It was a year we couldn’t forget, and an impact we can’t ignore.
In the first full year of the pandemic, our resolve never faded. We continued to build our collections and spread knowledge to members of our community. We digitized our materials at an even faster pace, and, when it was safe, opened our doors to students and scholars who needed access to our world-class treasures, and a place to study. Here’s a glimpse at how the Library rose above the chaos to serve our mission.
4,862,576
HathiTrust pageviews
This year, the Library provided access to digital versions of millions of the physical volumes held by libraries across the 10-campus University of California system — plus UC’s two expansive off-site library storage facilities — through HathiTrust’s Emergency Temporary Access Service. Berkeley users logged nearly 5 million pageviews on HathiTrust, the massive collaborative digital repository. The top titles for Berkeley on the emergency service were The Early History of Rome, Health Economics, and Virgil’s ancient epic The Aeneid.
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342
Visits to Moffitt Library in one day
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13,553,504
Volumes in the Library’s collections
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3,049,398
Images scanned
This year, the Library made a giant leap in its digitization efforts, as it worked to connect students with digital versions of their course materials. The Library scanned more than 3 million images — more than double its output over last year — with 2,935,070 of those images scanned in-house and 114,328 through the help of vendors. The Library also continued to bolster its Digital Collections portal, the gateway to its digitized treasures, adding 90,281 new records.
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20,809
Participants in Library instruction
This year, the Library’s instruction efforts notched more than 20,000 participants, who learned about everything from data visualization to the basics of copyright.
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3,965,598
Website pageviews
During a year when a strong online presence was more important than ever, the Library’s website garnered nearly 4 million pageviews. The Library’s perennially popular page on how to contact the president and vice president of the United States racked up 107,782 pageviews alone.
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