University of Houston (UH)
- Number of Branch Locations: 5
- Library Hours Per Week: 108
- Visitors to the Library Per Week: 48,967
- 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 | 201 |
| Number of Full-Time Librarians | 62 |
| All Other Paid Staff | 93 |
| Student Assistants | 46 |
| Collection Types |
| Books and Materials |
| Added During the School Year | 70,833 |
| Held at the End of the Year | 2,231,199 |
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| Electronic Books & Material (E-Books) |
| Added During the School Year | 35,990 |
| Held at the End of the Year | 96,415 |
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| Microforms |
| Added During the School Year | 1,385,731 |
| Held at the End of the Year | 5,917,649 |
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| Audio Visual (AV) |
| Added During the School Year | 478 |
| Held at the End of the Year | 16,797 |
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| Serial Subscriptions |
| Added During the School Year | 324 |
| Held at the End of the Year | 61,848 |
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| Electronic Reference Sources and Aggregation Services |
| Added During the School Year | 33 |
| Held at the End of the Year | 262 |
| Services |
| Interlibrary Loans and Documents |
| Loans Provided | 30,674 |
| Returnable | 10,051 |
| Non-Returnable | 20,623 |
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| Loans Received | 19,441 |
| Returnable | 5,665 |
| Non-Returnable | 12,960 |
| Documents Received From Commercial Services | 816 |
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| Library Circulation Transactions |
| General Circulation | 380,526 |
| Reserve Circulation | 22,928 |
| Reference Transactions (Per Week) | 1,170 |
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| Library Sponsored Presentations |
| Number of Presentations | 378 |
| Total Attendance at All Presentations | 7,928 |
| Expenditures |
| Library Staff Salary, Wages and Benefits |
| Total Salaries | $5,910,147 |
| Librarians and Professional Staff | $3,075,546 |
| Other Paid Staff | $2,334,108 |
| Student Assistants | $500,493 |
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| Library Material and Operating Expenditures |
| Total Expenditures | $13,422,454 |
| Books and Materials | $1,642,148 |
| Electronic Books & Material (E-Books) | $130,142 |
| Audio Visual (AV) | $30,000 |
| Serial Subscriptions | $5,684,365 |
| Electronic Serial Subscriptions | $2,171,667 |
| Document Delivery / Interlibrary Loan | $34,850 |
| Maintaining and Preserving Archival Material | $95,491 |
| Computer Hardware and Software | $714,564 |
| Bibliographic Utilities, Network, Consortia | $410,871 |
| Other Expenditures for Information Resources | $448,191 |
| Other Operating Expenditures | $2,060,165 |
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Source: NCES Academic Libraries - FY 2006
