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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 2019

Student Learning


Students Attending Instruction
3,851
Library Instruction Statistics

Reference Questions Asked
6,315
Reference Query Statistics

Librarian Contact Hours
637

Research


Database Searches
1,174,712

Journal Articles Used
120,862
   
E-Books & Media Used
21,613

Print Materials Used
22,161
Loan Statistics

Library Spaces


Number of Group Study Rooms
14

Minutes Booked in Study Rooms
670,740

Events in Library Spaces
732