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Wayne State University Library System Factbook: 2024

The Wayne State University Library System Factbook provides key statistics and data on the library’s resources, services, and usage. It includes information such as the total number of physical and digital materials, annual circulation figures, and user statistics, along with details on library programs and events for 2024. This page serves as a transparent overview of the library’s impact and contribution to the academic community, highlighting its role in supporting research, learning, and student success.

Fun Fact: 1.57M+ Library eResources accessed. That is 180 per hour or 3 per minute!

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Collections

Books/EBooks
3M+

Current Serials
Journals
EJournals
283,895+

Databases
555

Streaming
Media
153,944

Visual
Media
3.3M+

Fun Fact: Eight of the Top Ten most viewed videos are Dance. The most viewed title is Bending the Arc.

Fun Fact: 1,303,642 articles were downloaded from our collection in 2024!

Digital, Special, & Archival Collections

Digital Collections
49+

Archival Collections
1800+

Fun Fact: 172,399 items were uploaded into ContentDM in 2024, this is up 50,000 in 2023!

Fun Fact: Our instance of ContentDM averages 1,500 users per month.

Digital Commons (Institutional Repository)

687,358 downloads, 5.9M+ since 2009

24 journals hosted or published by the WSU Libraries

757 new items added

Fun Fact: Two open textbooks downloaded 1,778 times in 2024, and average of ~2.5 times a day each.

Library Personnel

Full Time Staff: 106

Student Workers: 55

Fun Fact: The Wayne State University Library Graduate Student Assistant Program (GSA) celebrated its 10 year anniversary in 2024, with 40+ graduate student assistants completing the program since its inception.

Library Services


Reference Sessions

3092 Chats
3342 Emails


ILL Books and Articles

11,072 Borrowed
10,117 Loaned


Study Rooms Reserved

3,451 unique patron bookings

Fun Fact: Library Piano Rooms were reserved a total of 480 times by 154 unique patrons! This amounts to 622 hours and an average duration time of 78 minutes.

Research Support & Instruction

Fun Fact: In 2024, our Research Guides had 387,400 pageviews!

Fun Fact: Our YouTube videos received 28,993 views in 2024. This is up 17% from 2023!