American Univesity of Beirut

 Facts & Figures, 2021-2022

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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: 99 (plus 2 printers, 2 scanners, 1 printer/cpier/scanner)
• 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: n/a
• Items circulated, renewed, borrowed, or checked out: 13,746
• Library instruction sessions: 238
  
• Library instruction session participants: 5,233
  
• Information services physical transactions: 5,471
  
• Information services electronic transactions: 3,613
  
• E-journal articles downloaded: 955,866 approx.
  
• E-books full-text download: 477,242 approx.
  
• Visits to main library website: 750,000 approx.
  
• Online catalog searches performed: 2,500,000 approx.
  

 COLLECTIONS​

• Print Book ti​tles: 405,519 titles in 492,929 volumes
• Print Journal titles: 5,635 titles 
  
• Electronic Book titles owned:  1,589,555 titles​
  
• Electronic Journal unique titles: 141,738 titles
  
• Databases subscription: 418
  
• Media: 31,676 physical items, 51,120 electronic
  

STAFF

• Professionals: 32
  
• Support staff: 43
  
• Total: 75
  

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