May 25, 2021
By the Numbers: UW Libraries During the Pandemic
While many of our buildings have been closed since March 2020, Libraries staff have continued to serve our users through remote instruction, programming, research and clinical support, services, and collections. Thousands of students have utilized new services via the Open Scholarship Commons and Undergraduate Researcher Tutorials, and record numbers of grad students participated in online services and events – even more than pre-pandemic times. Throughout the pandemic, the UW Libraries remains critical support for our UW Community, connecting our users to the tools and information they need… check it out:
93,500
items delivered via InterLibrary Loan
50,000
electronic items checked out via the Libraries HathiTrust partnership
32,500
Canvas views of the UW Libraries Undergraduate Researcher Tutorial since Fall quarter 2020
16,500
questions were answered online via chat and email
15,500
participants across all three campuses attended 580 Libraries events and instruction sessions
13,000
items have been checked out via Curbside Pickup since August 2020
2,700
people had research consultations with library staff
+ 25%
Sessions for graduate students saw a 25% increase in participants over the past year including events like the Virtual Theses & Dissertations workshop and the 2020 Graduate Student Research Institute.
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