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Annual Report 2008
 

Statistics

1. Library Collections (Volumes)
1a. Collections
Library Monographs
eg. books, videos
Serials
eg. journals, newspapers
Microforms
eg. microfilm, microfiche
Non-book
eg. CD-ROMs, maps, sheet music
2008 total 2007 total % change
Sir Louis Matheson Library 1,070,091 174,092 331,891 31,769 1,607,843 1,631,520 -1.5%
Hargrave-Andrew Library 220,094 185,970 17,955 6,515 430,534 421,748 2.1%
Law Library 67,536 88,341 8,968 657 165,502 163,663 1.1%
Caulfield Library 264,197 62,892 4,118 33,012 364,219 353,196 3.1%
Peninsula Library 169,108 27,339 16 1,128 197,591 202,890 -2.6%
Berwick Library and Learning Commons 21,313 358 25 2,136 23,833 22,340 6.7%
Gippsland Library 138,462 32,654 5,792 53,586 230,764 237,230 -2.6%
CL Butchers Pharmacy Library * 16,889 6,338 732 79 24,038 18,867 27.4%
Offsite Store 132,908 817 0 0 133,725 78,403 70.6%
Total 2,100,598 578,801 369,496 129,152 3,178,047 3,129,856  1.5%

*Pharmacy moved back into the new premises in 2008 - a large number of bound volumes were transferred back from the offsite store.

1b. Electronic collections
2008 2007 % change
Electronic monographs (books) 318,432 298,888 6.5%
Electronic serials accessible through the catalogue* 59,118 37,537 57.5%
Online databases (excludes websites and CD-ROMs) 978 897 9.0%

* CAUL deemed titles not available.

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