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Perkins Facts and Figures

2007-08 Facts and Figures, Perkins Library System

Collections
 Volume count
 3,733,385
Access and Delivery Services
 Loans
 166,857
 Renewals  88,822
 Total circulation
 255,679
 Items shelved
 347,727
 Gate count
 1,831,966
 Interlibrary loan: borrowing  25,736
 Interlibrary loan: lending  21,715
 BARD requests
 40,365
Public Services
 Reference transactions (est.)
 131,000
 Weekly public service hours (main library)  149
Library Instruction
Total number of students reached via class sessions
 6844
 Total instruction sessions
 471
            Sessions for undergraduates  371 (79%)
            Writing 20 sessions  164 (35%)
            Sessions for graduate students
 77
 Academic departments served
 49
 Number of librarians teaching at least one session  44

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