ABOUT THE LIBRARY
ANY TIME, ANY PLACE
- 2.2 million downloads of works from the Iowa Repository
- 1 million electronic books
- Over 1 million locally digitized items in 130 Iowa Digital Library collections
- 3.9 million searches of our catalog and resources
- Free electronic delivery of 5,226 articles
- 143 hours per week of service desk assistance during fall/spring semesters
PHYSICAL FACILITIES
- 7 libraries with 2.1 million visitors
- 3.7 million titles
- 4,174 seats and 503 computers
- 119,000 items checked out
- 5.1 miles of manuscripts
OUTREACH TO IOWANS AND BEYOND
- 278 community borrowing cards
- Over 34,000 items loaned to others
- 705,000 pages viewed in the Iowa Digital Library
- 3.3 million web page sessions from visitors in 208 countries
CONTRIBUTING to SUCCESS
TEACHING, LEARNING, and RESEARCH
- 26 subject specialists
- 1,893 items on reserve for classes
- 598 items of streaming content on reserve for classes
- 900 instructional sessions taught by librarians with 20,040 participants
- 45,790 reference questions answered
- 4,462 items delivered to campus offices