Select Library Statistics

Includes Health Sciences and Law Libraries

Year 2002/3 2003/4 2004/5
Volumes held 6,436,960 6,546,072 6,639,850
Total Current Serials 48,740 48,269 55,932
Total Interlibrary Lending 71,317 78,919 79,369
Total Interlibrary Borrowing 18,966 18,889 50,498
Group Presentations 1,019 929 1,030
Presentation Participants 19,074 19,189 23,776
Reference Queries 176,407 168,421 150,924
Total Circulation 1,683,030 1,946,658 1,471,685
Librarians 148 137 138
Support Staff 211 214 214
Total Materials Expenditures 8,556,561 11,787,071 12,432,102
Total Library Expenditures 28,464,332 34,780,704 35,761,401
Total Fulltime Students 32,575 32,789 32,893
Total Fulltime Graduate Students 7,381 7,500 9,660
PhDs Awarded 493 493 452
PhD Fields 75 75 79
Total Teaching Faculty 3,869 3,845 3,952

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.

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