2007-2008 CUDO

Section D. Library Collections

Section D1 - Library Collections

The following are the number of holdings in 2006-2007 for each of the following categories:

Material	Number of Holdings
Print Monograph Titles	1,291,456
Electronic Monograph Titles	211,940
Microform units	1,627,075
Government Documents	0
Manuscripts and Archives (linear metre)	4,173
Printed Music Scores	30,000
Cartographic Materials	144,359
Graphic Materials	253
Audio Materials	29,019
Film & Video Materials	2,171
Serials - Print & Microform Titles	4,509
Serials - Electronic Titles	52,978

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Source: OCUL