UC Libraries by the Numbers - 2005/2006

ARL Statistics for UC Libraries (includes Health Sciences and Law)

• 3,209,337 volumes
• 83,429 volumes added
• 42,265 current serials
• 25,324 manuscripts and archives (linear feet)
• 3,346,254 microform units
• 170,166 cartographic items
• 57,435 audio items
• 21,684 films and videos
• 392,426 electronic books
• 175 library staff
• 16 library locations
• 24 staffed library service points
• 295 weekly public service hours
  

UC Libraries Collection Usage

• 451,815 total circulation
• Interlibrary Loan requests and loans:
  • 51,142 items received by UC from other libraries
  • 93,770 items provided by UC to non-UC libraries

Sampling of Electronic Resource Usage

• 1,650 electronic reference sources
• 648,287 sessions (logins) in 355 databases
• 3,156,685 searches (queries) in 395 databases
• 1,805,544 successful full-text article downloads from more than 157 databases

Sampling of Database Usage

• 390,894 searches - Academic Search Premier
• 268,629 article downloads - Academic Search Premier
• 70,413 searches - JSTOR
• 237,840 article downloads - JSTOR
• 349,520 searches - OhioLINK’s Electronic Journal Center
• 437,103 article downloads - OhioLINK’s Electronic Journal Center

Reference, Chat, & Instruction

• Reference:
  116,532 reference questions answered
  20,900 virtual reference transactions (via e-mail, Web form, chat, etc.)
• Chat with a Librarian:
  957 total UC chat users
  1,929 total UC operator activity
• Instruction:
  2,029 library presentations offered
  29,063 number of participants
  
  
• 1,275,042 people visited University Libraries

Traffic to University Libraries Web Site (www.libraries.uc.edu)

• 452,132 visitors
• 1,247,600 visits
• 9,483,659 pages viewed
• 53,173,397 hits
  
  
• 2,504,027 visits to the Library Catalog (http://uclid.uc.edu)

Source Index