In a year the average SMC student:
Goes to the library 70 times
Visits the library website 60 times
Searches research databases 90 times
Checks out 15 books and other items
The Durick Library collection includes:
300,000 volumes, with over 7,000 new volumes added in 2011-12
155,000 ebooks
82,000 online journals
5,000 DVDs
150 research databases
In 2011-12 SMC students, faculty, and staff:
Visited the library 185,000 times
Searched research databases 250,000 times
Downloaded 179,000 online journal articles
Checked out 44,000 books and other items
Received 3,400 books and articles via interlibrary loan
Asked 1,400 research questions
The SMC library staff consists of:
9 librarians and 11 other permanent staff members
50 student workers