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Collections & data

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Simple illustration of a stack of books. The illustration appears within an irregular white shape on a medium blue background, and is encircled by an irregular line that is a lighter shade of the same blue.

Collections & data

Collections

Manuscripts and archives

Over 13 million manuscripts, 3.6 million items in the University archives, and 325,000 rare books, approximately 5,000 maps, over 4,000 broadsides; more than 250,000 photographs and small prints; over 8,000 reels of microfilm

4,962,033

Books

1,738

Database

3,245,421

E-books

4,349,151

Database searches

500,710

E-journal subscriptions

9,631

New items cataloged

"Most of" digital resources

Resources below may require NetBadge access. Some digital materials may only be available on UVA Grounds.

Rear Window (directed by Alfred Hitchcock)

Most watched video title from the Library’s streaming services and platforms

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Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache Texts

Most popular text collection in the Library’s digital collections

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University of Virginia Visual History Collection

Most accessed digital Library resource

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Web of Science

Most used online database

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Video and Media Resources

Most used LibGuide

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Corks and Curls

Most popular records for Library digital resources in Virgo

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Collections expenditures

    Services

    4,071

    Document delivery

    69,043

    Items checked out

    25+

    Languages spoken and read by Library staff

    31,976

    ILL requests (borrowing and lending)

    6,325,135

    Online journal downloads

    13,201

    Reference transactions

    28,835

    LEO deliveries to departmental offices

    People

    Visits to libraries

    1,557,266

    Events held

    827

    Attendees for presentations

    18,858

    Student assistants

    226

    Staff

    222

    Class presentations

    827

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