Numbers at OSU Libraries

As can be seen on these pages, a lot happens at Oregon State University Libraries, beyond loaning books and providing great study and work spaces. Here are some numbers that illustrate the work done at OSU Libraries. 

People in the libraryInformational presentations
  • Number of people moving through the library during a typical academic week: 32,018
  • Number of people who moved through the library during the 2017-2018 academic year: 1,119,399

Our librarians provide information sessions to the campus community through in-class instruction, stand-alone workshops, presentations for academic and non-academic units on a variety of topics.

  • Number of presentations given AY 2017-2018: 304
  • Number of attendees to presentations given AY 2017-2018: 4,963
 Number of reference sessions during the 2017-2018 academic year Scholars Archive@OSU

Our librarians, staff and student workers are available to answer reference questions through many different modes: in-person at our libraries, via chat through our website, by phone, and by text. We also provide more in-depth consultations if questions can't be answered through a reference session. 

  • Number of reference transactions during the 2017-2018 academic year: 6165
  • Number of in-depth consultations during the 2017-2018 academic year: 653

One thing we work very hard to do at OSU Libraries and Press is to make information easily accessible. ScholarsArchive@OSU is Oregon State University’s digital repository for research, scholarship, and historical records. OSU Libraries is responsible for collecting, maintaining, preserving, and providing access to the items in ScholarsArchive@OSU. Members of the OSU Community can contribute to ScholarsArchive@OSU.

Number of items contributed to ScholarsArchive@OSU during the 2017-2018 Academic Year: 1778

 Interlibrary Loan Services Circulation of physical and digital books, serials, and media

 In order to serve the needs of our community, we have a very robust interlibrary loan program. We collaborate with different libraries across the country, and even the world, in order to get our community the materials it needs for productive study, research, teaching and work.  

  • Number of loans provided to other libraries, AY 2017-2018: 11,240
  • Number of loans received from other libraries, AY 2017-2018: 28,902
 
  • Physical circulation: 67,689
  • Digital circulation: 3,094,312
 Number of books at OSU Libraries Number of serials (journals) at OSU Libraries

We have a large and diverse collection here at OSU Libraries and we are constantly assessing our collections to make sure that we are providing the resources our community needs.

  • Number of physical books (individual titles), AY 2017-2018: 1,218,575
  • Number of electronic books (individual titles), AY 2017-2018: 618,509

 

We have a large and diverse collection here at OSU Libraries and we are constantly assessing our collections to make sure that we are providing the resources our community needs.

 

  • Number of physical serials (journals) (unique titles), AY 2017-2018: 556,658
  • Number of electronic serials (journals) (volumes), AY 2017-2018: 144,048

 

 

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