Visits – Collections – Expenditures – Quick Facts – ARL Statistics
Visits to the Libraries
The University Libraries are the “The 24-Hour Intellectual and Social Hub” of campus. Here are monthly visitor counts from the past thirteen months. Yearly compilations from past years are available in the downloadable Libraries-At-A-Glance fact sheets.
| Month-Year | Total | Hodges | Pendergrass Agricultural | DeVine Music | Hoskins Storage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May-16 | 106,018 | 95,081 | 8,475 | 2,462 | 41 |
| Jun-16 | 76,224 | 70,887 | 3,828 | 1,509 | 34 |
| Jul-16 | 70,795 | 66,209 | 3,565 | 976 | 45 |
| Aug-16 | 176,660 | 165,504 | 7,261 | 3,839 | 56 |
| Sep-16 | 286,535 | 264,739 | 15,285 | 6,471 | 40 |
| Oct-16 | 273,176 | 251,960 | 14,769 | 6,366 | 81 |
| Nov-16 | 250,017 | 227,647 | 15,832 | 6,496 | 42 |
| Dec-16 | 108581 | 96,549 | 8,770 | 3,246 | 16 |
| Jan-17 | 148059 | 132,980 | 10,048 | 4,955 | 76 |
| Feb-17 | 230,787 | 206,489 | 16,782 | 7,474 | 42 |
| Mar-17 | 228,600 | 206,436 | 15,653 | 6,477 | 34 |
| Apr-17 | 231,086 | 207,770 | 16,609 | 6,672 | 35 |
| May-17 | 110,000 | 97,556 | 8,956 | 3,450 | 38 |
Collection Size
This chart shows materials in the Knoxville libraries, excluding those held by the Preston Medical Library and the Law School Library.
Expenditures
This chart shows expenditures by the Knoxville libraries, excluding those of the Preston Medical Library and the Law School Library.
Quick Facts
Library Quick Facts Brochure (October 2012)
UTK Fact Book – Libraries Stats
ARL Statistics
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a membership organization of the largest research libraries in North America. The ARL has conducted a major survey on the collections, expenditures, staffing, and service activities of its members annually since 1961. The data thus collected combine with earlier data collected by James Gerould to form a consistent dataset covering 1907 to the present. Tennessee has contributed data to the survey since 1963.
For consistency, UT Knoxville contributes data combining our Knoxville libraries with the libraries of the UT Space Institute and the UT Health Science Center.
Since 2003, ARL has calculated the Library Investment Index, which is “a measure of relative size” and investment among peer institutions that does not serve to measure the quality or success of a library’s services.
Library Investment Index for TENNESSEE (2003-2015)
| Year | Total Prof. + Support Staff | Total Materials Expenditures ($) | Professional Salaries & Wages ($) | Total Library Expenditures ($) | ARL Investment Index Score | Rank in ARL Investment Index | Rank among U.S. Public Universities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 240 | 9,764,650 | 4,648,694 | 20,907,531 | -0.0428 | 41 | 24 |
| 2004 | 232 | 9,564,822 | 4,867,190 | 20,933,676 | -0.122 | 48 | 27 |
| 2005 | 233 | 10,146,013 | 5,139,389 | 21,871,331 | -0.1024 | 47 | 26 |
| 2006 | 235 | 11,547,387 | 5,087,741 | 22,871,489 | -0.1271 | 50 | 27 |
| 2007 | 222 | 12,069,221 | 5,042,671 | 22,810,227 | -0.195 | 52 | 29 |
| 2008 | 219 | 12,210,020 | 5,479,556 | 23,556,230 | -0.2278 | 55 | 29 |
| 2009 | 212 | 12,146,743 | 5,481,220 | 23,515,580 | -0.2264 | 56 | 29 |
| 2010 | 203 | 11,912,941 | 4,956,126 | 22,234,695 | -0.318 | 59 | 30 |
| 2011 | 206 | 15,398,124 | 4,891,238 | 26,464,773 | -0.0626 | 48 | 25 |
| 2012 | 207 | 12,876,113 | 5,323,661 | 24,000,677 | -0.2496 | 56 | 27 |
| 2013 | 211 | 14,708,996 | 5,794,693 | 26,006,293 | -0.1517 | 50 | 24 |
| 2014 | 214 | 14,781,177 | 5,956,510 | 26,292,971 | -0.1634 | 49 | 25 |
| 2015 | 215 | 14,553,749 | 6,459,488 | 27,175,659 | -0.13 | 45 | 25 |