American Univesity of Beirut

 Facts & Figures, 2018-2019

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​​​​Facilites

• ​Libraries: 4
  
• Seating capacity, excluding computer labs, total: 915
  
• Seating capacity, including computer labs, total: 995
  
• Computer labs: 3
  
• Public computer workstations: 91 (7 printers, 3 scanners, 6 copiers)
• Electronic Classrooms: 1 (30 PCs)
• ​Digitization lab: 1
  
• Occupied bookshelves: 17,620 linear meters
• Vacant bookshelves: 1,987 linear meters
  
  

​Services​​

• Library build​ings visitors: 1,964,689
• Items circulated, renewed, borrowed, or checked out: 28,955
  
• Items lent to other institutions: 1,774
  
• Items borrowed/ordered from other institutions: 2,082
  
• Library instruction sessions: 350
  
• Library instruction session participants: 6,695
  
• FTF reference questions answered: 7,583
  
• Electronic reference questions answered: 1,132
  
• Audiovisual items requested: 590
  
• E-journal articles downloaded: 1,248,860 approx.
  
• E-books full-text download:  781,704
  
• Visits to main library website: 500,000 approx.
• Online catalog searches performed: 2,500,000 approx.
• Opening hours during regular days: 106.5 per week
• Opening hours during exam periods: 24/7
  
  

 COLLECTIONS​

• Print Book ti​tles: 424,438 titles / 512,737 volumes
• Print Journal titles: 5,365 titles (1,653 in Arabic) / 156,451 volumes
  
• Electronic Book titles owned: 1,292,805 titles​
  
• Electronic Journal unique titles: 132,107
• Database subscriptions: 381
  
• Print books purchased/added: 7,890 titles / 9,124 volumes
• Gift/Exchange books added: 3,467 titles / 3,636 volumes
  
• Manuscripts: 1,373 titles / 1,408 volumes
  
• Maps: 1,729 titles / 2,072 volumes
  
• University archives: 1,169 linear feet / 3,507 archival boxes
• Microform items: 11,258 titles / 32,055 volumes
• Film and video titles: 12,962 titles / 4,144 volumes
• Audio recordings: 437 titles / 686 volumes
  
  

STAFF

• Professionals: 36
  
• Support staff: 53
  
• Total: 89

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