American University of Beirut

Facts & Figures, 2022-2023

​​​​Facilites

  • Libraries: 4
  • Seating capacity, excluding computer labs, total: 915
  • Seating capacity, including computer labs, total: 995
  • Computer labs: 3
  • Public computer workstations: 99 (plus 2 printers, 2 scanners, 1 printer/copier/scanner)
  • Electronic Classrooms: 1 (30 PCs)
  • Digitization lab: 1

​Services​​

  • Library build​ings visitors: > 1.5 millions
  • Items circulated, renewed, borrowed, or checked out: 12,542
  • Library instruction sessions: 258
  • Library instruction session participants: 5,801
  • E-journal articles downloaded: 1,197,170 approx.
  • E-books full-text download: 352,353 approx.
  • Visits to main library website: 300,000 approx.
  • Online catalog searches performed: 2,500,000 approx.

 COLLECTIONS​

  • Print Book ti​tles: 414,044 titles in 499,750 volumes
  • Print Journal titles: 5,686 titles 
  • Electronic Book titles owned:  1,789,092 titles​
  • Electronic Journal unique titles: 184,734 titles
  • Databases subscription: 375
  • Media: 46,474 physical items, 51,430 electronic

STAFF

  • Professionals: 33
  • Support staff: 41
  • Total: 74
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