Reed home Admission Academics Student Life spacer College Offices officers and trustees
 

Facts about Reed

Brought to you by Institutional Research


REED LIBRARY Statistics
  2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07
Cataloging statistics
Volumes added 17,549 17,150 17,620 21,009 17,350
Volumes withdrawn 218 1,175 1.094 1,027 3,412
Volumes held at end of year 512,115 528,090 544,616 564,598 578,536
New titles added 13,059 10,661 10,625 12,446 10,825
 
Circulation statistics (including Instructional Media Center)
Total circulation 117,542 120,742 127,210 117,705 112,793
General circulation 59,604 66,997 65,457 65,426 61,995
Reserve circulation 57,938 53,745 61,753 52,279 50,798
Reserves as % of total 49% 45% 49% 44% 45%
Items placed on reserve 18,669 15,670 17,039 18,184 18,116
Electronic reserve use 14,357 12,130 19,448 44,860 63,561
 
Reference service statistics
Reference questions
(incl. IMC & Archives)
10,309 8,409 9,890 10,142 10,613
Library instruction sessions 87 101 111 124 140
Patron visits 457,991 417,845 410,684 387,685 399,542
 
Interlibrary loan statistics
Loans to Reed 20,379 22,886 25,042 22,911 22,291
% Change 11.7% 12.3% 9.4% -8.5% -2.7%
Loans from Reed 24,767 28,805 25,524 30,512 30,509
% Change 49.9% 16.3% -11.4% 19.5% 0%