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Holdings Statistics:

Penn State University Libraries rank among the top ten North American research libraries, based on data submitted in 2008 to the Association of Research Libraries (ARL).
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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