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Between the Lines

  1. Between the Lines
  2. BTL 2019 - 2020, Collections

Collections

New acquisitions from The Joseph L. May History of Prints Fund

Established by the family of Jack May on the occasion of this 90th birthday, The Joseph L. May History of Prints Fund was created to enrich the history of prints… Keep reading

New in the Gallery: Joseph Pennell, The Woolworth, through the Arch

detail of the Woolworth Building

The gallery is grateful for the help of Professor Kevin D. Murphy for the acquisition of Joseph Pennell’s (American, 1857 – 1926) The Woolworth, through the Arch.  Pennell, who studied… Keep reading

New in the Gallery: Childe Hassam, The Chimneys, Portsmouth

Childe Hassam print of Portsmouth

Thanks to the help of Professor Kevin D. Murphy, Andrew W. Mellon Chair in the Humanities, professor and chair, department of history of art and architecture, and Mellon Digital Humanities… Keep reading

The Wodehouse Society donates author collection

Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, “Plum” to his friends, was a prolific English humorist and author, perhaps best known for his characters, Bertie Wooster and his valet, Jeeves. Wodehouse also regularly… Keep reading

Empowering young women with the Girl Detectives Collection

detail of book title from Nancy Drew series

The libraries celebrated the anniversary of the 19th Amendment with a special focus on identifying books and papers of remarkable and representative women, expanding our special collections to fill lacunae… Keep reading

University Librarian Valerie Hotchkiss

Read the University Librarian’s Letter

By the Numbers

Research Assistance

55% Increase in transactions over FY2019 (13,822 transactions)

6,412,039  Library catalog searches

35th  Moved up one spot in ARL index rankings (up 22 places since 2016)

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3,639 Live Chat and LibAnswers sessions

20% Increase in classes over FY2019 (1,196)

11% Increase in attendees over FY2019 (12,442)

Resource Sharing Services

12,536  Total ILLs provided to other libraries

12,490  Borrowed from other libraries

2,714  Document deliveries (scans of VU material for VU patrons)

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