Fast Facts 2023-2024
The San Diego State University Library includes the Love Library and Library Addition on the main campus, as well as digital library services provided to SDSU Georgia and SDSU Global Campus. The University Library collaborates with colleagues at SDSU Imperial Valley to provide services through the SDSU Imperial Valley Library.
About the Library
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Open the image full screen.SDSU Library Annual Statistics
The following statistics are from the 2023-24 academic year.
About the Library
Visitors
- Annual Visits:
- 1.5 million
- Seating Capacity:
- 4,150
Staffing
- Librarians
- 33
- Staff
- 50
- Student Assistants
- 89
Collection
- Books
- 1,704,572
- Electronic Books
- 1,205,887
- Databases
- 601
- Journals
- 46,473
- Electronic Journals
- 458,652
- Items in Digital Collections
- 169,867
Use of Library Materials
Circulation
- Technology Lending
- 12,688 items
- Print and Digital Book Circulation
- 821,318
- Archival Materials and Books Circulated
- 408 (in Special Collections and University Archives)
Interlibrary Loan
- Items Lent
- 12,353
- Items Borrowed
- 10,959
Digital Access
- Institutional Repository Page Views
- 785,112
- E-Book Views
- 803,170
- E-Journal Views
- 3,759,866
Use of Library Services
- Website Unique Page Views
- 1.05 million
- Study Room Reservations
- 9,387
- Research Consultations
- 4,636
- Number of Classes Taught
- 422
- Podcast Reservations
- 228
- Research Presentations
- 6,831
- Number of Students Taught
- 12,279
- Research Guide Views
- 259,075