Library by the Numbers
assignment Instruction
In Academic Year 2019-20, Mines librarians held instruction sessions for 133 sections attended by 4,585 students
We recorded 40,135 views of library how-to guides
leaderboard Research
As of 2019, the Mines Institutional Repository holds 10,693 items, including:
- 2,477 Theses and Dissertations
- 275 Student Research Publications
- 7,735 Archival/Special Collections items
In 2020, we recorded 25,959 downloads from the IR
In 2019-20:
We conducted 25 Modern Researcher 501 Workshops with 342 participants
Research librarians completed 1,235 reference transactions
We recorded 83,494 visits to Library Research Guides
event Outreach & Engagement
In 2019-20, the library held 37 events with a total of 1,404 participants
Open Educational Resources (OER)
Awarded $83,000 in OER grants over two years to fund 23 faculty projects
Mines OER initiatives have saved approximately $476,000 to date in required and supplemental course material costs
local_library Collection
The Library collection currently holds:
720,683 E-books
215,230 E-journals
105,999 Print Books
In Calendar Year 2020, we recorded the following full-text retrievals from E-Resources:
- E-Journals: 687,522
- E-Books: 288,659
In 2019-20, the library loaned:
- 5,554 Mines-owned items
- 4,909 items via Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
- 968 items via Prospector regional lending
- 3,192 items from Gadgets to Go equipment check-out
group Building & Spaces
In 2018-2019, we recorded an increase in use of library facilities, including:
- 283,138 visits
- 9,686 study room bookings
