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Library Impact: Dashboard

Featured library data demonstrating our impact on student learning and scholarship

Library Impact Dashboard

Your University Library is vital for a strong and thriving Southern.
We impact student learning, supply quality research material and provide space for instruction and group study.

Data Source: ACRL Trends and Statistics Survey 2024, Internal Library Reporting 2025

Student Learning


Students Attending Instruction
3,380
Library Instruction Statistics

Reference Questions Asked
2,745
Reference Query Statistics

Librarian Contact Hours
357
 

Fiscal Year 2024

Research


Database Searches
1,603,501
 

Journal Articles Used
142,735
 
   
E-Books & Media Used
22,174
 

Print Materials Used
5,188
Loan Statistics

Calendar Year 2024

Library Spaces


Number of Group Study Rooms
15

Hours Booked in Study Rooms
16,965

Events in Library Spaces
773

Calendar Year 2024