Collections:
- 1,391,880 volumes
- 18,900 journal subscriptions
- 69,566 accessible electronic journals
- 2,577,824 microforms
- 67,530 maps
- 406,893 government documents
- 10,120 compact discs (audio)
- 15,592 videotapes
- 9,869 phonodiscs
- 2,659 cassette tapes
Services:
- Welcomed more than 830,000 students, faculty, staff and community members into the Library.
- Answered over 31,537 reference questions
- Provided over 417 instruction presentations to over 8,835 students
- Circulated 286,177 books and materials
- Loaned 40,919 items through Orbis Cascade Alliance Summit libraries
- Borrowed 37,618 items through Orbis Cascade Alliance Summit libraries
- Received 10,957 books and journal articles from non-Alliance libraries through Interlibrary Loan
- Provided 8,304 Interlibrary Loans to non-Alliance libraries
- Added (through purchases and gifts) 26,705 items
- Maintained or purchased new subscriptions to 6,276 journals and periodicals (non-government documents)
- Cataloged: over 13,447 monographs; 763 print serial titles (updated or re-cataloged); 17,483 federal government documents;
- Loaded 47,997 new and revised name authority records, 51,846 new and revised subject headings, and 10 revised genre headings
- Loaded and maintained more than 45,600 records that reflect the Library's electronic journal holdings
Building:
The Branford Price Millar Library was first built in 1966 and originally consisted of a rectangular structure oriented roughly north and south along the east side of 10th Avenue. The striking architecture of the eastern portion, a convex wall of glass, was added in 1989 and reflects the environmental awareness of this Pacific Northwest University. The eastern addition was designed to surround, rather than replace, an ancient copper beech tree. The Copper Beech (Fagus sylvatica f. purpurea) tree in front of the Library was designated a Portland Heritage Tree by the Portland City Council in 1995. It was planted in about 1890.
Faculty & Staff:
- 25 Librarians
- 3 Academic Professionals
- 45 Classified Staff
- 74 student hourly workers
Updated August 2008