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Library Facts and Figures: Electronic Collections

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Books

Ebooks owned by the Library

2012/2013: 127,958

2013/2014: 132,374

2014/2015: 291,518

Source: Serials Department

Serials

2012/2013

171 active databases

51,356 (deduped) electronic journal subscriptions

2013/2014

237 active databases

49,391 electronic journal subscriptions

2014/2015

302 active databases

55,895 electronic journal subscriptions

 

Source: Serials Department

 

Use of electronic subscription resources

2012/2013

Searches in subscription databases: 4,126,249

Full-text articles/items retrieved: 1,748,766

2013/2014

Searches in subscription databases: 3,713,631

Full-text articles/items retrieved: 1,629,785

Source: UH Library Council report

Digital maps and aerial photographs

Holdings as of 2013:

30,000 maps

90,000 aerial photographs

Source: Government Documents & Maps Department

Digital Repositories

Digital Repositories Statistics 2012/2013

ScholarSpace
63 Main Communities
425 Sub-communities
1849 Collections
23,000 items

1,203,029 pages viewed
1,619,359 files downloaded
184,945 visitors

eVols
28 Main Communities
68 Sub-communities
359 Collections
35,000 items

1,006,778 pages viewed
1,024,333 files downloaded
42,544 visitors

dspace.lib
4 Main Communities
13 Sub-communities
35 Collections
1100 Items

38,182 pages viewed
33,496 files downloaded
3,074 visitors

From Desktop Network Services department annual report files