Ohio State University (OSU)
- Number of Branch Locations: 15
- Library Hours Per Week: 168
- Visitors to the Library Per Week: 52,357
- 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 Staff | 435 |
| Number of Full-Time Librarians | 82 |
| Other Professional Staff | 43 |
| All Other Paid Staff | 179 |
| Student Assistants | 131 |
| Collection Types |
| Books and Materials |
| Added During the School Year | 63,603 |
| Held at the End of the Year | 5,765,308 |
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| Electronic Books & Material (E-Books) |
| Added During the School Year | 148,070 |
| Held at the End of the Year | 188,722 |
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| Microforms |
| Added During the School Year | 77,668 |
| Held at the End of the Year | 5,912,179 |
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| Audio Visual (AV) |
| Added During the School Year | 3,782 |
| Held at the End of the Year | 62,771 |
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| Serial Subscriptions |
| Added During the School Year | 2,068 |
| Held at the End of the Year | 36,813 |
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| Services |
| Interlibrary Loans and Documents |
| Loans Provided | 108,828 |
| Returnable | 46,112 |
| Non-Returnable | 62,716 |
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| Loans Received | 70,997 |
| Returnable | 30,749 |
| Non-Returnable | 40,248 |
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| Library Circulation Transactions |
| General Circulation | 1,825,674 |
| Reserve Circulation | 958,748 |
| Reference Transactions (Per Week) | 6,312 |
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| Library Sponsored Presentations |
| Number of Presentations | 1,066 |
| Total Attendance at All Presentations | 21,846 |
| Expenditures |
| Library Staff Salary, Wages and Benefits |
| Total Salaries | $15,154,611 |
| Librarians and Professional Staff | $6,940,002 |
| Other Paid Staff | $5,772,066 |
| Student Assistants | $2,442,543 |
| Employee Fringe Benefits | $4,907,983 |
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| Library Material and Operating Expenditures |
| Total Expenditures | $22,971,027 |
| Books and Materials | $3,368,018 |
| Electronic Books & Material (E-Books) | $55,446 |
| Audio Visual (AV) | $88,337 |
| Serial Subscriptions | $6,953,106 |
| Electronic Serial Subscriptions | $5,015,744 |
| Document Delivery / Interlibrary Loan | $92,365 |
| Maintaining and Preserving Archival Material | $349,716 |
| Computer Hardware and Software | $364,798 |
| Bibliographic Utilities, Network, Consortia | $1,277,337 |
| Other Expenditures for Information Resources | $150,315 |
| Other Operating Expenditures | $5,255,845 |
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Source: NCES Academic Libraries - FY 2006
