Data About the Library
The Health Sciences Library is the primary library for the UNC-CH Schools of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health, and UNC Hospitals. Faculty, staff, and students can access electronic resources from home. The library provides integrated library instruction and electronic reserves to support academic courses. Librarians offer a variety of additional services including customized literature searches and electronic applications development. For details about the collection, services, facilities, staff, and more, see More About the Library.
| 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collections | |||||
| Monographic Titles | 263,141 | 266,829 | 275,503 | 309,140 | 176,307 |
| Serials | 8,186 | 8,450 | 8,513 | 9,674 | 10,528 |
| Databases | 207 | 210 | 210 | 212 | 223 |
| Books – Electronic | 14,483 | 14,885 | 18,212 | 16,041 | 14,420 |
| Total Volumes | 448,316 | 449,372 | 457,469 | 486,048 | 340,288 |
| Public Services | |||||
| Reference Questions and Consultations | 10,901 | 20,365 | 19,076 | 15,849 | 14,309 |
| Circulation of Physical Materials | 22,215 | 19,091 | 18,047 | 19,411 | 34,517 |
| Physical Materials Used in Library | 35,000 | 16,257 | 8,970 | unavailable | 3,679 |
| Persons Entering Library | 387,223 | 420,505 | 407,429 | 406,618 | 394,932 |
| Educational Programs | |||||
| Classes Sessions Taught | 262 | 265 | 259 | 217 | 268 |
| Participants in Class Sessions | 6,812 | 6,502 | 6,844 | 5,634 | 5,811 |
| Interlibrary Loans | |||||
| Items Borrowed from Other Libraries | 4,464 | 5,451 | 4,968 | 4,634 | 3,300 |
| Items Lent to Other Libraries | 20,739 | 19,003 | 16,483 | 14,223 | 10,457 |
| Document Delivery | 4,159 | 5,615 | 5,711 | 4,693 | 3,923 |
| HSL Web Site | |||||
| Page Views | 2,727,404 | 1,798,069 | 1,102,340 | unavailable | 1,467,664 |
| Visitor Sessions | 1,487,532 | 1,119,050 | 674,739 | unavailable | 500,368 |
| Expenditures | |||||
| Personnel (excludes fringe benefit exp.) | $3,566,344 | $3,380,940 | $3,453,484 | $3,214,685 | $3,295,711 |
| Collections | $3,495,804 | $3,353,181 | $3,408,524 | $3,552,739 | $3,328,112 |
| Other Expenditures | $423,213 | $327,908 | $482,583 | $424,402 | $261,988 |
| Total | $7,485,361 | $7,062,029 | $7,344,592 | $7,191,826 | $6,885,812 |
| Staff | |||||
| FTE | 61.73 | 57.59 | 59.4 | 57 | 55.95 |
Data as reported for the Annual Statistics of Medical School Libraries in the United States and Canada; amounts conform to data definitions of that compilation.
For further information about the Health Sciences Library, please contact Library Administration (919-966-2111).
