Library Information

Suny College at Purchase

Library Details
    General Information
  • Library Hours Per Week: 105
  • Visitors to the Library Per Week: 8,479
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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 Staff27
Number of Full-Time Librarians7
Other Professional Staff11
All Other Paid Staff3
Student Assistants6
Collection Types
Books and Materials
Added During the School Year2,720
Held at the End of the Year265,133
 
Electronic Books & Material (E-Books)
Added During the School Year262
Held at the End of the Year6,038
 
Microforms
Added During the School Year4,091
Held at the End of the Year261,234
 
Audio Visual (AV)
Added During the School Year535
Held at the End of the Year104,610
 
Serial Subscriptions
Added During the School Year4,757
Held at the End of the Year23,655
 
Electronic Reference Sources and Aggregation Services
Added During the School Year9
Held at the End of the Year95
Services
Interlibrary Loans and Documents
Loans Provided1,546
Returnable900
Non-Returnable646
 
Loans Received1,905
Returnable1,331
Non-Returnable574
 
Library Circulation Transactions
General Circulation35,490
Reserve Circulation85,054
Reference Transactions (Per Week)258
 
Library Sponsored Presentations
Number of Presentations71
Total Attendance at All Presentations1,380
Expenditures
Library Staff Salary, Wages and Benefits
Total Salaries$1,010,678
Librarians and Professional Staff$854,919
Other Paid Staff$100,069
Student Assistants$55,690
 
Library Material and Operating Expenditures
Total Expenditures$662,450
Books and Materials$93,712
Audio Visual (AV)$18,869
Serial Subscriptions$263,043
Electronic Serial Subscriptions$161,135
Document Delivery / Interlibrary Loan$2,197
Maintaining and Preserving Archival Material$9,245
Computer Hardware and Software$3,938
Bibliographic Utilities, Network, Consortia$57,844
Other Operating Expenditures$52,467
 
Source: NCES Academic Libraries - FY 2006