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THE COLLECTIONS ....PEOPLE....WHAT WE DO....TECHNOLOGY / COMPUTERS....THE BUILDING....THE UNIVERSITY...OTHER STATS

COLLECTIONS

2002
(7/1/2001-6/30/2002)

2003
(7/1/2002-6/30/2003)

2004
(7/1/2003-6/30/2004)

2005
(7/1/2004-6/30/2005)
2006
(7/1/2005-6/30/2006)
2007
(7/1/2006-6/30/2007)

Volumes held
(includes e-books)

2,556,568 2,693,067 2,743,706 2,787,851 2,825,095 2,857,663
Serials subscriptions (includes e-journals) 24,028 purchased + 2,481 gifts=26,509 subscriptions 27,299 purchased + 2346 gifts=29,645 subscriptions 20,547 purchased + 12,973 gifts=33,520 subscriptions 20,035 purchases + 11,869 gifts = 31,904 subscriptions 19,486 purchased + 12,446 gifts=31,932 subscriptions 22,298 purchased + 15,126 gifts=31,932 subscriptions
Microforms 2,963,346 2,971,064 2,986,345 2,994,607 2,998,089 3,002,409
Documents 857,681 863,957 769,902 885,549 885,109 892,377
Manuscripts (linear ft.) & Archives 40,554 43,192 44,995 32,090* 33,372 31,941
Maps 229,120 234,491 243,357 250,738 252,204 253,526
Photographs

1,136,867
(21,554 online)

1,141,789
(28,572 online)
1,224,377
(33,000 online)
1.5 million
(42,164 online)
1.65 million
(45,000 online)
1.65 million
(45,000 online)
Audio 38,326 39,000 37,414 46,319 47,006 48,470
Film/Video 21,642 22,785 24,803 28,412 30,395 32,229
Digital CONTENTdm files 50,000 objects 1.2 million objects (100,000 pages in 18 newspapers)
Other digital collections - 50,000 objects

2.26 million objects (200,000 pages in 28 newspapers)
Other digital collections - 82,000 objects

4.13 million files, with 350,000 newspaper pages in 40 titles.
Other digital collections = 163,000 objects.
 
5.7 million files with 350,000 newspaper pages in 40 titles.
Other digital collections = 205,562 objects.

6.87 million digitized files, with 590,000 newspaper pages in 50 titles.
Other digital collections = 239,005 objects.

E-books 13,844 95,771 99,102 103,932 112,545 129,861
E-journals 13,547 17,263 18,863 33,881 38,865 37,424
Databases 334 349 338 344 396 358
Number of records in the online catalog
5,551,765 representing 99%+ of our items
5,816,025 representing 99%+ of our collection 5,993,048 representing 99%+ of our collection 6,199,047
representing 99%+ of our collection 

6,334,465
representing 99%+ of our collection
 

6,531,394
representing 99%+ of our collection
 
Total expenditures $16,381,098 $16,674,372 $16,259,719 $16,743,709 $16,738,903 $17,623,766
Total materials expenditures (includes consortium purchases) $ 5,165,808 $5,797,661 $5,274,391 $5,377,729 $5,284,822 $5,303,793
*Architectural drawing collection removed

PEOPLE  2002
(7/1/2001-6/30/2002)
2003
(7/1/2002-6/30/2003)
2004
(7/1/2003-6/30/2004)
2005
(7/1/2004-6/30/2005)
2006
(7/1/2005-6/30/2006)
2007
(7/1/2006-6/30/2007)
Professional staff 54 49 52 52 54 53
Support staff 161 164 161 160 154 159
FTE student assistants 75 69 66 68 71 71
Total FTE staff 290 282 279 280 279 283


