Western Washington University

516 High Street
Bellingham, WASHINGTON-98225-9008


Western Washington University Academic Libraries, Fiscal year 2020

  • Is the Library collection entirely electronic :No
  • Number of physical books :640491
  • Number of digital/electronic books :613750
  • Number of digital/electronic databases :118
  • Number of physical media :134128
  • Number of digital/electronic media :172876
  • Number of physical serials :22571
  • Number of electronic serials :157315
  • Total physical library collections (books, media and serials) :797190
  • Total electronic library collections (books, databases, media and serials) :944059
  • Total library collections (physical and electronic) :1741249
  • Total physical library circulations (books and media) :28808
  • Total digital/electronic circulations (books and media) :560890
  • Total library circulations (physical and digital/electronic) :589698
  • Does institution have interlibrary loan services ? :Yes
  • Total interlibrary loans and documents provided to other libraries :18510
  • Total interlibrary loans and documents received :14694
  • Does institution have Library Staff? :Yes
  • Total library FTE staff :77.89
  • Librarians FTE staff :15.00
  • Other professional FTE staff :12.42
  • All other paid FTE staff (Except Student Assistants) :32.75
  • Student assistants FTE :17.72
  • Number of branches and independent libraries :2
  • Total salaries and wages from the library budget :4489326
  • Are staff fringe benefits paid out of the library budget :Yes
  • Total fringe benefits :1286734
  • One-time purchases of books, serial backfiles, and other materials :166784
  • Ongoing commitments to subscriptions :1970921
  • Other materials/services expenditures :70722
  • Total materials/services expenditures :2208427
  • Preservation services :0
  • Other operation and maintenance expenditures :549920
  • Total operations and maintenance expenditures :549920
  • Total expenditures (salaries/wages, benefits, materials/services, and operations/maintenance) :8534407
  • Salaries/wages, materials/services, and operations/maintenance :7247673