Statistics
Holdings Statistics:
The Penn State University Libraries rank 8th among North American research libraries, based on Association of Research Libraries (ARL) data as reported in the Chronicle of Higher Education, August 2007.
| Number of volumes held | 5,220,080 |
| Number of volumes added during year | 150,226 |
| Total number of current serials received | 68,876 |
| Number of maps | 513,646 |
| Number of microforms | 5,378,624 |
| Number of film and video materials | 178,672 |
Circulation/Transaction Statistics (one year):
| Total circulation | 1,019,314 |
| Number of reference transactions | 177,943 |
| Interlibrary Loan requests filled for other libraries | 63,285 |
| Interlibrary Loan requests received from other libraries | 54,930 |
Personnel Statistics:
| Total Staff | 622 FTE |
| Professional staff and faculty | 156 FTE |
| Support staff | 388 FTE |
| Student assistants | 78 FTE |
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