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Library details: Georgia Tech Library is an Academic library.
This library is affiliated with Georgia Institute of Technology (view map)
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The collection of the library contains 2,560,562 volumes. The library circulates 90,286 items per year. The library serves a population of 31,000 FTE Enrollment.
Other Info: Member of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL). The Georgia Tech Library is an academic library. This library is affiliate with Georgia Institute of Technology. It features more than 1.2 million items in its circulating collection, including books, e-books, music and movies. This library is primarily a digital-first organization, meaning customers use electronic resources most heavily, averaging more than four million downloads a year from more than 35,000 databases covering virtually every conceivable topic of scholarship.
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Administration: The director of the library is Leslie Sharp .
Organizational structure: The library is part of a publicly-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 Universities: Very High Research Activity (level 15).
Affiliations: The library is a member of the Association of Research Libraries
| Statistics Academic | ||
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment | 31,000 | FTE Students |
| Collection size | 2,560,562 | volumes |
| Annual Circulation | 90,286 | transactions |
| Technology Profile | ||
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| Product Name | Year Contracted | |
| Current Automation System | Alma | 2015 |
| Previous Automation System | Voyager | 2000 |
| Previous Automation System | Symphony | 1982 |
| Discovery Service (w/index) | Ex Libris CDI | 2015 |
| Previous Discovery Index | Primo | 2011 |
| Discovery Interface | Primo | 2015 |
| Previous Discovery Interface | VUfind | |
| Authentication Service | OpenAthens -- EBSCO | |
| Previous Authentication Service | EZproxy | |
| Digital Collection Management | DSpace | |
| Institutional Repository | DSpace | |
| Electronic Resource Management | Alma | |
| Archives Management | ArchivesSpace | |
| Reading List Manager | Leganto | |
| Interlibrary Loan or Resource Sharing |
OCLC Interlibrary Loan ILLiad RapidILL |
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| Web Content Management | Drupal | |
| EventManager | LibCal | |
| Item ID Type | Barcode | |
| Self-Check | Homegrown system | |
| The library participates in the shared automation system provided by the University System of Georgia Libraries (view map) | ||
| The library's automation system is hosted by the vendor through an Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) arrangement. | ||
Automation Survey: We are conducting a study on the automation systems used in libraries. This survey should be completed by a person familiar with your libraries use of Alma.
The 2024 Automation Survey has been completed for this Library.
| Identifiers | |
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| libraries.org ID | 685 |
| OCLC Symbol | GAT |
| WorldCat Registry ID | 5090 |
| NCES LIBID | 139755 |
Record History: This listing was created on Jun 7, 1997 and was last modified on Nov 6, 2024.
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