Library


FALL OF:  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008 
 LIBRARY COLLECTIONS          
 Number of Volumes 981,074  995,507  1,009,122  1,017,742  1,021,673 
 % change 1.6%  1.5%  1.4%  0.9%  0.4% 
           
 Books Added Since Prior Year 15,819  14,433  14,279  13,724  16,495 
 % change -3.8%  -8.8%  -1.1%  -3.9%  20.2% 
           
 Number of Documents, All Formats 455,024  453,096  447,028  443,826  441,692 
 % change -0.3%  -0.4%  -1.3%  -0.7%  -0.5% 
           
 Audiovisual Material, Total Number 21,922  23,153  25,315  27,477  28,762 
 % change 4.4%  5.6%  9.3%  8.5%  4.7% 
           
 Number of Print & Microform
 Periodical Titles, current 1		 1,819  1,802  1,666  1,322  1,300 
 Number of Electronic
 Periodical Titles, current 1		 3,846  4,498  7,455  16,947  17,551 
 % change 53.8%  11.2%  44.8%  100.3%  3.2% 
           
 Number of Electronic Databases 130  155  155  194  219 
           
 LOAN TRANSACTIONS          
 Total Circulation, Non-Reserve
 Materials 2		 59,397  57,937  56,546  50,289  50,028 
 % change -8.0%  -2.5%  -2.4%  -11.1%  -0.5% 
           
 Total Circulation, Reserve Materials 3 127,844  138,597  132,639  122,492  124,943 
 % change -3.3%  8.4%  -4.3%  -7.7%  2.0% 
           
 Interlibrary Loans to Other Libraries 4 9,120  8,517  9,757  10,258  10,746 
 % change 0.9%  -6.6%  14.6%  5.1%  4.8% 
           
 Interlibrary Loans Received for Bowdoin
 Community		 11,247  14,353  15,178  16,926  15,431 
 % change -2.0%  27.6%  5.7%  11.5%  -8.8% 
           
 Loans to Colby or Bates 2,810  2,501  3,007  2,554  2,244 
 % change 0.7%  -11.0%  20.2%  -15.1%  -12.1% 
           
 Borrowed from Colby or Bates 3,653  4,255  4,470  4,922  4,724 
 % change 9.7%  16.5%  5.1%  10.1%  -4.0% 
           
 LIBRARY INSTRUCTION          
 Number of Instructional Sessions by
 Librarians		 175  109  125  125  115 
           
 Number of Instructional Session
 Attendees		 2,256  1,774  1,794  1,824  1,668 

1 Some periodical titles are duplicated in print and electronic format.
2 Total Circulation, Non-Reserve Materials: Users now have access to many electronic periodical subscriptions, full-text periodical databases and e-books; these statistics reflect circulation of print resources only and not electronic resources usage statistics.
3 Total Circulation, Reserve Materials: includes access statistics for e-reserves and print materials.
4 Interlibrary Loans to Other Libraries: reflects overall loan statistics and includes loans among Colby, Bates, Bowdoin and libraries that participate in Maine Info Net and NExpress, two resource-sharing initiatives.

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Maintained by Margaret Allen, Bowdoin College Office of Institutional Research
Last Update: January 21, 2009
E-mail: mallen2@bowdoin.edu