ABOUT THE LIBRARY
ANY TIME, ANY PLACE
- 2.2 million downloads of works from the Iowa Repository
- 966,000 electronic books
- 937,579 locally digitized items in 127 Iowa Digital Library collections
- 2.4 million searches of our catalog and resources
- Free electronic delivery of 2,139 articles
- 143 hours per week of service desk assistance during fall/spring semesters
PHYSICAL FACILITIES
- 7 libraries with 2 million visitors
- 3.7 million titles
- 3,880 seats and 342 computers
- 121,199 items checked out
- 4.9 miles of manuscripts
OUTREACH TO IOWANS AND BEYOND
- 445 community borrowing cards
- Over 38,000 items loaned to others
- 811,800 pages viewed in the Iowa Digital Library
- 1.16 million web page sessions from visitors in 208 countries
CONTRIBUTING to SUCCESS
TEACHING, LEARNING, and RESEARCH
- 26 subject specialists
- 2,078 items on reserve for classes
- 742 instructional sessions taught by librarians with 14,434 participants
- 55,460 group room reservations
- 58,032 reference questions answered
- 5,058 items delivered to campus offices
- 19,800 items borrowed