Books to the Ceiling

Books to the ceiling, books to the sky.

My piles of books are a mile high.

How I love them!

How I need them!

I'll have a long beard by the time I read them.

Arnold Lobel

During the 2010-2011 academic year the Furman Libraries:

• Provided access to over 584,000 volumes
• Added over 12,000 new items to the collection
• Provided access to over 11,000 music, video, and multimedia items
• Provided access to over 60,000 e-journals
• Provided access to over 147,000 e-books and online encyclopedias
• Provided access to over 325 research databases
• Provided access to over 1,900 periodicals in print
• Provided access to over 140 computers in the Libraries and adjoining labs

In the 2010-2011 academic year students, faculty, and others:

• Visited the library website over 770,000 times
• Visited the main library building over 360,000 times
• Checked out almost 50,000 books, DVDs, and other items
• Received over 4,000 items through Interlibrary Loan
• Asked almost 2,700 reference questions
• Attended library instruction classes 2,648 times in 171 sessions