Quick Facts

• Established 1907
• Library system locations: 16
• Librarians: 26 (systemwide)
• Total hours open per week: 95

Collection metrics -- Rochester (2011)

• Volumes: 382,039
• Journals currently received: 4,815
• Electronic journals: 4,207
• Book titles: 93,522
• Rare journal volumes from 1665
• Rare monographs from 1479
• In-house use of print/audiovisual library resources: 63,058 volumes
• Circulation of traditional library resources: 76,779 volumes

Use of electronic resources -- Library System (2011)

• Library intranet page views: 6,643,748
• Use of electronic resources: 16,794,049

Document delivery metrics -- Rochester (2011)

• Interlibrary loan requests received from external libraries: 26,393
• Loans requested from external libraries: 15,000
• Document delivery requests from staff and students: 63,057
• Electronic document delivery (scanned pages): 499,360
• Patron self service scanned/photocopied pages: 283,264
• Inventory in Mayo Medical Bookstore: 800 titles

Professional services -- Rochester (2011)

• Subject literature searches: 9,218
• Library class attendees: 1,645
• Instructor contact hours: 265
• Reference questions: 22,621

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