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The Library does all kinds of things, but the data below might give you a snapshot of how our community uses our library services the most. The biggest takeaway: people still love books, but electronic resources are king.
In the building
Our numbers are once again reaching pre-pandemic levels. Study rooms are in more demand than ever.
- Total Number of Visitors: 1,364,049
- Total Number of Study Rooms Booked: 50,835
- Total Number of Study Rooms Booked in Hours: 76,157
- Total Number of Book Checkouts: 11,531
- Total Number of Tech Lending Checkouts: 8,162
Web visitors
Our website's resources continue to serve new students and patrons each year. The web's convenience for research and materials requests makes it one of the most popular ways to interact with the library.
- Full website: 237k visits
- Homepage: 106k visits
Research and instruction
Librarians in Research Services led 22% more library and research instruction sessions in classrooms this year than in 22-23.
- Instruction sessions: 262 sessions with 6120 participants
- Reference transactions: 4090 total.
- In-person reference: 1808
- Virtual reference: 2020
- Consultations: 262
Acquisitions
The reports of print materials’ demise are greatly exaggerated! Our acquisitions team still purchases more books upon faculty requests than any other medium.
Total number of resources by materials acquired 2023-24:
- Books: 900
- Databases: 117
- Journals: 262
- Hands-on Kits: 22
- Musical Scores: 214
- Streaming Videos: 165
Journals and databases
E-resources are indeed the king of research. The top ten databases' total search numbers tell the story. See the month-by-month numbers below.
Wondering about what's popular in the library?
Top Popular Reading Check-Outs:
- The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
- Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner
- How to Wrestle a Girl by Venita Blackburn
- Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
- Come Back to Me by Mila Gray
- Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Top Teacher Resource Center Check-Outs:
- The Giver by Lois Lowry
- If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
- One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
- Animal tracks!: an exciting game of memory, matching, and learning
- Five Little Monkeys by Juliet Kepes
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- No, David! by David Shannon
- Oh, the Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss
Top Music & Media Check-Outs:
Top Graphic Novel Check-Outs:
- Yakuza fiance: Raise wa Tanin ga li by Asuka Konishi
- Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe
Thank you to library folks Christine Evans, David Drexler, Terry Lewis, Dolly Lopez, Michelle Pratt, Marianne Foley and Steven Orr for helping to gather these stats!
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