Common University Data Ontario
University of Western Ontario

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Section D1
Library Collections
The number of holdings for the 2004-05 year for each of the following categories:

Material Units Number of Holdings
Monograph Volumes - Print Titles: # volumes 2,221,433
Monograph Volumes - Electronic Titles: # volumes 148,126
Microform units: # units 3,883,392
Government Documents: # documents  
Manuscripts and Archives: # linear metres 3,486
Printed Music Scores: # scores 494,665
Cartographic Materials: # sheets 15,251
Graphic Materials: # materials 1,600,000
Audio Materials: # titles 54,908
Film & Video Materials: # materials 1,715
Serials - Print & Microform: # titles 10,006
Serials - Electronic: # titles 17,621
 
Note: Students entering Ontario universities today have access to a growing variety of world-class electronic information resources that are accessible to them 24x7x365. Our libraries are leaders in transforming traditional library services by adopting innovative technological solutions such as Scholars Portal, a shared gateway to scholarly resources and RACER, a province-wide interlibrary loan service. Through these resources and services our libraries are preparing students for today's world of information. Our libraries also provide a wide array of unique resources, services, and facilities.

Source: Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) Statistics report