LIBRARY COLLECTIONS AND UTILIZATION
FISCAL YEARS 1999 TO 2002
Library Collections 1999 2000 2001 2002
Total Print Volumes (Books, Bound Journals, etc.)    935,888    961,507    981,479    999,798
Current Subscriptions:        3,209        3,184        3,254        3,143
Periodicals, Newspapers, Government Documents
Electronic Subscriptions        1,805        2,530        3,221        3,754
Microforms:    885,422    905,420    929,783    938,851
Books, Serial Titles, Government Documents
Graphic Materials:    186,676    187,604    187,964    188,922
Pictures (Unmounted), Slides
Audio Materials:      24,305      24,717      25,153      25,578
Cassettes, Phonograph Records, CDs, Tapes
Video Materials        5,974        6,458        6,965        7,243
Computer Files
Music Scores      20,186      20,176      20,175      20,174
Maps           157           157           157           158
Library Material Duplication
Photocopies Made in Libraries  1,633,384  1,305,262  1,094,191    950,562
Microform Copies Made in Libraries      24,478      19,758      17,251      17,126
Number of Visits to the Libraries
Engineering and Science Library    162,366    168,567    161,844    157,513
Hunt Library    578,624    470,402    546,871    441,409
Mellon Institute Library  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A
Virtual Visits  --    553,231    596,894    760,696
740,990  1,192,200  1,305,609  1,359,618
Seating
Engineering and Science Library           165           161           163           159
Hunt Library           617           619           632           631
Mellon Institute Library            94            95           117           117
876           875           912           907
Circulation of Library Materials    145,947    142,690    158,898    158,258
Books Used in Libraries    119,864    118,355      90,642    107,293
Library Instruction
Number of classes           168           188           183           161
Number of participants        3,301        3,565        3,337        3,238
Reference Questions Answered      14,994      13,996      14,539      13,993
Directional Help Given      14,427      13,240      15,670      16,416
Electronic Information Resources and Access
The University Libraries provide access to a variety of digital information, including the library catalog and
other local databases, and a growing number of commercial databases that are licensed for use by the
university community.  Access methods continue to change as the delivery of electronic information evolves.
Currently, Internet (Web) access predominates.
The web-based library catalog (Cameo) contains records of items owned by the libraries, as well as items on
order or being cataloged for library collections. Cameo is part of a system that integrates acquisitions and
cataloging functions with circulation, reserve, and user service functions. Users can see if items are available
or checked out when they use the library catalog; they can also request services (like Renew Item or
Request Check-out Item).
Users may access Cameo from any computer with Internet capability at: http://www.library.cmu.edu
As the digital library environment matures, more full-text documents and images are becoming available.
Some vendors who are providing full-text documents are no longer reporting numbers of searches.
Searches: 1999 2000 2001 2002
Performed using Cameo (Library Catalog) 676,477 596,013 552,479 617,425
Performed on Library Information System (LIS)* 6,488 -- -- --
Performed to Licensed and Local Web Resources 297,776 416,468 396,973 549,710
Total Database Searches 980,741 1,012,481 949,452 1,167,135
Total Full-text Documents Retrieved    172,536    207,284    317,714    378,360
Electronic Reserve Usage (Items Viewed) -- --      11,570      35,266
Images Scanned for the Digital Library --    131,470    210,556    221,754
 * LIS was phased out by August 1998.
Reference Questions Answered 1999 2000 2001 2002
Digital -- --        2,354        2,186
Traditional -- --      14,539      11,807
Reserve Items Used 1999 2000 2001 2002
Digital -- -- 11,570 35,266
Traditional -- -- 22,090 11,491
Resource Sharing and Document Delivery 1999 2000 2001 2002
Interlibrary Loan
Items Borrowed        7,571        9,082        6,270      13,511
Items Loaned        5,492        5,454        5,107        4,013
Oakland Library Consortium
Items Borrowed        3,026        2,255        1,182           737
Items Loaned           377           299            88            69
PALCI (Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium, Inc.)
Items Borrowed  --           231           619           821
Items Loaned  --           259        1,007        1,414
Reveal Alert from CARL (Electronic Current Awareness Service)
Individuals using site license subscription           107            87            82            79
Journal Article Delivery Service (JADS)
Articles Delivered           172           351           101           102