UofA Library Facts & Figures
Facts & Figures last updated November, 2022. Some figures reflect library closures and disruptions during Covid-19.
Collections
Print and electronic collections exceeding 5.8 million titles and over 8.4 million volumes including:
- more than 210,000 scholarly ejournals across disciplines from a wide range of publishers
- over over 2.2 million ebooks accessible via a variety of formats
- over 500 online databases
- over 60,000 items in ERA: Education & Research Archive, UAlberta’s institutional repository
- over 75 hosted open access journals
- more than 250,000 digitized books, newspapers, and images related to the Canadian prairies and beyond
- 164,996 texts, 20,785 images, and 71 movies in our internet archives collections
UofA Press Facts
- over 938 editions created
- 466 titles in print
- over 1000 authors
- more than 100 Open Access titles
- 15-25 titles published annually
- 7 full-time employees
Annual Statistics
- over 146,000 circulations
- over 36,000 items lent via ILL
- over 565,000 visitors to our physical libraries
- over 2.9 million views of UAL home page
- over 140,000 research questions answered via our physical and virtual service points
- 556 classes taught to more than 22,000 students, faculty, staff, and community members
Spaces
Over 5,913 seats in 8 locations
- 699 computer workstations, equipped with a wide range of software
- 66 bookable study and practice presentation rooms varied in size and setup
- designated collaborative work and quiet/silent study areas, which have everything from large group work tables and comfortable soft seating to individual study carrels and quiet reading rooms.