Northwestern State University of Louisiana
- Number of Branch Locations: 2
- Library Hours Per Week: 62
- Visitors to the Library Per Week: 3,266
- Documents are Digitized by Staff
- Reference Services Available by Email and/or Web
- Technology Available to Assist with Disabilities (TDD, Specially Equipped Work Stations,...)
| Staff Information |
| Total Staff | 59 |
| Number of Full-Time Librarians | 8 |
| Other Professional Staff | 3 |
| All Other Paid Staff | 13 |
| Student Assistants | 35 |
| Collection Types |
| Books and Materials |
| Added During the School Year | 6,645 |
| Held at the End of the Year | 312,324 |
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| Electronic Books & Material (E-Books) |
| Held at the End of the Year | 4,690 |
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| Microforms |
| Added During the School Year | 374 |
| Held at the End of the Year | 539,535 |
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| Audio Visual (AV) |
| Added During the School Year | 55 |
| Held at the End of the Year | 1,456 |
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| Serial Subscriptions |
| Added During the School Year | 2 |
| Held at the End of the Year | 1,403 |
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| Electronic Reference Sources and Aggregation Services |
| Added During the School Year | 29 |
| Held at the End of the Year | 91 |
| Services |
| Interlibrary Loans and Documents |
| Loans Provided | 2,225 |
| Returnable | 561 |
| Non-Returnable | 1,664 |
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| Loans Received | 3,134 |
| Returnable | 1,236 |
| Non-Returnable | 1,854 |
| Documents Received From Commercial Services | 44 |
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| Library Circulation Transactions |
| General Circulation | 81,699 |
| Reserve Circulation | 3,351 |
| Reference Transactions (Per Week) | 461 |
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| Library Sponsored Presentations |
| Number of Presentations | 242 |
| Total Attendance at All Presentations | 5,508 |
| Expenditures |
| Library Staff Salary, Wages and Benefits |
| Total Salaries | $861,450 |
| Librarians and Professional Staff | $518,159 |
| Other Paid Staff | $323,064 |
| Student Assistants | $20,227 |
| Employee Fringe Benefits | $273,910 |
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| Library Material and Operating Expenditures |
| Total Expenditures | $695,193 |
| Books and Materials | $62,679 |
| Audio Visual (AV) | $2,000 |
| Serial Subscriptions | $351,913 |
| Electronic Serial Subscriptions | $71,446 |
| Document Delivery / Interlibrary Loan | $14,055 |
| Maintaining and Preserving Archival Material | $9,182 |
| Computer Hardware and Software | $3,046 |
| Bibliographic Utilities, Network, Consortia | $71,446 |
| Other Expenditures for Information Resources | $35,508 |
| Other Operating Expenditures | $73,918 |
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Source: NCES Academic Libraries - FY 2006
