U.Va. Library Fact Sheet
The Library Background page contains facts and figures to add to your story and includes profiles of individual libraries and service departments, plus a list of "firsts" achieved by the Library. Check back frequently as we are still updating this page.
History of the Library
Facts and Figures (2006-07)
| Collections | |
| Books | 5.1 million |
| Manuscripts | 17.3 million |
| Maps | 152,487 |
| Films and Videos | 320,538 |
| Text and images in the Library's digital collections | 377,295 |
| Increase in number of items in digital collections over previous year | 132% |
| Most watched video | Lost—The Complete First Season |
| Most popular image collection in the Library's digital collections | "Aerial Photographs of the United States" |
| Most popular text collection in the Library's digital collections | "American Poetry to 1900" |
| Most used online database | Science Direct |
| Services | |
| Loans to other libraries | 41,950 |
| On-Grounds deliveries to faculty | 39,523 |
| Books added this year | 88,756 |
| Books checked out | 679,786 |
| Online journal downloads | 2,316,276 |
| Questions about Library resources | 122,000 |
| Other | |
| Expenditures | $26,247,638 |
| Staff | 229 |
| Volunteers | 18 |
| Docents | 5 |
| Student Assistants | 375 |
| Languages spoken by Library staff | 39 |