By the Numbers
The Heard Libraries' dashboard offers statistical data on collections, services, and spaces for fiscal year 2019, 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
1,044
Library presentations
15,758
Presentation attendance
8,869
Research assistance
Collections
2,993,999
Print Items in Collection
2,801,553
Electronic Items in Collection
39,627
Linear feet in Special Collections & University Archives
Notable Digital Collections | Number of Digital Items |
---|---|
Television News Archive | 1,118,709 |
History of Art Image Repository | 104,423 |
Institutional Respository | 8,524 |
Fine Arts Gallery | 7,113 |
The Nürnberg Krupp Trial Papers of Judge Hu C. Anderson | 6,052 |
Art in the Christian Tradition | 5,213 |
ETD, Electronic Theses & Dissertations | 4,948 |
Blair Performance Archive | 4,110 |
Helguera Collection of Colombiana | 3,094 |
History of Medicine Collection | 2,893 |
Global Music Archive | 1,805 |
Manual Zapata Olivella | 1,172 |
Revised Common Lectionary | 249 |
Collections Use & Delivery
85,636
Physical items borrowed
4,336,241
Article downloads
2,243,861
E-book downloads
2,507,326
Library catalog searches
1,667,795
Institutional repository downloads
15,606
Items borrowed from libraries around the world
15,549
Items loaned to libraries around the world
7,383
Items delivered to faculty offices
Material Expenditures
17
% Material Expenditures for One-Time
79
% Material Expenditures for Ongoing
4
% Other Material Expenditures (collection maintance/binding)
Spaces & Personnel
9
Campus libraries
311,555
Net square footage
171
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
1,206,444
Walk-in Visitors to Library Buildings
10,894,129
Visits to Libraries' Webpages
Social Media
2,416
Facebook followers
406
Instagram followers
911
Twitter followers