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Appendix 1 - Statistics

1: Library Collections (Volumes)

Table 1a. Physical Collections:

Library Monographs
(eg. Books, Videos)		 Serials
(eg. Journals, Newspapers)		 Microforms
(eg.  Microfilm, Microfiche)		 Non book
(eg. CD-ROMs, Maps, Sheet Music, etc.)		 2002  total  2001 total % change
Matheson (incl. Rare Books) 1,000,052 160,615 305,415 12,923 1,479,005 1,445,707 2.3%
Hargrave-Andrew 228,014 213,817 11,536 5,720 459,087 461,754 -0.6%
Law 57,830 81,964 8,717 247 148,758 146,984 1.2%
Caulfield 222,841 60,640 2,745 29,379 315,605 - *
Peninsula 172,129 26,682 1,423 1,300 201,534
Berwick 9,571 79 - 670 10,320 8,347 23.6%
Gippsland 130,638 33,776 5,142 53,869 223,425 218,808 2.1%
Pharmacy 15,263 10,652 495 45 26,455 25,874 2.2%
TOTAL 1,836,338 588,225 335,473 104,153 2,864,189 2,813,238 1.8%

* Until the end 2001 Caulfield and Peninsula Libraries were counted together

Table 1b - Electronic Collections:

  2002  total 2001 total % change
Electronic monographs 131,062 1,129 11,508.7%
Electronic serials accessible through the catalogue 17,909 N/A  
Electronic serials - as determined using CAUL deemed list guidelines 55,325 36,662 50.9%
Internet Databases 444 N/A  

2: Loans and Borrowing Activity

Table 2a. Total Loans and Renewals

   2002 total 2001 total % Change
Loans  1,085,878 1,030,819 5.3%
Renewals  464,262 239,212 *94.1%
Total  1,550,140 1,270,031 22.1%
* increases reflect change to renewals entitlements policy

Table 2b. Inter-Campus Loans (Loans between Monash University Campus Libraries)  

   2002 total 2001 total % Change
Requests Received  84,993 60,681 40.0%
Requests Processed  61,246 48,950 25.1%
Items Supplied  57,027 45,401 25.6%

Table 2c. Inter-Library Loans (Loans between Libraries - Reciprocal Borrowing Scheme)  

   2002 total 2001 total % Change
Requests Received  44,432 43,212 2.8%
Requests Processed  37,296 39,073 -4.5%
Items Supplied  10,187 11,480 -11.3%

3: Serving Library Users

Table 3a. Information Literacy (Training in using library and information resources)

   2002 total 2001 total % Change
Sessions  1,658 1,040 59.4%
Participants  20,499 17,545 16.8%
Staff Contact Hours  1,604 1,177 36.3%

Table 3b. Inquiries

   2002 total 2001 total % Change
In Person  327,185 278,991 17.3%
By Telephone  18,680 19,703 -5.2%
By Email  8,013 4,590 74.6%
Total  353,878 303,284 16.7%

Table 3c. Door Count

   2002 total 2001 total % Change
Door Count  2,790,780 2,574,846 8.4%

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