Address:
#1 Ames Plaza
Mail:
PO Box 2900
Bloomington,
Illinois
61702
United States
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Library details: Ames Library is an Academic library.
This library is affiliated with Illinois Wesleyan University (view map)
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The collection of the library contains 327,295 volumes. The library circulates 31,036 items per year. The library serves a population of 2,085 FTE Enrollment.
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Administration: The director of the library is Karen Schmidt .
Organizational structure: The library is part of a privately-funded organization. It operates on a Non-profit financial model.
Academic Level: The library Serves an educational institution at the University level. The Carnegie Foundation designates this institution as: Baccalaureate Colleges-Liberal Arts (level 31).
| Statistics Academic | ||
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment | 2,085 | FTE Students |
| Collection size | 327,295 | volumes |
| Annual Circulation | 31,036 | transactions |
| Expenditures Reported to National Center for Education Statistics | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Total | Tech | Books | EBooks | Serial | E-Serials |
| 2012 | $2,204,273 | $50,823 | $140,059 | $14,002 | $689,828 | $515,355 |
| 2010 | ||||||
| Technology Profile | ||
|---|---|---|
| Product Name | Year Contracted | |
| Current Automation System | Alma | 2018 |
| Previous Automation System | Voyager | 2001 |
| Previous Automation System | DRA | |
| Discovery Service (w/index) | EBSCO Discovery Service | |
| Discovery Interface | Primo | 2018 |
| Previous Discovery Interface | VuFind | 2008 |
| The library participates in the shared automation system provided by the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (view map) | ||
Automation Survey:
| Identifiers | |
|---|---|
| libraries.org ID | 2181 |
| NCES LIBID | 145646 |
Record History: This listing was created on Dec 10, 1997 and was last modified on Jan 2, 2019.
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