General Information

Architect: Hugh Newell Jacobson
Designed: 1976
Ground Broken: September 1979
Occupied: March 1981
 

Collections

• Print volumes: 406,218
• E-books: 95,735
• Periodical subscriptions:
  • Print: 450
  • Electronic: 51,911
  • Online Databases: 258
• Music Scores: 9,224
• Music Scores Online: 26,074
• Audiovisual:
  • DVDs and Videos: 16,949
  • Films Online: 25,396
  • Sound Recordings: 10,986
  • Sound Recordings Online: 102,873
• Microforms: 71,368
• Maps: 1,113
• Archives/Manuscripts: 3,753 linear feet
• Gett Digital Collections: 25

Hours

Hours open per week: 140 (when classes are in session)

Circulation

Items checked out: 81,744 (June 2011 - May 2012)

Reserves checked out: 3,646 (paper); 1,184 (electronic) (2011 - 2012 academic year)

Reference & Instruction

Reference questions answered: 3,713 (June 2011 - May 2012)

Information literacy instruction sessions taught: 171 (2011-12 academic year)

Research Appointments: 171 (2011-12 academic year)

Interlibrary Loan

Items received for Gettysburg users: 9,553 (2011-12 academic year)

Items sent to other libraries: 6,907 (2011-12 academic year)

Seats

General: 656 (as of 9/12)

Computer Lab: 59 (as of 9/12)