Library Information

University of Houston - Downtown (UHD)

Library Details
    General Information
  • Library Hours Per Week: 85
  • Visitors to the Library Per Week: 10,374
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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 Staff42
Number of Full-Time Librarians13
All Other Paid Staff20
Student Assistants10
Collection Types
Books and Materials
Added During the School Year7,743
Held at the End of the Year268,599
 
Electronic Books & Material (E-Books)
Added During the School Year14,376
Held at the End of the Year75,006
 
Microforms
Added During the School Year137
Held at the End of the Year148,787
 
Audio Visual (AV)
Added During the School Year170
Held at the End of the Year2,272
 
Serial Subscriptions
Added During the School Year14
Held at the End of the Year1,122
 
Electronic Reference Sources and Aggregation Services
Added During the School Year39
Held at the End of the Year131
Services
Interlibrary Loans and Documents
Loans Provided2,689
Returnable1,614
Non-Returnable1,075
 
Loans Received1,494
Returnable728
Non-Returnable766
 
Library Circulation Transactions
General Circulation70,121
Reserve Circulation21,608
Reference Transactions (Per Week)456
 
Library Sponsored Presentations
Number of Presentations204
Total Attendance at All Presentations3,800
Expenditures
Library Staff Salary, Wages and Benefits
Total Salaries$1,308,747
Librarians and Professional Staff$587,050
Other Paid Staff$683,547
Student Assistants$38,150
 
Library Material and Operating Expenditures
Total Expenditures$1,568,110
Books and Materials$225,143
Electronic Books & Material (E-Books)$500
Audio Visual (AV)$18,341
Serial Subscriptions$720,258
Electronic Serial Subscriptions$426,785
Maintaining and Preserving Archival Material$14,644
Computer Hardware and Software$27,508
Bibliographic Utilities, Network, Consortia$60,517
Other Operating Expenditures$74,414
 
Source: NCES Academic Libraries - FY 2006