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	Last updated: 9/6/2012
Library Statistics Quick Stats

All figures below are given on an annual basis, unless otherwise noted, and are for the latest year available. Some figures are for the main library in Kingston only; others include the CCE and PELL branch libraries.

Materials

Total volumes in collection	1,553,709 volumes	Updated: 6/11
Volumes added annually	24,339 volumes	Updated: 6/11
Manuscripts & archives	16,234 linear feet	Updated: 6/11

Books

Number of books purchased annually

7,832 books

Updated: 6/11

Periodicals

Current print titles subscribed	577 titles	Updated: 6/11
Current online titles subscribed	26,471 titles	Updated: 6/11
TOTAL TITLES SUBSCRIBED	27,048 titles	Updated: 6/11
Total number of titles received (includes freely accessible titles)	57,991 titles	Updated: 6/11

Reference databases

Number of reference databases - paid	74 databases	Updated: 6/11
Number of reference databases - free	71 databases	Updated: 6/11
TOTAL REFERENCE DATABASES	145 databases	Updated: 6/11

Expenditures on library materials

For books	$327,436	Updated: 6/11
For periodicals	$2,619,365	Updated: 6/11
For reference databases	$571,960	Updated: 6/11
For other library materials	$321,705	Updated: 6/11
Total expenditures on library materials	$3,268,506	Updated: 6/11

Total library expenditures

Total library expenditures

$6,442,093

Updated: 6/11

Activities

Hours open each week	107 hours	Updated: 6/11
Gate count	`796,747 visitors`	Updated: 6/11
Items checked out	54,117 initial circulations	Updated: 6/11
Reference questions answered	17,801 questions	Updated: 6/11
Presentations to groups	701 presentations	Updated: 6/10
Credit courses taught	14 sections	Updated: 6/11

Personnel

Number professional staff	18.5 FTE	Updated: 1/12
Number of support staff	24 FTE	Updated: 1/12
Number of student workers	34 FTE	Updated: 1/12
TOTAL	76.5 FTE	Updated: 1/12

Additional library metrics can be found in DigitalCommons@URI in the series Technical Services Reports and Statistics and University Libraries Reports and Statistics. Specifically:

Reference Database Usage Statistics from 2004-2005 to the latest year available can be found in the series Technical Services Reports and Statistics.
Reference Database Usage Statistics for the current year (in progress) can be viewed in Google Docs.
Journal Usage Reports from 2010-2011 to the latest year available can be found in the series Technical Services Reports and Statistics.
University of Rhode Island Libraries data from national library surveys conducted by the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) and the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) can be found in the series University Libraries Reports and Statistics.

For comparisons with other libraries, please see the following publications:

American Library Association. Research and Statistics About Academic Libraries. Online. Available http://www.ala.org/ala/research/librarystats/academic/index.cfm

ACRLmetrics. Online. 2010-.
- Online (log in required)
- Includes ACRL survey data from 1998 to present and IPEDS data from 2000 to present.
- See also University Libraries Reports & Statistics, DigitalCommons@URI.

Association of College and Research Libraries. Academic Library Trends and Statistics. Annual. 2004-2007.
- Summary statistics at http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/acadlibrarystats/academiclibrary.cfm

ACRL University Library Statistics, Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries (biennial) at Serial Z675 .U5 A278

ARL Statistics, Washington: Association of Research Libraries (annual) at Serial Z675 .U5 A78. Also online at
http://www.arl.org/stats/annualsurveys/arlstats/ and
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/arl/ (interactive version)

Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Washington: National Center for Educational Statistics (annual) at Govt. Pub. CD-ROM ED1.334/4:. Also online at http://nces.ed.gov/Ipeds/library.html.

Contact information
If you have any questions, please contact David Maslyn, Dean, University Libraries, by telephone at (401) 874-2594 or by e-mail at dcm@uri.edu.

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