2008-2009 CUDO

Section D. Library Collections

Section D1 - Library Collections

The following are the number of holdings in 2007-2008 for each of the following categories:

Material	Number of Holdings
Print Monograph Titles	1,303,969
Electronic Monograph Titles	326,805
Microform units	1,599,937
Government Documents	0
Manuscripts and Archives (linear metre)	4,253
Printed Music Scores	27,075
Cartographic Materials	146,826
Graphic Materials	253
Audio Materials	29,018
Film & Video Materials	3,062
Serials - Print & Microform Titles	4,518
Serials - Electronic Titles	49,728

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Source: OCUL