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2011-2012 Statistics | MCB Library 2011-2012 Annual Report

MARY COUTS BURNETT LIBRARY
The Place to Delve.

  • More than 2 million items physically housed in the Mary Couts Burnett Library are augmented by thousands of electronic books and journals and full-text databases, all findable via the library website.
  • The library's distinguished Special Collections department contains the Speaker Jim Wright Archives, the Amon G. Carter Collection, the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Archives and the William Luther Lewis Collection of English and American Literature.
  • The Scholar's Study, Frog Pods, a 24-hour computer lab and Bistro Burnett coffee shop are just a few of the reasons TCU students flock to the Mary Couts Burnett Library.

SERVICE HIGHLIGHTS

TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
Enrollment 9,518
     Undergraduate Students (enrolled)8,229
     Graduate Students (enrolled) 1,289
     Faculty 532
 
MARY COUTS BURNETT LIBRARY
Library Personnel 146
     Exempt:26
     Non-Exempt 31
     Students 89
Hours open (per week) 139
Total Circulation (including renewals and reserves) 90,515
Gate count (number of visitors to the library) 540,827
Volumes (including e-books) 1,429,080
E-books 500,593
Print serial subscriptions 2,355
Electronic serial and subscriptions 58,358
Government document serial subscriptions 82
Archives (in linear feet) 3,117
Microfilm/Microfiche 633,796
Library Instruction
     Number of sessions conducted by librarians and staff 149
     Number of students attending 3,164

SELECTED STATISTICS

TOP 10 BORROWED BOOKS

  1. World Biblical Commentary
  2. A History of Graphic Design
  3. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
  4. The Papers of Thomas Jefferson
  5. The Papers of George Washington
  6. Catching Fire (Hunger Games Book 2) by Suzanne Collins
  7. The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson
  8. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
  9. Mockingjay (Hunger Games Book 3) by Suzanne Collins
  10. Tosefta by Jacob Neusner

TOP 10 BORROWED DVDs

  1. Doctor Who
  2. Oklahoma!
  3. True Blood
  4. Breaking Bad
  5. Big Love
  6. Dexter
  7. Justified
  8. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
  9. The Adjustment Bureau
  10. The King's Speech