Penn State University Libraries - Statistics

Holdings Statistics:

The Penn State University Libraries rank among the top-ten North American research libraries, based on Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Library Investment Index Rankings, 2010–2011.

Materials	Quantity
Volumes held	5,801,739
Volumes added during year	13,904
Current serials received	102,865
Maps	406,687
Microforms	4,235,971
Film and video materials	129,550
Online databases and other e-resources	579
Online full-text journals	117,789
E-books	203,000

Circulation/Transaction Statistics (one year):

Circulation/Transaction Statistics (one year)

Circulation	Quantity
Total circulation	835,562
Number of reference transactions	184,954
Interlibrary Loan requests filled for other libraries	57,609
Interlibrary Loan requests received from other libraries	43,212

Personnel Statistics:

Personnel Statistics

Personnel Category	FTE
Total Staff	574 FTE
Professional staff and faculty	171 FTE
Support staff	350 FTE
Student assistants	53 FTE

Gate Count Statistics:

Top ten largest research libraries in North America:

1. Harvard
2. Yale
3. Toronto
4. Michigan
5. Columbia
   
6. California, Los Angeles
   
7. New York
   
8. California, Berkeley
9. Princeton
10. Penn State