Ithaca College Library

Annual Report 2023-24

Teaching & Learning

Our librarians visit classrooms across campus to help students meet the challenges of college-level research and navigate the complexities of the information landscape.

We visited 141 classes

We visited 66% of Ithaca Seminars

We taught 2,815 students

Research Support

We‘re here to help. Every day, we answer questions ranging from how to find business statistics to how to cite a musical transcription. Questions come in through our chat service, email, and from those in the building.

We answered 901 reference questions

We held 235 scheduled research consultations

We spent 193 hours in consultations

Our Building

Ithaca College Library is one of the most vibrant spots on campus! We offer spaces for quiet study, reservable rooms for group work, and spaces for games, lunch, or meeting with friends.

There are 602 seats in the building

We are open 112.5 hours/week

There were 1,954 study room reservations

Physical Collections

Our physical collections of books, journals, and audiovisual media supports teaching and learning across the curriculum. Come browse the stacks!

248,053 volumes

13,950 films

11,188 CDs

Interlibrary Loan

When a patron needs something that we don‘t have, the ILL staff will borrow it for them from one of our partner libraries. And of course we lend materials to those libraries in return.

Average turnaround time is 38 hours for e-delivery

We borrowed from 1,192 partner libraries

Reserves

Our reserves service lets instuctors create readling lists of physical or online items, reducing the burden of textbook costs for students.

1,727 citations in Canvas

$161,625 saved in textbook costs

238 physical items on reserve

1,250 circulations of physical items

Online Resources

We offer 24/7 access to a host of databases, ebooks, and streaming services, accessible from anywhere!

253,844 searches were conducted on the website

Most Used Journals

The Chronicle of Higher Education
Nature
American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Website

The library website serves as a starting point for the information needs of the entire campus community. And its reach far exceeds Ithaca. People from all over the world use our research guides and Research 101 tutorials.

151,413 visits were made to the IC Library website

18,290 visits were made to Research 101

An additional 115,003 visits were made to our research guides

Events

Library staff plan events to support teaching and learning and to promote wellness on campus.