In preparation for this week's Open Day at Sheffield Hallam, we've made an infographic to give visitors an idea of what the libraries have to offer to our students.

1. Library fast facts
'empowering learners to thrive in an information-rich environment'
There were 146,000
enquiries at the
Helpdesks
We are open
24/7/365 - the
libraries never close.
PC numbers have
increased by over 10%
WE SCORED 89% STUDENT
SATISFACTION IN THE NSS
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Our most popular eBook is Personality,
Individual Differences and Intelligence (2009)
5,224,002 uses of Library Search
Our most popular print
book is Dietary
reference values for
food energy and
nutrients for the United
Kingdom (1991)
The Collection
140
self
service
laptops
Follow us
on Twitter
@SHU_Library
1,695
Resource
Lists
Online.
WE SCORED 84%
SATISFACTION IN
THE
POSTGRADUATE
TAUGHT STUDENT
SURVEY (PTES)
AND 92%
SATISFACTION IN THE
POSTGRADUATE
RESEARCH SURVEY
(PRES)
1,655,642 people visited
the Library
9 members of our
staff were nominated
for an Inspirational
Teaching Award
In the last year, there have been
1,386,988 issues and renewals
7,868 document supply requests processed
144 study skills workshops
Online hits...
3,365,341 visits to Library Gateway
2,486,282 eJournal downloads
4,400,404 eBook downloads
236,725 SHURA full text downloads
£6million was spent over four years in
redeveloping the learning centres
We spent £2.9million on Information Resources
We recorded more than 4,300
comments from students last
year, including 1,190 from have
your say
It's been borrowed
1,602 times!
541,381books
159,304eBooks
51,219eJournaltitles
35,276video/audioitems