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Selected Library Statistics by Campus

All Campuses

Includes Bothell, Seattle, Tacoma, Health Sciences and Law Libraries

UW Libraries 2006/7 2007/8 2008/9 2009/10 2010/11
Volumes held 7,304,234 7,409,221 7,549,765 7,203,156 7,667,832
Total Cataloged Serials 61,208 61,979 63,575 63,221 123,062*
Total Interlibrary Lending 86,879 97,838 66,319 57,568
Total Interlibrary Borrowing 58,761 92,703 99,602 71,503 61,351
Group Presentations 1,673 1,221 1,362 1,088 1,340
Presentation Participants 26,417 27,158 27,498 24,923 30,739
Reference Queries 136,454 135,749 118,794 86,027 76,711
Total Circulation 1,608,992 1,625,120 1,654,212 1,763,126 1,869,692
Librarians & Prof Staff 190 193 194 182 179
Support Staff 208 206 199 174 163
Total Materials Expenditures 16,161,944 14,862,427 16,657,209 14,842,396 14,389,202
Total Library Expenditures 41,583,736 40,854,830 43,956,131 40,322,337 40,109,685
UW STATISTICS 2006/7 2007/8 2008/9 2009/10 2010/11
Total Fulltime Students 35,498 36,365 38,059 42,783 40,389
Total Fulltime Graduate Students 10,824 9,555 9,863 10,971 10,872
PhDs Awarded 629 631 678 701 723
PhD Fields 80 80 82 82 84
Total Teaching Faculty 3,680 3,728 3,728 3,630 3,690

*The increase in serials for fiscal year 2010-11 is due to addition of cataloging records for a large number of titles provided by aggregators.

UW Seattle

Includes Health Sciences and Law Libraries

UW Seattle 2006/7 2007/8 2008/9 2009/10 2010/11
Volumes held 7,136,735 7,231,737 7,358,538 7,012,835 7,471,084
Total Cataloged Serials 61,208 61,847 63,295 63,221 122,833*
Total Interlibrary Lending 75,124 86,879 97,838 64,056 57,177
Total Interlibrary Borrowing 57,979 90,477 97,626 71,503 61,351
Group Presentations 1,297 845 951 774 975
Presentation Participants 18,290 17,869 16,740 16,565 22,893
Reference Queries 119,364 117,203 104,833 74,683 63,523
Total Circulation 1,445,451 1,446,358 1,455,403 1,527,394 1,620,236
Librarians & Prof Staff 165 167 167 155 152
Support Staff 180 178 173 155 144
Total Materials Expenditures 14,921,954 13,743,741 15,169,818 13,863,199 13,064,016
Total Library Expenditures 37,651,993 36,813,894 39,519,511 36,926,188 36,141,276
CAMPUS STATISTICS 2006/7 2007/8 2008/9 2009/10 2010/11
Total Fulltime Students 33,029 33,842 34,550 38,572 35,591
Total Fulltime Graduate Students 9,323 9,273 9,531 10,478 10,343
PhDs Awarded 629 631 678 701 723
PhD Fields 80 80 82 82 84
Total Teaching Faculty 3,485 3,497 3,497 3,400 3,426

*The increase in serials for fiscal year 2010-11 is due to addition of cataloging records for a large number of titles provided by aggregators.

UW Bothell

UW Bothell
2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11
Volumes held 85,346 89,387 95,417 98,603 102,131
Total Cataloged Serials
 0 66 140 0 136
Total Interlibrary Lending n/a n/a 334 391
Total Interlibrary Borrowing 509 756 805 n/a n/a
Group Presentations 301 306 309 232 252
Presentation Participants 6,827 7,551 8,149 5,980 4,883
Reference Queries 9,665 12,349 8,787 6,996 6,419
Total Circulation 94,056 99,730 108,931 132,343 141,103
Librarians 17 17 18 18 18
Support Staff 22 22 20 13 13
Total Materials Expenditures 591,673 508,112 674,802 410,264 646,385
Total Library Expenditures 2,483,073 2,583,492 2,762,425 2,002,367 2,429,772
CAMPUS STATISTICS
Total Fulltime Students 1,069 1,208 1,500 2,018 2,379
Total Fulltime Graduate Students 609 117 136 283 257
Total Teaching Faculty 80 94 94 97 126

UW Tacoma

UW Tacoma
2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11
Volumes held 82,153 88,097 95,810 91,718 94,617
Total Cataloged Serials
 0 66 140 0 93
Total Interlibrary Lending n/a n/a 1,929 n/a
Total Interlibrary Borrowing 273 1,470 1,171 n/a n/a
Group Presentations 75 70 102 82 113
Presentation Participants 1,300 1,738 2,609 2,378 2,963
Reference Queries 7,425 6,197 5,174 4,348 6,769
Total Circulation 69,485 79,032 89,878 103,389 108,353
Librarians 8 9 9 9 9
Support Staff 6 6 6 6 6
Total Materials Expenditures 648,317 610,574 812,589 568,933 678,801
Total Library Expenditures 1,448,670 1,457,444 1,674,195 1,393,782 1,538,637
CAMPUS STATISTICS
Total Fulltime Students 1,400 1,675 2,009 2,193 2,419
Total Fulltime Graduate Students 892 165 196 210 272
Total Teaching Faculty 115 137 137 133 138

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.
Beginning in 2005-06 ARL figures include UW Bothell and UW Tacoma.

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