Our Library by the Numbers
(Current to June 20, 2019)
Our Collections
- 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
Our Facilities
- 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
Our Services
- 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
