Address:
4400 Massachusetts Avenue N.W.
Washington,
District of Columbia
20016-8046
United States
Phone: 202-885-3221
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Library details: American University Library is an Academic library.
This library is affiliated with American University.
The collection of the library contains 869,535 volumes. The library circulates 183,670 items per year. The library serves a population of 11,033 FTE Enrollment.
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Administration: The director of the library is Nancy Davenport .
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: Doctoral/Research Universities-Extensive (level 15).
| Statistics Academic | ||
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment | 11,033 | FTE Students |
| Collection size | 869,535 | volumes |
| Annual Circulation | 183,670 | transactions |
| Expenditures Reported to National Center for Education Statistics | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Total | Tech | Books | EBooks | Serial | E-Serials |
| 2012 | $11,952,271 | $101,151 | $967,258 | $132,847 | $3,334,537 | $3,083,306 |
| 2010 | ||||||
Wireless: The library offers wireless access to the Internet.
| Technology Profile | ||
|---|---|---|
| Product Name | Year Contracted | |
| Current Automation System | Alma | 2016 |
| Previous Automation System | Voyager | 1996 |
| Previous Automation System | NOTIS | 1990 |
| Previous Automation System | CLSI | 1977 |
| Discovery Service (w/index) | Primo Central | 2016 |
| Previous Discovery Index | Summon | 2012 |
| Discovery Interface | Primo | 2016 |
| Previous Discovery Interface | AquaBrowser Library | |
| OpenURL Link resolver | 360 Link | 2012 |
| Previous Link resolver | SFX | |
| Electronic Resource Management | 360 Resource Manager | |
| The library participates in the shared automation system provided by the Washington Research Library Consortium (view map) | ||
| Identifiers | |
|---|---|
| libraries.org ID | 2320 |
| OCLC Symbol | EAU |
| NCES LIBID | 131159 |
Record History: This listing was created on Aug 18, 1998 and was last modified on May 21, 2017.
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