Facts and Figures

[Resources]

• UCI Libraries’ facilities include 350,000 square feet in four locations:
  • Jack Langson Library
  • Ayala Science Library
  • Grunigen Medical Library
  • Libraries Gateway Study Center
• These buildings contain over 3,300 public seats for study and research
• The Libraries employ 171 full-time equivalent staff
  • 48 librarians and professionals
  • 95 staff
  • 28 full-time equivalent positions filled by over 174 student employees
• Annual Expenditures –Approximately  $20 million

[Collections]

• The UCI Libraries’ electronic and print collection includes approximately:
  • 3.7 million volumes
  • 151,000 journals and serials
  • 110,000 government documents
  • 113,000 audio/visual materials, multimedia, maps, photographs, and other graphic materials
  • The Libraries Special Collections preserves 640 archival collections that include over 1 million original documents and photographs

[Services]

•  On an annual basis: 
  • UCI Libraries’ buildings receive over 1.7 million visits.
  • The Libraries’ website receives nearly 5.3 million virtual visits. 
  • Nearly 160,000 items are checked out, renewed, or used within the library. 
  • Librarians answer nearly 13,000 research and reference questions.
  • Librarians provide research instruction to approximately 17,000 individuals.
  • UCI Libraries’ facilities are open 19 hours during a typical day and 111 hours during a typical week. Study centers are open 24 hours per day during finals week. 
  • The Libraries provide more than 570 public access computers.