Library by the Numbers
assignment Instruction
In Academic Year 2020-2021, Mines librarians held instruction sessions for 106 sections attended by 2556 students
We recorded 242,674 views of library how-to guides
leaderboard Research
As of 2020-21, the Mines Institutional Repository holds 12,910 items, including:
- 3,499 Theses and Dissertations
- 274 Student Research Publications
- 8,932 Archival/Special Collections items
In 2020-21:
We conducted 23 Modern Researcher 501 Workshops with 235 participants
Research librarians completed 1,513 reference transactions
We recorded 242,674 visits to Library Research Guides
event Outreach & Engagement
In 2021-22, the library held 47 events with a total of 692 participants
Open Educational Resources (OER)
Awarded $140,000 in OER grants over two years to fund 37 faculty projects
Mines OER initiatives have saved approximately $621,000 to date in required and supplemental course material costs
local_library Collection
The Library collection currently holds:
905,351 E-books
144,288 E-journals
106,166 Print Books
In Calendar Year 2021, we recorded the following full-text retrievals from E-Resources:
- E-Journals: 529,905
- E-Books: 274,689
In 2020-21, the library loaned:
- 2,391 Mines-owned items
- 4,660 items via Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
- 468 items via Prospector regional lending
- 81 items from Gadgets to Go equipment check-out
group Building & Spaces
In 2020-2021, we recorded:
- 53,217 visits
- 31 study room bookings