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| Number of items in library collections and the number of times items are in circulation at Title IV degree-granting institutions, by level and control of institution, and type of library collection or circulation: United States, fiscal year 2016 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type of library collection or circulation | All institutions | 4-year | 2-year | ||||||
| Public | Private | Public | Private | ||||||
| Nonprofit | For-profit | Nonprofit | For-profit | ||||||
| Total library collections | 2,207,151,869 | 987,163,809 | 784,815,288 | 162,815,303 | 215,893,850 | 6,784,537 | 49,679,082 | ||
| Physical library collections (books, media, and serials) | 1,038,393,082 | 607,048,017 | 374,467,403 | 3,804,573 | 51,556,347 | 649,950 | 866,792 | ||
| Physical books | 824,766,761 | 461,389,742 | 311,863,729 | 3,290,150 | 46,897,874 | 602,686 | 722,580 | ||
| Physical media | 190,048,580 | 132,184,192 | 53,544,566 | 435,767 | 3,739,774 | 35,084 | 109,197 | ||
| Physical serials | 23,577,741 | 13,474,083 | 9,059,108 | 78,656 | 918,699 | 12,180 | 35,015 | ||
| Electronic library collections (books, databases, media, and serials) | 1,168,758,787 | 380,115,792 | 410,347,885 | 159,010,730 | 164,337,503 | 6,134,587 | 48,812,290 | ||
| Digital/electronic books | 748,574,641 | 247,030,648 | 276,691,402 | 86,810,907 | 99,075,550 | 5,109,175 | 33,856,959 | ||
| Databases | 1,526,988 | 269,984 | 643,214 | 24,187 | 269,985 | 5,703 | 313,915 | ||
| Digital/electronic media | 220,225,207 | 57,877,868 | 67,190,410 | 54,329,400 | 29,923,187 | 606,375 | 10,297,967 | ||
| Digital/electronic serials | 198,431,951 | 74,937,292 | 65,822,859 | 17,846,236 | 35,068,781 | 413,334 | 4,343,449 | ||
| Total library circulations | 778,357,491 | 343,298,115 | 228,434,741 | 94,908,650 | 106,733,788 | 656,300 | 4,325,897 | ||
| Physical library circulations (books, media, and serials) | 67,796,458 | 30,336,817 | 25,427,829 | 940,024 | 10,903,350 | 75,725 | 112,713 | ||
| Digital/electronic circulations1 (books, databases, media, and serials) | 710,561,033 | 312,961,298 | 203,006,912 | 93,968,626 | 95,830,438 | 580,575 | 4,213,184 | ||
1Digital/electronic circulation is defined as usage of digital/electronic titles whether viewed, downloaded, or streamed.
NOTE: Title IV institutions are those with a written agreement with the U.S. Department of Education that allows the institution to participate in any of the Title IV federal student financial assistance programs. The four U.S. service academies that are not Title IV eligible are included in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) universe because they are federally funded and open to the public. Definitions for terms used in this table may be found in the IPEDS online glossary located at https://surveys.nces.ed.gov/ipeds/VisGlossaryAll.aspx.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Spring 2017, Academic Libraries component (final data).
