Collections:

• 1,381,754 volumes
• 18,252 journal subscriptions
• 62,108 accessible electronic journals
• 21,593 accessible electronic books
• 2,577,280 microforms
• 66,536 maps
• 406,893 government documents
• 59,594 audio-visual materials (cds, videotapes, phonodiscs, cassette tapes)

Services:

• Welcomed more than 956,591 students, faculty, staff and community members into the Library
• Provided access to 1,435,845 catalog searches
• Answered over 35,077 reference questions
• Provided 953 instruction presentations to 13,342 students
• Circulated 255,503 books and materials
• Loaned 27,493 items through Orbis Cascade Alliance Summit libraries 
• Borrowed 27,057 items through Orbis Cascade Alliance Summit libraries 
• Received 12,969 books and journal articles from non-Alliance libraries through Interlibrary Loan
• Provided 7,448 Interlibrary Loans to non-Alliance libraries
• Added (through purchases and gifts) 16,384 items
• [2008-09 information] Cataloged over 13,447 monographs, 763 print serial titles (updated or re-cataloged), and 17,483 federal government documents
• [2008-09 information] Loaded 47,997 new and revised name authority records, 51,846 new and revised subject headings, and 10 revised genre headings
• [2008-09 information] 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:

• 20 Librarians
• 4 Unclassified employees
• 34 Classified Staff
• 74 student hourly workers

Updated November 2010