Quick Facts about JMU Libraries
879,799
In-Person Visits
*Counts do not include ETMC
Services to People
445
Instruction Sessions
16,109
Consultations & Reference Questions Answered
281,791
Views of Online Research Guides
470
Technology Classrooms Supported
80
Media Production Projects Completed
68
WordPress Websites Created
Online Teaching and Learning Support
| Canvas Courses Supported | 13,519 |
| Course Sections Evaluated | 12,171 |
| Faculty Enrolled in Design for Learning Institute | 374 |
| Faculty Enrolled in Learning Access through Universal Design | 109 |
| Streaming Videos Created | 13,494 |
| Streaming Video Views | 540,371 |
| Streaming Videos Hosted | 43,201 |
*Fall 2021-Summer 2022
237 Employees
114
Full-time Faculty & Staff
24
Part-time Faculty & Staff
5
Graduate Assistants
94
Student Assistants
Expenditures
Textbook Affordability Efforts
JMU Libraries recently began an initiative to make textbooks more affordable for students.
7,124
Students Impacted
$637,127
Total Cost Avoidance For Students
*Fiscal year 2022. Data is estimated.
Collections Inventory
| Books (title count) – Physical | 500,646 |
| Books (title count) – Electronic | 1,601,416 |
| Databases | 374 |
| Equipment (item count) | 455 |
| Media – Physical | 38,102 |
| Media – Electronic | 325,344 |
| Journals and Other Serials – Physical | 5,379 |
| Journals and Other Serials – Electronic | 174,165 |
| Music Scores (physical and electronic) | 60,851 |
| Manuscripts and Archives | 642 |
| Items Held in JMU Scholarly Commons institutional repository | 24,415 |
Additional Resources
JMU Libraries also provides access to millions of additional resources found in online databases, including over a million streaming music albums.
Collections Usage
| Circulation – Physical, not including Equipment | 14,887 |
| Circulation – Equipment | 1,439 |
| Circulation – Electronic | 198,139 |
| Downloads + streaming from JMU Scholarly Commons | 871,863 |
| Interlibrary Loans Provided to other Libraries | 11,938 |
| Interlibrary Loans Received for JMU | 9,441 |
Data Sources
Unless otherwise specified, the data on this page is from Fiscal Year 2022. Views of Online Research Guides, Technology Classrooms, Media Production, Word Press Web Sites, Canvas Courses Supported, Course Sections Evaluated, Faculty Enrollments, Online Streaming Videos, Academic Software Expenses, JMU Scholarly Commons, and textbook affordability data are from internal libraries systems and reports. All other figures are from the Libraries’ submission to the Association of College and Research Libraries Academic Library Trends & Statistics annual survey.
Contact
Questions about this or related data are welcome to Galen Talis, Strategic Research & Assessment Librarian, talisgj@jmu.edu.