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Library Statistics, Fiscal Year 2018-19

Item Morris Library Law Library Medical Library Total
Collections*
Volumes (held June 30, 2018) 3,158,328** 260,317*** 164,012**** 3,582,657
Serial/Journal Subscriptions 88,632 2,527 29,032 120,191
Government Documents 1,429,991 7,642 0 1,437,633
Special Collections
Rare Books 99,234 1,138 5,146 105,518
Manuscripts and Archives (linear feet) 20,674 130 284 21,088
Interlibrary Loans
Items Loaned 19,795 78 4,113 23,986
Items Borrowed 13,802 3 1,442 15,227
Total Interlibrary Loans 33,597 81 5,535 39,213
Use of Materials
Initial Circulations 41,925 1,449 2,077 45,451
Reserve Circulations 10,211 1,159 256 11,626
User Education
Number of Library Presentations 461 79 60 600
Number of Participants 4,779 195 421 5,395
Personnel
Faculty and A/P (FTE) 21 3 6 30
Civil Service (FTE) 31 3 13 47
Student Assistants (FTE) 22 1 1 24
Total Personnel 74 7 20 101
Expenditures
Library Materials $4,795,226 $331,577 $687,743 $5,814,546
Salaries and Wages $2,783,740 $366,405 $845,831 $3,995,976
Other Operating Expenses $333,207 $59,543 $113,805 $506,555
Total Expenditures $7,912,173 $757,525 $1,647,379 $10,317,077
Electronic Access
Public Computers 284 21 8 313
* Includes electronic resources available at lib.siu.edu .
**Total includes 2,763,895 Titles held June 30, 2019, as reported to the Association of Research Libraries (ARL).

***Total includes 96,816 Titles held June 30, 2019, as reported to the Association of Research Libraries (ARL).

****Total includes 86,918 Titles held June 30, 2019, as reported to the Association of Research Libraries (ARL).
SOURCE: Association of Research Libraries Statistics Questionnaire, 2018-2019.