Option 1
6.3 million print volumes
1.5 million e-books
Over 1,162 electronic databases
Over 197,194 full-text print and electronic journals
Over 17 million pages from the libraries’ collections have been digitized for online public access. Each year 1.2 million pages of archival, photo and textual materials are added. There are over 85,000,000 unique material views annually to the digital collections’ web site.
62,668 UF theses and dissertations are available through the libraries. Over 37,400 UF Theses and Dissertations are available online.
Over 5 million in-person visits each year That’s more visitors than the O’Connell Center and Ben Hill Griffin Stadium combined!
5.5 million views to the Libraries’ web site each year.
Five exhibitions are held in the Special Collections gallery of Smathers Library annually and feature rare treasures from the Department of Special and Area Studies Collections. Receptions are held which often feature authors, artists and UF faculty as speakers. The Albert H. Nahmad Panama Canal Gallery displays items from the Libraries’ Panama Canal Museum Collection. The Smathers Lobby Gallery also displays items from the Department of Special and Area Studies Collections. Smaller exhibitions and displays are located in Library West, the Marston Science Library, the Health and Science Center Library, the Latin American and Caribbean Collection on the 3rd floor of Smathers Library, Architecture and Fine Arts Library and the Education Library. Governor’s House in St. Augustine also has exhibitions.
Option 2
Quick Facts (using UVA library stats as an example)
Library Staff
220 plus
Student employees
330 plus
Manuscripts & Archives
20 million plus
Books
4.7 million plus
Visits per years
1.9 million plus
E-books
1.5 million plus
Journal subscriptions
Over 197,194 full-text print and electronic journals
Media items (video/audio/etc)
358,000 plus
Languages spoken by staff
29
option 3
Print volumes 6.3 million plus
In person visits per year 5 million plus
Visits to Library websites 5.5 million plus
E-books 1.5 million
UF Theses & Dissertations 62,668 (37,400 available online)
Digitized Collections
17 million
Each year 1.2 million pages of archival, photo and textual materials are added. There are over 85,000,000 unique material views annually to the digital collections’ web site.
option 4
GEORGE A SMATHERS LIBRARIES