 new items to the collection
Housed over 9,000 music, video, and multimedia items
Subscribed to 1,400 periodicals in print and provided access to 20,000 online
Provided access to over 100 research databases
Provided 150 computers in the Libraries and adjoining labs
Spent $1,58M on books, journals, databases, and other resources

In the 2007-2008 academic year students, faculty, and others:

Visited the main library over 400,000 times
Checked out 49,300 books and other items
Asked over 6,500 reference questions
Attended library instruction classes 3000 times in 151 sessions

Library personnel include:

14 professional librarians
16 support staff
60 student assistants

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