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The Library In Numbers

                                        

 

Annual statistics for August 2021 to July 2022:

  • Printstock (books on shelves): 1,190,392
  • E-books available: 550,158
  • Study spaces: 1,223
  • Desks with PCs: 441
  • Loanable laptops: 156
  • Total number of unique loans (items borrowed): 217,218
  • Total number of users entering the library: 254,065
  • Full-text article accessed by our users: 1,797,440
  • Print books added to collection: 2,531
  • E-books added to collection: 2,354
  • Person-hours of digital/information literacy training received by users: 8,728.95
  • Live chats: 668
  • Number of interlibrary loans requests sent to other libraries: 1,097

 

Annual statistics for August 2020 to July 2021:

  • Printstock (books on shelves): 1,187,861
  • Book requests: 468,873
  • Study spaces: 1,423
  • Desks with PCs: 311
  • Loanable laptops: 156
  • Total number of unique loans (items borrowed): 14,881
  • Total number of users entering the library: 29,242
  • Full-text article accessed by our users: 1,884,720
  • Print books added to collection: 330
  • E-books added to collection: 28,973
  • Person-hours of digital/information literacy training received by users: 8,993.5
  • Live chats: 1,358
  • Number of interlibrary loans requests sent to other libraries: 1,384

 

Annual statistics for August 2019 to July 2020:

  • Printstock (books on shelves): 1,187,531
  • Book requests: 187,150
  • Study spaces: 1,423
  • Desks with PCs: 263
  • Loanable laptops: 156
  • Total number of unique loans (items borrowed): 89,785
  • Total number of users entering the library: 426,411
  • Full-text article accessed by our users: 1,494,325
  • Print books added to collection: 5,423
  • E-books added to collection: 3,436
  • Person-hours of digital/information literacy training received by users: 13,180.7
  • Live chats: 2,214
  • Number of interlibrary loans requests sent to other libraries: 2,344