Kennesaw State University Fact Book 1998 Page 81
LIBRARY INFORMATION


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LIBRARY ACTIVITY: FY93-FY97
FY 93 FY 94 FY 95 FY 96 FY 97 5-Year
# Change		 5-Year
% Change
Acquisitions
Volumes 448,736 467,231 480,817 494,517 508,417 59,681 13%
Titles 273,300 292,722 302,429 332,640 350,795 77,495 28%
Periodicals 3,192 3,378 3,437 3,507 3,540 348 11%
Government
-Documents 225,687 253,498 271,049 295,749 304,449 78,762 35%
-Microforms 806,812 891,312 982,983 1,078,483 1,175,749 368,937 46%
Circulation
Books 138,762 150,343 157,198 169,237 179,773 41,011 30%
Reserves 32,198 38,181 43,209 47,519 53,152 20,954 65%
Interlibrary Loans
Borrowed 3,911 4,755 5,887 6,738 6,856 2,945 75%
Loaned 2,948 3,982 4,176 5,982 6,391 3,443 117%


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HIGHLIGHTS
  • The library subscribes to more than 500 CD database services and is among the most automated and technically advanced of the libraries in the state.
  • The DiFazio Children’s Collection is the largest pedagogical children’s collection in Georgia and is the only K-12 collection of its kind in the state. The Horace W. Sturgis Library and College of Education presented a Children’s Literature Conference for regional educators and produced a children’s literature book review periodical, When Children Write.
  • The Bentley Rare Book Room and Collection houses 15,000 First Edition volumes and 400 museum/world class quality medieval and renaissance manuscript books, manuscripts and leaves. The library has mounted a year long exhibition of rare books from the KSU collection, showcasing the history of books during the last hundred years.
  • KSU is part of a University Center and state-wide library network linked by Peachnet and Galileo.




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