Library Information

University of Kansas (University of Kansas)

Library Details
    General Information
  • Number of Branch Locations: 7
  • Library Hours Per Week: 140
  • Visitors to the Library Per Week: 34,433
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    Electronic Services
  • Documents are Digitized by Staff
  • Reference Services Available by Email and/or Web
  • Technology Available to Assist with Disabilities (TDD, Specially Equipped Work Stations,...)
  • Electronic Theses and Dissertations Produced by Students
 
Staff Information
Total Staff258
Number of Full-Time Librarians61
Other Professional Staff33
All Other Paid Staff91
Student Assistants74
Collection Types
Books and Materials
Added During the School Year72,824
Held at the End of the Year4,756,199
 
Electronic Books & Material (E-Books)
Held at the End of the Year109,272
 
Microforms
Added During the School Year17,156
Held at the End of the Year3,623,655
 
Audio Visual (AV)
Added During the School Year1,305
Held at the End of the Year36,542
 
Serial Subscriptions
Added During the School Year2,496
Held at the End of the Year40,989
 
Services
Interlibrary Loans and Documents
Loans Provided45,856
Returnable18,597
Non-Returnable27,259
 
Loans Received38,461
Returnable13,133
Non-Returnable25,328
 
Library Circulation Transactions
General Circulation551,853
Reference Transactions (Per Week)1,996
 
Library Sponsored Presentations
Number of Presentations1,081
Total Attendance at All Presentations19,089
Expenditures
Library Staff Salary, Wages and Benefits
Total Salaries$8,666,593
Librarians and Professional Staff$5,214,668
Other Paid Staff$2,608,778
Student Assistants$843,147
 
Library Material and Operating Expenditures
Total Expenditures$12,069,636
Books and Materials$1,824,931
Electronic Books & Material (E-Books)$103,696
Audio Visual (AV)$27,116
Serial Subscriptions$4,590,662
Electronic Serial Subscriptions$2,304,992
Document Delivery / Interlibrary Loan$229,359
Maintaining and Preserving Archival Material$140,131
Computer Hardware and Software$103,696
Bibliographic Utilities, Network, Consortia$367,088
Other Expenditures for Information Resources$138,180
Other Operating Expenditures$2,239,785
 
Source: NCES Academic Libraries - FY 2006