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About the Library

The Prescott Memorial Library was open for 312 days in the Fiscal Year 2008-09 (89.5 hours per week Sunday-Saturday).

More than 470,500 items were circulated from the Library's physical holdings or retrieved through inter-library services and databases.

On average, 1,060 Louisiana Tech students, faculty, and staff made daily use of the Library's facilities and resources, in person or by remote access, and retrieved 1,500 items per day as they did so.

  Dean DiCarlo
Michael DiCarlo,
Dean of Library Services

Library Snapshot

  
Total Holdings Bound Volumes - Books & Periodicals
Electronic Books
Government Documents
Microform Units
Audio-Visual Materials
Maps
TOTAL
456,152
57,154
2,534,468
574,891
553
39,769
3,662,987
Circulation Books Checked Out / Used In-House
Articles Delivered Electronically
Books & Articles InterLibrary Services
TOTAL
50,399
412,884
8, 503
471,786
InterLibrary Services Items Loaned (Books & Articles)
Items Borrowed (Books & Articles)
Items Delivered (Articles for Fee)
TOTAL
4,506
3,472
525
8,503