Lavery Library works hard to bring you all types of books and media. Responding to the needs of Fisher, in 2012-2013, Lavery Library added ebooks to the collection. Since this time we’ve seen their use steadily increase. In 2020, a shift in the COUNTER standard for usage accounting led to the significant drop you see in the graph below.
2012-2013 | 2013-2014 | 2014-2015 | 2015-2016 | 2016-2017 | 2017-2018 | |
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Physical Checkouts | 29440 | 27385 | 23232 | 18080 | 15769 | 17148 |
eBook Uses | 2566 | 1921 | 8053 | 16496 | 11675 | 18317 |
Lavery Library has access to more than 150 databases, offering 24/7 access for Fisher students, as well as faculty and staff. Here are just a few of the most popular databases at Lavery Library, see how full text downloads have changed over the years.
Which school has the highest number of Interlibrary Loan requests? By patron type, who are our heaviest users of Interlibrary Loan?
Lavery Library filled 93% of all Interlibrary Loan requests during the last academic year!