Library Information

Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT)

Library Details
    General Information
  • Library Hours Per Week: 72
  • Visitors to the Library Per Week: 10,271
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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,...)
 
Staff Information
Total Staff54
Number of Full-Time Librarians14
Other Professional Staff3
All Other Paid Staff26
Student Assistants10
Collection Types
Books and Materials
Added During the School Year8,160
Held at the End of the Year240,712
 
Electronic Books & Material (E-Books)
Added During the School Year600
Held at the End of the Year1,604
 
Microforms
Added During the School Year1
Held at the End of the Year4,797
 
Audio Visual (AV)
Added During the School Year419
Held at the End of the Year134,534
 
Serial Subscriptions
Added During the School Year358
Held at the End of the Year3,398
 
Electronic Reference Sources and Aggregation Services
Added During the School Year22
Held at the End of the Year88
Services
Interlibrary Loans and Documents
Loans Provided127
Returnable92
Non-Returnable35
 
Loans Received174
Returnable144
Non-Returnable30
 
Library Circulation Transactions
General Circulation43,790
Reserve Circulation9,012
Reference Transactions (Per Week)824
 
Library Sponsored Presentations
Number of Presentations185
Total Attendance at All Presentations3,921
Expenditures
Library Staff Salary, Wages and Benefits
Total Salaries$2,432,750
Librarians and Professional Staff$1,245,002
Other Paid Staff$1,110,916
Student Assistants$76,832
 
Library Material and Operating Expenditures
Total Expenditures$469,790
Books and Materials$221,095
Electronic Books & Material (E-Books)$3,265
Audio Visual (AV)$7,973
Serial Subscriptions$57,192
Electronic Serial Subscriptions$1,000
Document Delivery / Interlibrary Loan$2,529
Maintaining and Preserving Archival Material$15,327
Computer Hardware and Software$12,378
Bibliographic Utilities, Network, Consortia$56,261
Other Expenditures for Information Resources$9,550
Other Operating Expenditures$83,220
 
Source: NCES Academic Libraries - FY 2006