News & Events: Highlights from the Rasmuson Library : Academic Year 2024-2025

• Number of books in our library’s collection: 1,157,821
• Number of databases the library subscribed to this year: 187
• Number of films in our Alaska Film Archives collection: 35,600
• Number of serials and journals in our collection: 97,149
• Number of oral history interviews in our collection: 16,000

• 3,473 Weekly visitors to Rasmuson Library
• 1,858 Project Jukebox oral histories were accessed
• 6,712 Videos streamed from our databases
• 218,614 Journal article downloads from our databases

• Librarians conducted 97 research consultations lasting 1 hour+
• Student employees worked a total of 6,718 hours
• Library Faculty taught 1,056 students in LS101 classes
• Library Circulation and Reference staff answered 1,627 queries
• Patrons booked 3,273 hours in library study rooms

• Number of items borrowed from other libraries for UAF patrons: 3,351
• Items lent by us to other libraries: 8,860

• The farthest library we've borrowed materials from was the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates (approx. 6,094 miles away)
• The oldest item in our collection is the Ur III Tablet which is from 2.400BCE
• The Alaska and Polar Regions Collections & Archives has an archival collection area which is larger than a basketball court.

• Unique resources about Alaska’s history and culture
• Video, audio and photographic history of Alaska online
• New art gallery space on the 4 floor (main level)
• Connecting students with knowledge resources and tools they need to research and learn
• Employment opportunity - a first job to develop workplace skills and future librarians
• A space for academic success

• Photography Depart. Darkroom
• CTL Media Services Production Studio
• UA Press
• UAF Honors College
• UAF Veterans Services
• Student Success Center
• Alaska Native Language Archive (ANLA)

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