USC Libraries Facts and Figures

Our Impact by the Numbers

The USC Libraries share our expertise throughout our university community and support the achievements of our students, faculty, and staff. Each year, we gather statistics showing our impact on the many people – at USC and beyond – who count on us.

The 2023-2024 Academic Year at a Glance

Visits to libraries.usc.edu

3.2million

Full-text articles accessed

2.5million

Visits to library locations

1.9million

Searches in online library databases

32.9million

Participants in library instruction sessions

10,595

Interlibrary loan requests filled for USC users

12,789

Page views in the USC Digital Library

17.2million

Visits to LibGuides created by USC librarians

3.1million

Ongoing Impact

Participants in our “Study On!” programs

22,000 and counting

Visitors to Leavey Library since it opened in 1994

37.6 million and counting

Savings on article processing charges for USC authors from transformative agreements

$2 million and counting

Viewers of Season 6 of the Lost LA series co-produced by the USC Libraries and PBS SoCal

848,000 during its premiere in January and February of 2024

Cultural heritage collections and research data preserved by the USC Digital Repository

82 petabytes and counting

Digital exhibitions created by the USC Libraries using the Scalar platform

58 and counting

Interactive interviews using conversational AI agents

19 and counting

About Our Collections

Total volumes

6 million

Archival collections

85,000 linear feet

Electronic books

2.9 million

Items on LGBTQ+ history at ONE Archives

2 million

Streaming films, videos, and sound recordings

400,000titles

Video games

761titles

Items in the USC Digital Library

3.3million

Artists books in USC Libraries Special Collections

1,000

Materials available for viewing at the Architecture and Fine Arts Library

Banana fiber fabric, coconut rug, hemp lumber, L.A. River terrazzo, and 34 other sample materials

Number of languages represented in translations of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland in USC Libraries collections

100

Sources: ARL, IPEDS, Google Analytics, and internal statistics. Annual data is for the 2023-24 academic year.