Our Library by the Numbers

(Current to June 20, 2018)

Over 1.2 million print and e-resources
Annual acquisitions expenditures of $2.6 million
Access to over 71,000 e-journals and 739,000 e-books
A print collection comprised of 225,000 books
Video collection consisting of more than 63,500 DVD’s and streamed videos
110,000 CD’s and streamed audio files
Access to about 281 online databases
Over 700 works by MacEwan faculty, staff and students in our institutional digital repository (RO@M)
About 60 linear feet of archival records in the University Archives

1,035 study seats in the John L. Haar and Alberta College Libraries
Over 190 student use Windows and Mac computer workstations
29 bookable student group study rooms with 213 seats
2 instructional computer labs with 40 seats each
A flexible, multipurpose room that seats 32
3 service desks (Borrower Services, Reference and Research Services, and Technology Support)
Printing area including four 3D printers

Over 169,000 items circulated
Borrowed 3,500 items from other libraries via interlibrary loan (ILL) for MacEwan borrowers
Loaned almost 2,000 items to other libraries via ILL
Titles in our reserve textbook collection circulated 13,652 times
Over 500,000 searches conducted on the MacEwan Library website
Over 31,000 reference questions answered
540 information literacy classes delivered to about 13,500 students
Approximately 9,200 photo identification/library cards and ID badges issued
Over 200 student use laptops and iPads available to borrow
A secure charging station is available at each campus library