General Library Statistics

Taken from kempbros.com

I recently interviewed Carol Perruso, the Collection Development Officer and Librarian for Journalism, Social Work and Sociology. Among the things we talked about were statistics about library usage at CSULB during the 2010-2011 fiscal year:

- More then 1.3 million people entered the library, a 23% increase since June 2006, when library renovation began.

- Usage of computers in the Spidell Computer Lab is up 0.4% from last year.

- The total number of items used, both checked out and inside the library, was 517,618 (up 7.2%).

- Usage of online databases reached more than 1.3 million sessions (up 9%).

- Library instruction sessions, which teach students research skills, critical thinking research skills and research technique have increased steadily: 600 instructional sessions per year reaching 11,0000 students.

Taking all this information, we can see that library usage has been increasing steadily in the past few years, despite the fact that college enrollments are presently decreasing. What things are fostering this sort of growth, despite all expectations? This is something I hope to explore in my final project.