USC Libraries Facts and Figures

The USC Libraries develop and deliver diverse collections, services, and programs that support and encourage USC’s academic, creative, and professional endeavors. We experiment. We invent. We cultivate an inclusive community of intellectually enterprising thinkers, creators, and practitioners as we contribute to the development of engaged, ethical, and inspiring global citizens.

USC has 22 libraries and information centers and the USC Digital Library. For more information on the libraries' mission, check out the 2017 strategic plan and our mission, vision, and values, revised in 2022. The 2022 revisions are provisional while the libraries are in a period of interim leadership.

Please contact Tim Stanton with any questions or comments.

2018-2019 
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110,081
  
Circulation
1,653,779
  
Gate Count
5,007,597
  
Titles Held
47,867
  
Instruction Participants
2017-2018 
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128,545
  
Circulation
2,414,029
  
Gate Count
5,525,687
  
Titles Held
43,180
  
Instruction Participants
2016-2017 
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106,576
  
Circulation
2,935,173
  
Gate Count
4,446,428
  
Titles Held
50,449
  
Instruction Participants
2015-2016 
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117,819
  
Circulation
3,322,239
  
Gate Count
4,536,928
  
Titles Held
48,139
  
Instruction Participants
2014-2015 
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116,924
  
Circulation
3,534,652
  
Gate Count
4,235,760
  
Titles Held
27,819
 
Instruction Participants
2013-2014 
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141,266
  
Circulation
2,959,692
  
Gate Count
(UPC only)
3,779,312
  
Titles Held
24,258
  
Instruction Participants
2012-2013 
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184,328
  
Circulation
2,972,228
  
Gate Count
(UPC only)
3,620,156
  
Titles Held
21,938
  
Instruction Participants
2011-2012 
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210,757
  
Circulation
2,773,453
  
Gate Count
(UPC only)
3,577,702
  
Titles Held
26,698
  
Instruction Participants
2010-2011 
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263,704
  
Circulation
2,634,659
  
Gate Count
(UPC only)
3,383,393
  
Titles Held
24,950
  
Instruction Participants