| 2. Loans and borrowing activity |
| 2a. Total loans and renewals |
| |
2006 |
2005 |
% change |
| Loans |
1 035 593 |
1 039 973 |
-0.4% |
| Renewals |
652 607 |
660 416 |
-1.2% |
| Total |
1 688 200 |
1 700 389 |
-0.7% |
|
| 2b. Inter-campus loans (loans between
branches of the Monash University Library) |
| |
2006 |
2005 |
% change |
| Holds received (not including
items found on local shelves)* |
148 994 |
127 727 |
16.6% |
| Holds collected |
96 560 |
77 961 |
23.9% |
|
|
2c. Inter-library loans (loans between libraries - reciprocal
borrowing schemes) |
| |
2006 |
2005 |
% change |
| Requests received from Monash
staff and students |
27 778 |
32 764 |
-15.2% |
| Requests processed and items
delivered to Monash staff and students |
29 813 |
25 574 |
16.6% |
| Items supplied to other
libraries |
8 459 |
9 205 |
-8.1% |
|
