| 2. Loans and borrowing activity |
| 2a. Total loans and renewals |
| |
2005 |
2004 |
% change |
| Loans |
1 039 973 |
1 102 943 |
-5.7% |
| Renewals |
660 416 |
640 738 |
3.1% |
| Total |
1 700 389 |
1 743 681 |
-2.5% |
|
| 2b. Inter-campus loans (loans between branches of the Monash University Library) |
| |
2005 |
2004 |
% change |
| Holds received (not including
items found on local shelves)* |
127 727 |
N/A |
N/A |
| Items charged out* |
77 961 |
68 370 |
14.0% |
* In 2005, the process for requesting and supplying
Inter-Campus loans was changed. As a result of this change we
have introduced a new activity measure "holds received", for which no
prior year comparative information is available. |
| 2c. Inter-library loans (loans between libraries
- reciprocal borrowing schemes) |
| |
2005 |
2004 |
% change |
| Requests received from Monash staff and students |
32 764 |
33 215 |
-1.4% |
| Requests processed and items delivered to Monash staff and students |
25 574 |
29 887 |
-14.4% |
| Items supplied to other libraries |
9 205 |
10 389 |
-11.4% |
|
