Library Statistics at a Glance

 

		2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24
Visits
Gate counts		849,595	441,775	1,079,984	1,677,415	1,741,417
Virtual visits		2,354,657	2,467,730	2,803,045	3,250,722	3,666,058
Visitor tours participants		873	123	178	1,648	2,006
Teaching
# of sessions		258	297	315	265	196
# of participants		8,893	10,079	11,460	8,322	7,899
Collection
Size	Print vol.	734,988	694,440	676,751	674,464	623,155
	Periodicals (Print+Electronic)	153,069	149,614	139,135	140,216	144,142
	Databases	323	333	337	384	372
	E-books	893,509	1,077,208	1,096,736	1,863,870	1,882,350
	Media	25,835	22,143	22,143	22,210	22,185
	Streaming Media	167,444	178,600	188,338	218,636	233,977
New purchases	Print books	5,055	4,699	4,198	4,057	2,380
	E-books	95,959	159,993	30,891	35,218	29,833
Use	Check-out loans	84,256	75,676	76,469	68,105	59,867
	ILL & Document Delivery	15,013	15,183	8,406	6,983	6,565
	E-journal article downloads	3,121,096	3,665,674	4,511,672	4,666,597	4,533,526
	E-book chapter downloads	1,355,912	1,654,321	847,019*	966,396	1,041,994
Technology
Tech items checkout		6,509	3,081	8,087	16,967	22,870
3D printing		58	145	126	170	175
General Education Activities
Exhibitions		8	6	6	7	3
Exhibition Tours & Talks participants		316	495	931	31	157
iTalks		4	7	5	9	7
iTalks participants		429	1,064	606	406	258
Facilities
# of Rooms / Spaces		59	59	60	74	76
# of Seating		3,217	3,217	3,246	3,426	3,318

* 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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