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REED LIBRARY Statistics
  2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09
Cataloging statistics
Volumes added 17,620 21,009 17,350 16,337 16,678
Volumes withdrawn 1,094 1,027 3,412 2,538 8,046
Volumes held at end of year 544,616 564,598 578,536 592,335 600,967
New titles added 10,625 12,446 10,825 10,852 10,159
Circulation statistics (including Instructional Media Center)
Total circulation 127,210 117,705 112,793 111,939 113,221
General circulation 65,457 65,426 61,995 61,890 60,064
Reserve circulation 61,753 52,279 50,798 50,049 53,157
Reserves as % of total 49% 44% 45% 45% 47%
Items placed on reserve 17,039 18,184 18,116 16,228 15,880
Electronic reserve use 19,448 44,860 63,561 67,255 49,487
Reference service statistics
Reference questions
(incl. IMC & Archives)
9,890 10,142 10,613 8,332 9,312
Library instruction sessions 111 124 140 131 125
Patron visits 410,684 387,685 399,542 403,359 375,794
Interlibrary loan statistics
Loans to Reed 25,042 22,911 22,291 23,655 22,016
% Change 9.4% -8.5% -2.7% 6.1% -6.9%
Loans from Reed 25,524 30,512 30,509 34,584 26,125
% Change -11.4% 19.5% 0% 13.4% -24.5%