University Library Holdings, Use, and Expenditures
FY2014
University Libraries are the heart of learning and research at UNT. Libraries’ faculty and staff offer
outstanding core library services, provide leading-edge technology and support, and enhance the
campus community with special events throughout the year. The libraries are a driver in providing
open access to information and knowledge, showcasing the scholarly and artistic works of UNT’s
faculty and staff, and helping UNT’s students succeed.
Six separate facilities – four on campus and two off campus – house the Libraries’ physical
collections.
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Willis Library is the main library on campus and houses collections that support disciplines with
the Arts and Sciences. Here you can also find the Music Library and Special Collections (the
Rare Book and Texana Collections and University Archives).
The Media Library in Chilton Hall houses a large collection of audiovisual materials, including
films, audiobooks and video games.
The Eagle Commons Library in Sycamore Hall is home to the government documents, law,
political science, geography and business collections and is also UNT’s Funding Information
Network location.
The Discovery Park Library covers multiple areas of engineering, library and information
science, and learning technology.
The Library Annex contains remote storage, cataloging and metadata services, collection
development, and preservation.
The Research Collection Library is a closed-stacks facility that houses special collections
materials.
The Libraries’ digital holdings, collections, and online services are provided via www.library.unt.edu.
From there, users can access articles, databases, and journals, as well as view subject guides,
contact reference librarians, and make interlibrary loan requests, among other things.
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Cataloged holdings total more than 7 million print and digital items
More than 1.5 million visitors to Libraries’ facilities in 2013-2014
UNT Digital Library ranks among the top 50 world repositories
One of only 10 affiliated archives of the National Archives and Records Administration in the U.S., and
one of only three universities to hold that distinction
The Portal to Texas History named one of the best online resources for education in the humanities by
the National Endowment for the Humanities
2.5 million pages of historic newspapers have been digitized and are hosted on The Portal to Texas
History
The Music Library is one of the largest academic music libraries in the U.S.
STATISTICS FOR THE UNT LIBRARIES, FISCAL YEAR 2014
COLLECTIONS
Monographs, reference, and print materials
Total Held
1,721,325
E-books
650,670
Government documents
451,897
Print serials subscriptions
1,431
Electronic serials subscriptions
76,458
Cartographic materials
16,798
Slides, posters, CD-ROMs & games
4,250
Music scores
146,743
Audio Materials
156,896
Film & video materials
Archive, manuscript and photography collections in Special
Collections
Music special collections and uncataloged recordings in various
formats
43,012
8,000 linear feet
10,000 linear feet
DIGITAL COLLECTIONS
UNT Digital Library
108,566
The Portal to Texas History
513,491
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
283,513
SERVICES
Number of visitors to UNT Libraries Locations
Number of reference questions answered
Number of computer uses (desktop and laptop)
Number of pages printed
1,517,790
19,573
724,691
6,722,540
Inter Library Loan
Items provided to other libraries
Items received from other libraries
9,010
15,847
Distance Learning and Faculty Delivery Requests
Distance Learning articles delivered
3,078
Distance Learning books delivered
1,470
Faculty Delivery items delivered
2.902
Circulation
Reserve Circulation Transactions
Non-Reserve Circulation Transactions
21,117
114,966
Laptop Circulation Transactions
78,573
Uses of items in Digital Libraries
11,524,891
Total attendance by students at Bibliographic Instruction Sessions
Events held in Libraries
14,667
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EXPENDITURES (from all sources of funding)
Salaries, librarians & professional staff
$5,080,809
Salaries, classified staff
$2,421,619
Wages, student assistants
$1,432,524
Employee fringe benefits paid from the library budget
$1,398,666
Current serial subscriptions and search services:
Paper and microform
Electronic
$307,145
$5,673,497
Book, serial backfiles, and other materials (one time purchases):
Paper and microfilm
$197,929
Electronic
$276,931
Audiovisual materials
$57,984
Document delivery/interlibrary loan
$80,860
Preservation and Binding
72,126
Furniture & equipment
$172,597
Computer hardware & software (includes maintenance)
$602,997
Bibliographic utilities, networks, consortia
$69,554
Maintenance
$42,885
Other operating Expenditures (including expenditures for renovations)
Total Library Expenditures (Salaries, Wages, Fringe, Materials,
Operating)
Source: UNT Library.
$1,522,610
$19,410,733