Books to the Ceiling

Books to the ceiling, books to the sky.

My piles of books are a mile high.

How I love them!

How I need them!

I’ll have a long beard by the time I read them.

Arnold Lobel

During the 2010-2011 academic year the Furman Libraries:

• Provided access to over 584,000 volumes

• Added over 12,000 new items to the collection

• Provided access to over 11,000 music, video, and multimedia items

• Provided access to over 60,000 e-journals

• Provided access to over 147,000 e-books and online encyclopedias

• Provided access to over 325 research databases

• Provided access to over 1,900 periodicals in print

• Provided access to over 140 computers in the Libraries and adjoining labs

In the 2010-2011 academic year students, faculty, and others:

• Visited the library website over 770,000 times

• Visited the main library building over 360,000 times

• Checked out almost 50,000 books, DVDs, and other items

• Received over 4,000 items through Interlibrary Loan

• Asked almost 2,700 reference questions

• Attended library instruction classes 2,648 times in 171 sessions