Library Information

Prairie View a & M University (PVAMU)

Library Details
    General Information
  • Library Hours Per Week: 95
  • Visitors to the Library Per Week: 8,620
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    Electronic Services
  • Documents are Digitized by Staff
  • Reference Services Available by Email and/or Web
 
Staff Information
Total Staff40
Number of Full-Time Librarians12
Other Professional Staff3
All Other Paid Staff14
Student Assistants11
Collection Types
Books and Materials
Added During the School Year5,166
Held at the End of the Year361,694
 
Electronic Books & Material (E-Books)
Added During the School Year90
Held at the End of the Year33,733
 
Microforms
Added During the School Year5,283
Held at the End of the Year702,058
 
Audio Visual (AV)
Added During the School Year40
Held at the End of the Year2,986
 
Serial Subscriptions
Added During the School Year5
Held at the End of the Year29,842
 
Electronic Reference Sources and Aggregation Services
Added During the School Year3
Held at the End of the Year84
Services
Interlibrary Loans and Documents
Loans Provided2,013
Returnable1,648
Non-Returnable365
 
Loans Received751
Returnable352
Non-Returnable399
 
Library Circulation Transactions
General Circulation23,030
Reserve Circulation8,272
Reference Transactions (Per Week)237
 
Library Sponsored Presentations
Number of Presentations4,508
Total Attendance at All Presentations6,731
Expenditures
Library Staff Salary, Wages and Benefits
Total Salaries$913,883
Librarians and Professional Staff$662,036
Other Paid Staff$237,560
Student Assistants$14,287
 
Library Material and Operating Expenditures
Total Expenditures$2,044,846
Books and Materials$322,003
Electronic Books & Material (E-Books)$6,330
Audio Visual (AV)$17,757
Serial Subscriptions$794,171
Electronic Serial Subscriptions$600,999
Document Delivery / Interlibrary Loan$4,590
Maintaining and Preserving Archival Material$50,437
Computer Hardware and Software$19,820
Bibliographic Utilities, Network, Consortia$141,888
Other Operating Expenditures$86,851
 
Source: NCES Academic Libraries - FY 2006