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THE LIBRARIES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY

             
  The Indiana University Library System includes the 19 libraries on the Bloomington campus, the IUPUI campus, and the six other
campuses.  As the largest library system in Indiana, it serves the faculty, students, and staff of Indiana University, all citizens of
Indiana, and scholars from around the nation and the world.
  The chart below summarizes the number of books and bound journals held by each campus.  As of June 30, 2003, the
6,588,084 volumes held by the Bloomington campus libraries made up 69 percent of the total system's holdings.  The IUPUI
campus housed 17 percent of the entire collection, and the other campuses held 14 percent of the collection.  Between 1997
and 2003, the holdings of the total system increased by 990,645 volumes, an increase of approximately 12 percent.

 

UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
Size of Collection
1997-98 and 2002-2003
             
          Percent  
  Campus 1997-98 2002-2003 Change Change  
             
  Bloomington 6,043,233 6,588,084 544,851 9.0%  
  IUPUI          
    Health Division 280,551 317,534 36,983 13.2%  
    General Academic Division 1,002,464 1,274,610 272,146 27.1%  
       Total 1,283,015 1,592,144 309,129 24.1%  
  East 64,052 69,204 5,152 8.0%  
  Kokomo 127,910 133,433 5,523 4.3%  
  Northwest 228,027 252,137 24,110 10.6%  
  South Bend 275,374 303,203 27,829 10.1%  
  Southeast 187,951 223,181 35,230 18.7%  
       Subtotal 8,209,562 9,161,386 951,824 11.6%  
  Fort Wayne 313,528 352,349 38,821 12.4%  
  Total Indiana University 8,523,090 9,513,735 990,645 11.6%  
             
  SOURCE:  Office of the Dean of the University Libraries,  Statistical Report of the Indiana University Libraries.  
  G2601A       07-Nov-03  

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