WHAT WE DO 2002
(7/1/2001-6/30/2002)
2003
(7/1/2002-6/30/2003)
2004
(7/1/2003-6/30/2004)
2005
(7/1/2004-6/30/2005)
2006
(7/1/2005-6/30/2006)
2007
(7/1/2006-6/30/2007)
Presentations to groups 1,187 sessions for 48,957 people (includes visitors in docent sessions for Nazi Olympics exhibition) 1,034 sessions for 24,897 people 1,232 sessions for 28,374 people 1,103 sessions for 29,146 people 880 sessions for 16,721 people 1,230 sessions for 41,561 people
Reference transactions 300,000 300,000 275,000 275,000 275,000 275,000
Total lab user hours 784,671

unauthenticated: 147,835
authenticated: 443,068

unauthenticated 46,362 authenticated 984,978 unauthenticated 55,379
authenticated 817,887
unauthenticated 39,863
authenticated 858,181
unauthenticated 136,252
authenticated 837,961
Active WebCT courses online 1,112 in 86 departments 788 courses in 101 departments 865 courses in 107 departments 1400 classes in 110 departments 1500 classes and over 22,000 students in 110 departments 1600 classes and 45,644 students in 3,326 sections
Active online courses         WebCT: 1500 classes/22,000 students
OLMS (Open Learning Management): 6 classes/500 students
UOnline: 115 classes/3798 students
WebCT: 1600 classes/45,644 students
OLMS (Open Learning Management): 1,436 classes/9,936 students
UOnline: 130 classes/4,354 students
Rare book presentations 52 presentations to 11, 441 participants including 7,000 school children 80 presentations to over 17,000 participants including 9,000 school children 44 presentations to 6,460 participants plus indirect contact with 9,000 school children 69 presentations offered to 4,827 participants plus indirect contact with 9,700 school children. 60 presentations offered to 2,787 participants plus indirect contact with over 16,000 school children. 85 presentations offered to 2,795 participants plus indirect contact with over 14,990 school children.
Circulations 481,516 497,989 522,474 539,052 499,956 500,778
Items shelved 669,314 651,676 562,856 492,662 399,767 367,621
Database searches n/a n/a 2,217,023 2,251,680 2,710,504 2,785,229
Interlibrary Loans 23,799 items lent; 11,463 items borrowed 25,904 items lent; 14,229 items borrowed 25,822 items lent; 15,413 items borrowed 23,740 items lent; 19,190 items borrowed 22,512 items lent; 21,225 items borrowed 23,289 items lent; 22,897 items borrowed
Gate count 1,500,000 1,540,243 1,533,017 1,654,398 1,370,793 1,294,230
Web visits 5,500,000 pages viewed in 1,500,000 visits (418,000 unique visitors) 9,686,857 pages viewed in 2,052,365 visits (380,240 unique visitors) 9,331,885 pages viewed in 2,808,892 visits (590,299 unique visitors) 10,257,620 pages
viewed in
3,110,599 visits (678,189 unique visitors)

10,378,480 pages viewed in 3,894,222 visits (853,785 unique visitors) 9,532,731 pages viewed in 4,247,292 visits (953,041 unique visitors)


TECHNOLOGY LABS/COMPUTERS   2002
(7/1/2001-6/30/2002)
2003
(7/1/2002-6/30/2003)
2004
(7/1/2003-6/30/2004)
2005
(7/1/2004-6/30/2005)
2006
(7/1/2005-6/30/2006)
2007
(7/1/2006-6/30/2007)
Number of computers Labs 328 (169 PCs, 159 Macs) Labs 328 (169 PCs, 159 Macs) Labs 651 Labs 634
Labs 770 Labs 770
Staff and public areas 133 PCs 133 PCs 373 staff 167 public 200 public, 300 staff 200 public, 300 staff
Total number of computers managed on campus 750 750 1,024 1,000 1,270 1,270
Number of software packages on MMC computers 256 256 300 325 300 300


THE BUILDING
Square footage 495,358 sq. ft. (approx. the size of Temple Square)
Seating capacity 2,001
Miles of shelving: 61.45


THE UNIVERSITY
Faculty 2,500 in 80 departments
Staff 14,362
Students 28,025 (21,421 undergraduate, 6,604 graduate)
Revenue $1.96 billion, of which about 12% ($239 million) comes from the state of Utah

 

OTHER STATS
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