Facts & Figures - UofA Libraries

UofA Libraries Facts & Figures

Facts & Figures last updated September 2019.

print and electronic collections exceeding 5.4 million titles and over 8 million volumes including:

more than 140,000 scholarly ejournals across disciplines from a wide range of publishers
over 1.92 million ebooks accessible via a variety of formats
over 806 online databases
over over 45,000 items in ERA: Education & Research Archive, UAlberta’s institutional repository
over 45 hosted open access journals
over 3,800 research data files available in Dataverse
more than 120,000 digitized books, 67,000 newspaper issues, and 20,000 images and maps related to the Canadian prairies and beyond

Over 6,000 seats in 10 locations

over 700 Windows and over 150 Mac workstations , equipped with a wide range of browsers and office productivity software
over 85 bookable study and practice presentation rooms varied in size and setup.
designated common, quiet and silent areas, which have everything from individual carrels and comfortable soft seating to silent, technology free zones and large quiet reading rooms
a 24/7 study space, on the lower and first levels of Cameron Library
98 PC laptops, 41 MacBook, 4 digital cameras, and 2 video cameras available for loan
5 3D printers available, in partnership with the Faculty of Science

over 480,000 circulations
over over 8,000 items borrowed via ILL for UAL users and over 36,000 items lent via ILL to external users
open 168 hours per week fall/winter term
2.8 million visitors to our physical libraries
over 2.5 million views of UAL home page
over over 150,000 research questions answered via our physical and virtual service points
over 478 classes taught to more than 13,159 students, faculty, staff, and community members