Widener University

One University Place
Chester, PENNSYLVANIA-19013-5792


Widener University Academic Libraries, Fiscal year 2020

  • Is the Library collection entirely electronic :No
  • Number of physical books :301006
  • Number of digital/electronic books :240286
  • Number of digital/electronic databases :320
  • Number of physical media :2418
  • Number of digital/electronic media :70514
  • Number of physical serials :5771
  • Number of electronic serials :60344
  • Total physical library collections (books, media and serials) :309195
  • Total electronic library collections (books, databases, media and serials) :371464
  • Total library collections (physical and electronic) :680659
  • Total physical library circulations (books and media) :4061
  • Total digital/electronic circulations (books and media) :1953157
  • Total library circulations (physical and digital/electronic) :1957218
  • Does institution have interlibrary loan services ? :Yes
  • Total interlibrary loans and documents provided to other libraries :1461
  • Total interlibrary loans and documents received :3289
  • Does institution have Library Staff? :Yes
  • Total library FTE staff :60.70
  • Librarians FTE staff :15.20
  • Other professional FTE staff :1.00
  • All other paid FTE staff (Except Student Assistants) :15.50
  • Student assistants FTE :29.00
  • Number of branches and independent libraries :3
  • Total salaries and wages from the library budget :1931078
  • Are staff fringe benefits paid out of the library budget :Yes
  • Total fringe benefits :747956
  • One-time purchases of books, serial backfiles, and other materials :126792
  • Ongoing commitments to subscriptions :1356715
  • Other materials/services expenditures :200775
  • Total materials/services expenditures :1684282
  • Preservation services :1000
  • Other operation and maintenance expenditures :298898
  • Total operations and maintenance expenditures :299898
  • Total expenditures (salaries/wages, benefits, materials/services, and operations/maintenance) :4663214
  • Salaries/wages, materials/services, and operations/maintenance :3915258