Library Statistics at a Glance

 

		2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23
Visits
Gate counts		1,985,217	849,595	441,775	1,079,984	1,677,415
Virtual visits		3,235,790	2,354,657	2,467,730	2,803,045	3,250,722
Visitor tours participants		4,928	873	123	178	1,648
Teaching
# of sessions		268	258	297	315	265
# of participants		9,313	8,893	10,079	11,460	8,322
Collection
Size	Print vol.	730,431	734,988	694,440	676,751	674,464
	Periodicals (Print+Electronic)	126,257	153,069	149,614	139,135	140,216
	Databases	310	323	333	337	384
	E-books	754,146	893,509	1,077,208	1,096,736	1,863,870
	Media	26,914	25,835	22,143	22,143	22,210
	Streaming Media	83,464	167,444	178,600	188,338	218,636
New purchases	Print books	6,871	5,055	4,699	4,198	4,057
	E-books	78,575	95,959	159,993	30,891	35,218
Use	Check-out loans	123,552	84,256	75,676	76,469	68,105
	ILL & Document Delivery	17,970	15,013	15,183	8,406	6,983
	E-journal article downloads	2,576,980	3,121,096	3,665,674	4,511,672	4,666,597
	E-book chapter downloads	1,337,714	1,355,912	1,654,321	847,019*	966,396
Technology
Tech items checkout		11,983	6,761	3,152	8,087	17,737
3D printing		211	58	178	126	227
3D scanning			13	11	3	7
General Education Activities
Exhibitions		10	8	6	6	7
Exhibition Tours & Talks participants		795	316	495	931	31
iTalks		10	4	7	5	9
iTalks participants		685	429	1,064	606	406
Facilities
# of Rooms / Spaces		59	59	59	60	74
# of Seating		3,374	3,217	3,217	3,246	3,426

* The Library adopted COUNTER 5 data from 2021. Since the metrics of COUNTER 4 and COUNTER 5 are very different, e-book chapter download data from 2021/2022 onwards cannot be directly compared with that of previous years.

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