By the Numbers
The Heard Libraries' dashboard offers statistical data on collections, services, and spaces for fiscal year 2020, with comparative data when appropriate.
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Investment Index ranking is based on:
- total library expenditures
- salaries & wages of professional staff
- total library materials expenditures
- permanent library staff
Teaching, Engagement & Learning
1,272
Library presentations
17,510
Presentation attendance
13,872
Research assistance
Collections
2,868,659
Print Items in Collection
2,850,467
Electronic Items in Collection
39,627
Linear feet in Special Collections & University Archives
| Notable Digital Collections | Number of Digital Items |
|---|---|
| Television News Archive | 1,293,716 |
| History of Art Image Repository | 106,259 |
| Institutional Respository | 9,687 |
| Fine Arts Gallery | 7,113 |
| Art in the Christian Tradition | 6,174 |
| The Nürnberg Krupp Trial Papers of Judge Hu C. Anderson | 6,052 |
| ETD, Electronic Theses & Dissertations | 5,535 |
| History of Medicine Collection | 5,510 |
| Blair Performance Archive | 4,955 |
| Helguera Collection of Colombiana | 3,093 |
| Manual Zapata Olivella | 2,573 |
| Global Music Archive | 1,805 |
| Revised Common Lectionary | 249 |
Collections Use & Delivery
60,268
Physical items borrowed
2,971,571
Article downloads
537,016
E-book downloads
6,412,039
Library catalog searches
1,298,547
Institutional repository downloads
15,106
Items borrowed from libraries around the world
15,421
Items loaned to libraries around the world
Material Expenditures
13
% Material Expenditures for One-Time
83
% Material Expenditures for Ongoing
4
% Other Material Expenditures (collection maintance/binding)
Spaces & Personnel
10
Campus libraries
311,555
Net square footage
162
Permanent library staff
Central Library
- sq. ft
- 668
- seating
- 14
- study rooms
- 18
- permanent employees
Divinity Library
- sq. ft
- 198
- seating
- 5
- study rooms
- 7
- permanent employees
Annette & Irwin Eskind Family Biomedical Library and Learning Center
- 17,313
- sq. ft
- seating
- 10
- study rooms
- 8
- permanent employees
Alyne Queener Massey Law Library
- 43,287
- sq. ft
- 418
- seating
- 9
- study rooms
- 15
- permanent employees
Walker Management Library
- 12,600
- sq. ft
- 266
- seating
- 22
- study rooms
- 7
- permanent employees
Anne Potter Wilson Music Library
- 7,524
- sq. ft
- 86
- seating
- 1
- study rooms
- 5
- permanent employees
Peabody Library
- 26,481
- sq. ft
- 289
- seating
- 10
- study rooms
- 7
- permanent employees
Sarah Shannon Stevenson Science & Engineering Library
- 20,589
- sq. ft
- 326
- seating
- 3
- study rooms
- 6
- permanent employees
Special Collections and University Archives
- sq. ft
- 34
- seating
- 1
- study rooms
- 8
- permanent employees
Off Campus Storage Facilities
- 76,092
- sq. ft
- 0
- seating
- 0
- study rooms
- 4
- permanent employees
Fine Arts Gallery
- sq. ft
- 6
- seating
- 0
- study rooms
- 2
- permanent employees
Library Visitors
759,258
Walk-in Visitors to Library Buildings
10,894,129
Visits to Libraries' Webpages
Social Media
2,538
Facebook followers
585
Instagram followers
1,009
Twitter followers