Statistical Report(FY2004)

Volumes in library

    Central library Izumi library Ikuta library All libraries
Books All books 1,398,384 319,943 391,548 2,109,875
Japanese and other Asian language books 853,609 266,634 249,081 1,369,324
English and other western language books 544,775 53,309 142,467 740,551
Other books (these figures are included in the total of all books) Books in Braille 35 0 0 35
Dissertations 619 0 341 960
Periodicals All titles 14,675 1,568 5,797 22,040
Japanese and other Asian language titles 10,498 1,111 3,417 15,026
English and other western language titles 4,177 457 2,380 7,014

Acquisitions (Books)

  Central library Izumi library Ikuta library All libraries
Total acquisitions (books) 35,546 10,602 8,182 54,330
Japanese and other Asian language volumes 20,960 8,725 6,052 35,737
English and other western language volumes 14,586 1,877 2,130 18,593
Purchases Japanese and other Asian language volumes 14,911 8,484 4,218 27,613
English and other western language volumes 12,087 1,839 1,922 15,848
Donated volumes Japanese and other Asian language volumes 5,650 164 1,655 7,469
English and other western language volumes 2,132 33 187 2,352
Miscellaneous Japanese and other Asian language volumes 399 77 179 655
English and other western language volumes 367 5 21 393

Acquisitions (Periodicals)

  Central library Izumi library Ikuta library All libraries
All acquired titles 7,085 903 3,484 11,472
Japanese and other Asian language titles 5,010 678 2,277 7,965
English and other western language titles 2,075 225 1,207 3,507
Purchases Japanese and other Asian language titles 1,574 522 652 2,748
English and other western language titles 1,862 213 1,062 3,137
Donated titles Japanese and other Asian language titles 3,436 156 1,625 5,217
English and other western language titles 213 12 145 370

Services

Business days, Circulation

Service situation in 2004

  Central library Izumi library Ikuta library All libraries
Numbers of days open 333 272 328  
Numbers of Saturdays open 41 41 41  
Numbers of holidays open 62 8 64  
Total hours of Saturdays operation 430.5 374.5 430.5  
Total hours of holiday operation 434.0 56.0 448.0  
Number of days open during seasonal holiday breaks Summer 41 30 43  
Winter 1 0 0  
Spring 49 47 44  

Number of loans

  Central library Izumi library Ikuta library All libraries
Total number of loans 191,978 73,798 57,463 323,239
Faculty and staff members 7,987 5,730 1,914 15,631
Students 161,500 66,277 53,344 281,121
Alumni and others 22,491 1,791 2,205 26,487

Number of visitors

Central library Izumi library Ikuta library All libraries
940,015 559,382 418,962 1,918,359

Reference consultation

Number of consultations

    Central library Izumi library Ikuta library All libraries
By status of patrons Faculty and staff members 846 103 30 979
Students 6,659 560 599 7,818
Alumni and others 1,935 42 18 1,995
By types of consultation Locating materials 3,161 285 42 3,488
Issuing referral letters 537 26 32 595
Research assistance 131 149 1 281
Other 6,148 332 608 7,088

Number of documentary reproduction requests

    Central library Izumi library Ikuta library All libraries
By status of patrons Meiji university 0 0 0 0
Other university library 1,348 197 2,242 3,787
Other 68 8 236 312
By types of documents Documentary reproduction 2,502,547 258,024 522,406 3,282,977
Microfilm 0 0 0 0
Microfiche（number of sheets） 0 0 0 0

Resource Sharing

Domestic

      Central library Izumi library Ikuta library All libraries
Exchange of books and Periodicals University libraries Loaned 580 94 149 823
Borrowed 180 36 38 254
National Diet Library Loaned 0 0 0 0
Borrowed 1 1 4 6
Other libraries Loaned 38 4 17 59
Borrowed 18 3 2 23
Documentary Reproduction University libraries Requested 1,348 197 2,242 3,787
Request 380 82 1,575 2,037
Other libraries Requested 68 8 236 312
Request 24 0 92 116

International

    Central library Izumi library Ikuta library All libraries
Exchange books and periodicals Loaned 4 1 0 5
Borrowed 67 3 0 70
Documentary reproduction Requested 4 0 0 4
Request 38 0 20 58

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