Selected Library Statistics for UW Seattle

Includes Health Sciences and Law Libraries


Year 2002/3 2003/4 2004/5 2005/6 2006/7
Volumes held 6,436,960 6,546,072 6,639,850 6,957,579 7,136,735
Total Current Serials 48,740 48,269 55,932 60,629 61,208
Total Interlibrary Lending 71,317 78,919 79,369 72,447 75,124
Total Interlibrary Borrowing 18,966 18,889 50,498 53,512 57,979
Group Presentations 1,019 929 1,030 1,070 1,297
Presentation Participants 19,074 19,189 23,776 21,448 18,290
Reference Queries 176,407 168,421 150,924 129,401 119,364
Total Circulation 1,683,030 1,946,658 1,471,685 1,359,004 1,445,451
Librarians & Prof Staff 148 137 138 165* 165*
Support Staff 211 214 214 181* 180*
Total Materials Expenditures 8,556,561 11,787,071 12,432,102 11,544,228 14,921,954
Total Library Expenditures 28,464,332 34,780,704 35,761,401 35,217,969 37,651,993
UW STATISTICS  
Total Fulltime Students 32,575 32,789 32,893 32,915 33,029
Total Fulltime Graduate Students 7,381 7,500 9,660 9,669 9,323
PhDs Awarded 493 493 452 614 629
PhD Fields 75 75 79 80 80
Total Teaching Faculty 3,869 3,845 3,952 3,953 3,485

* Professional Staff are included with librarians beginning in 2005-06.

These statistics are provided as they were reported to the Association of Research Libraries.
For more extensive University of Washington Libraries statistics that go back to 1963, visit ARL's interactive statistics site here.

Beginning in 2005-06 ARL figures include UW Bothell and UW Tacoma.
For library statistics for just the Bothell & Tacoma campuses, click here.

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