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Facts and Figures

Faculty & Staff:

32 Librarians and professional staff (FTE)

41 Classified Staff (FTE)

16 student workers (FTE)

Services:

Welcomed more than 957,249 students, faculty, staff and community members into the

Library

Answered over 12,400 in-person reference questions and 4,720 online reference

questions

Provided instruction presentations to 11,862 students

Circulated 190,290 books and materials

Loaned 1,927 items through Orbis Cascade Alliance Summit libraries (July 2011-June

2012)

Borrowed 1,374 items through Orbis Cascade Alliance Summit libraries (July 2011-June

2012)

Received 13,006 books and journal articles from non-Alliance libraries through

Interlibrary Loan

Provided 6,929 Interlibrary Loans to non-Alliance libraries

Added (through purchases and gifts) 1,195 items to Special Collection (July 2011-June

2012)

Collections:

1,428,746 volumes

1,183 print journal subscriptions

20,148 accessible electronic journals

22,912 accessible electronic books

367 electronic databases

2,592,288 microforms

68,493 maps

406,893 government documents

71,532 audio-visual materials (photos, motion pictures, DVD, CDs, videotapes,

phonodiscs, cassette tapes)

2,600 items in PDXScholar, the institutional repository

Online access:

1,379,236 visits to the Library website

1,674,163 logins to databases and 4,696,762 searches in databases

1,550,687 full-text article retrievals

454,578 catalog searches

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.

Square Footage:

Branford Price Millar Library: 136,502 net assignable square feet

Library East (Resource Services): 7,783 net assignable square feet

Annex (off-site shelving facility): 37,500 net assignable square feet

Learning Ground Computer Lab: The computer lab in the Learning Ground offers

both Mac and Windows computers, ADA-accessible computers, scanners, and both black

& white and color printing.

Learning Ground Sandbox: The Sandbox includes both workspaces and technologies

that students can use to collaborate with one another. Technologies include touch-

screen computers and wall-embedded displays with attached computers offering a

range of software to support student work.

Learning Resource Center: The Learning Resource Center, on the Library’s 2nd floor,

provides access to both Mac and Windows computers, ADA-accessible computers,

scanners, and black & white printing. It also hosts the Media:Scape station, a

collaborative technology enabling students to share a monitor while using their own

laptops (or those checked out from the Library). Also located on the 2nd floor,

the Learning Center, also known as the Tutoring center, provides the following support

services to currently enrolled undergraduate and graduate PSU students: Drop-in peer

tutoring, Academic Coaching, Software and Test Preparation Workshops, and

Resources, such as textbooks and dictionaries.

Practice Presentation Rooms: The Library's two practice presentation rooms offer

students the opportunity to collaboratively prepare and rehearse for class

presentations.

Group Viewing Room: The Group Viewing Room includes 8 seats, a DVD/VCR-player,

and a large-screen display, offering students a space to collaboratively view films for

their class.

Group Study Rooms: The Library has about thirty group study rooms that range from

3-person to 15-person in capacity. Many of them include different technologies to

facilitate group collaboration.
Faculty & Staff:
32 Librarians and professional staff (FTE)
41 Classified Staff (FTE)
16 student workers (FTE)
Services:
Welcomed more than 957,249 students, faculty, staff and community members into the
Library
Answered over 12,400 in-person reference questions and 4,720 online reference
questions
Provided instruction presentations to 11,862 students
Circulated 190,290 books and materials
Loaned 1,927 items through Orbis Cascade Alliance Summit libraries (July 2011-June
2012)
Borrowed 1,374 items through Orbis Cascade Alliance Summit libraries (July 2011-June
2012)
Received 13,006 books and journal articles from non-Alliance libraries through
Interlibrary Loan
Provided 6,929 Interlibrary Loans to non-Alliance libraries
Added (through purchases and gifts) 1,195 items to Special Collection (July 2011-June
2012)
Collections:
1,428,746 volumes
1,183 print journal subscriptions
20,148 accessible electronic journals
22,912 accessible electronic books
367 electronic databases
2,592,288 microforms
68,493 maps
406,893 government documents
71,532 audio-visual materials (photos, motion pictures, DVD, CDs, videotapes,
phonodiscs, cassette tapes)
2,600 items in PDXScholar, the institutional repository
Online access:
1,379,236 visits to the Library website
1,674,163 logins to databases and 4,696,762 searches in databases
1,550,687 full-text article retrievals
454,578 catalog searches
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.
Square Footage:
Branford Price Millar Library: 136,502 net assignable square feet
Library East (Resource Services): 7,783 net assignable square feet
Annex (off-site shelving facility): 37,500 net assignable square feet
Learning Ground Computer Lab: The computer lab in the Learning Ground offers
both Mac and Windows computers, ADA-accessible computers, scanners, and both black
& white and color printing.
Learning Ground Sandbox: The Sandbox includes both workspaces and technologies
that students can use to collaborate with one another. Technologies include touch-
screen computers and wall-embedded displays with attached computers offering a
range of software to support student work.
Learning Resource Center: The Learning Resource Center, on the Library’s 2nd floor,
provides access to both Mac and Windows computers, ADA-accessible computers,
scanners, and black & white printing. It also hosts the Media:Scape station, a
collaborative technology enabling students to share a monitor while using their own
laptops (or those checked out from the Library). Also located on the 2nd floor,
the Learning Center, also known as the Tutoring center, provides the following support
services to currently enrolled undergraduate and graduate PSU students: Drop-in peer
tutoring, Academic Coaching, Software and Test Preparation Workshops, and
Resources, such as textbooks and dictionaries.
Practice Presentation Rooms: The Library's two practice presentation rooms offer
students the opportunity to collaboratively prepare and rehearse for class
presentations.
Group Viewing Room: The Group Viewing Room includes 8 seats, a DVD/VCR-player,
and a large-screen display, offering students a space to collaboratively view films for
their class.
Group Study Rooms: The Library has about thirty group study rooms that range from
3-person to 15-person in capacity. Many of them include different technologies to
facilitate group collaboration.

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