Our Library by the Numbers

(Current to June 20, 2019)

Over 1.4 million print and e-resources
Annual acquisitions expenditures of $2.6 million
Access to over 71,800 e-journals and 1.2 million e-books
A print collection comprised of 220,000 books
Video collection consisting of more than 68,000 DVD’s and streamed videos
146,000 CD’s and streamed audio files
Access to 286 online databases
Over 1,302 works by MacEwan faculty, staff and students in our institutional digital repository (RO@M)
About 65 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 164,000 items circulated
Borrowed 3,400 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 16,600 times
Over 1.2 million searches conducted on the MacEwan Library website
Over 28,500 reference questions answered
560 information literacy classes delivered to about 13,300 students
Approximately 8,800 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