Library Information

Lamar University

Library Details
    General Information
  • Library Hours Per Week: 95
  • Visitors to the Library Per Week: 15,008
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    Electronic Services
  • Reference Services Available by Email and/or Web
  • Technology Available to Assist with Disabilities (TDD, Specially Equipped Work Stations,...)
 
Staff Information
Total Staff62
Number of Full-Time Librarians12
Other Professional Staff2
All Other Paid Staff33
Student Assistants15
Collection Types
Books and Materials
Added During the School Year8,456
Held at the End of the Year707,024
 
Electronic Books & Material (E-Books)
Added During the School Year3,334
Held at the End of the Year3,334
 
Microforms
Added During the School Year3,743
Held at the End of the Year575,834
 
Audio Visual (AV)
Added During the School Year346
Held at the End of the Year5,632
 
Serial Subscriptions
Held at the End of the Year2,680
 
Electronic Reference Sources and Aggregation Services
Added During the School Year9
Held at the End of the Year89
Services
Interlibrary Loans and Documents
Loans Provided7,032
Returnable3,239
Non-Returnable3,793
 
Loans Received3,294
Returnable1,287
Non-Returnable2,007
 
Library Circulation Transactions
General Circulation40,759
Reserve Circulation10,647
Reference Transactions (Per Week)487
 
Library Sponsored Presentations
Number of Presentations334
Total Attendance at All Presentations8,798
Expenditures
Library Staff Salary, Wages and Benefits
Total Salaries$1,741,470
Librarians and Professional Staff$781,637
Other Paid Staff$826,363
Student Assistants$133,470
Employee Fringe Benefits$189,880
 
Library Material and Operating Expenditures
Total Expenditures$2,519,691
Books and Materials$129,747
Electronic Books & Material (E-Books)$10,000
Audio Visual (AV)$9,178
Serial Subscriptions$1,325,964
Electronic Serial Subscriptions$315,363
Document Delivery / Interlibrary Loan$7,300
Maintaining and Preserving Archival Material$13,951
Computer Hardware and Software$117,297
Bibliographic Utilities, Network, Consortia$75,621
Other Expenditures for Information Resources$67,270
Other Operating Expenditures$448,000
 
Source: NCES Academic Libraries - FY 2006