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	Last updated: 10/24/2011
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	1,553,789 volumes	Updated: 6/10
Volumes added annually	65,508 volumes	Updated: 6/10
Manuscripts & archives	13,993 linear feet	Updated: 6/10

Books

Number of books purchased annually

7,634 books

Updated: 6/10

Periodicals

Current print titles subscribed	721 titles	Updated: 6/10
Current online titles subscribed	23,671 titles	Updated: 6/10
TOTAL TITLES SUBSCRIBED	24,392 titles	Updated: 6/10
Total number of titles received (includes freely accessible titles)	51,249 titles	Updated: 6/10

Reference databases

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

Expenditures on library materials

For books	$329,296	Updated: 6/10
For periodicals	$1,959,801	Updated: 6/10
For reference databases	$555,150	Updated: 6/10
For other library materials	$191,299	Updated: 6/10
Total expenditures on library materials	$3,035,546	Updated: 6/10

Total expenditures

Total library expenditures

$5,758,100

Updated: 6/10

Activities

Hours open each week	101 hours	Updated: 6/10
Gate count	`1,268,913 visitors`	Updated: 6/11
Books checked out	60,961 books	Updated: 6/10
Reference questions answered	13,016 questions	Updated: 6/10
Presentations to groups	701 presentations	Updated: 6/10
Credit courses taught	14 sections	Updated: 6/11

Personnel

Number professional staff	15.5 FTE	Updated: 6/10
Number of support staff	20 FTE	Updated: 6/10
Number of student workers	32 FTE	Updated: 6/10
TOTAL	67.5 FTE	Updated: 6/10

The numbers above are intended as a quick reference — to provide easily-understandable data for a general audience.

For more detailed statistics and 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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