| 2. Loans and borrowing activity |
| 2a. Total loans and renewals |
| |
2003 |
2002 |
% change |
| Loans |
1 120 564 |
1 085 878 |
3.2 |
| Renewals |
607 874 |
464 262 |
30.9 |
| Total |
1 728 438 |
1 550 140 |
11.5 |
|
| 2b. Inter-campus loans (loans between branches of the Monash University Library) |
| |
2003 |
2002 |
% change |
| Requests received |
103 640 |
84 934 |
21.9 |
| Requests processed |
75 957 |
61 246 |
24.0 |
| Items supplied |
70 633 |
57 027 |
23.9 |
|
| 2c. Inter-library loans (loans between libraries – reciprocal borrowing schemes) |
| |
2003 |
2002 |
% change |
| Requests received from Monash staff and students |
40 302 |
44 432 |
-9.3 |
| Requests processed and items delivered to Monash staff and students |
36 135 |
37 296 |
-3.1 |
| Items supplied to other libraries |
9 958 |
10 069 |
-1.1 |
|
