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* Welcome to Archer Library: Library Impact • 2024

Meet our faculty and staff and learn more about Archer Library's impact at Ashland University.

 

By the numbers: Library Impact 2024 decorative banner


Data is from the 2024 ACRL Academic Library Trends and Statistics Survey and iPEDS Academic Libraries (AL). It reflects the 2022-23 Academic Year.

Library Instruction


Instruction iconActive Learning Lab,
Hybrid, & Online

 

Classes: 47

Students: 799

Hours of Instruction: 51

Research Consultations: 92

Instructional Resource Center


books iconIRC & 2nd Floor:
Usage Statistics

 

IRC Usage Total: 2,065

Highest Use: September • 828

2nd Floor Use: 3,850

Highest Use: September • 836)

Correctional Education


Search iconSites, States, &
Reference Requests

 

Number of Sites: 127

Number of States + DC: 14

Requests • Summer: 396

Requests • Fall: 501

Requests • Spring: 829

Library Q & A


Q & A iconQuestions In Person, Online:
Answered: 2,841


Reference: 330

Circulation: 979

IRC: 1,147

Special Collections: 29


➤ Ask a Librarian

 

Library FAQs Knowledge Base


FAQ iconFAQs Knowledge Base:
3,504 views

 

Published FAQs: 179

Average monthly views: 292

Highest monthly view: March • 666

 

Library Collections


Library iconCollection Items:
Available to Circulate

 

Books:  140,285

Media (e.g., CDs, IRC Kits): 7,543

Serials: 400

Total = 148,228

Library Circulation: 10,042

Library Guides


Laptop IconArcher Library
Guides • Overview

 

Published Guides: 223

Guide Subjects: 31 

Home page views: 3,647

Total guide views:  54,820

Library Databases


search engine iconA to Z Database
List  •  Overview

 

Databases:  194

Home page views: 11,831

Average monthly views: 986 

Highest monthly view: November • 1,596

Digital Collections


Ebook iconArcher Library
& OhioLINK

 

eBooks:  548,095

Electronic Media: 51,789

Serials: 128,210

Total = 728,094

Library Circulation: 169,223

 

     

 

 

 

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