Library rankings
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) ranks McGill Library 38 out of 116 member libraries in North America. This is based on the most recent ARL Library Investment Index (2017-2018).
In the 2020 MacLean's University Rankings, released in October 2019, McGill Library ranked 1st in the percentage of its budget devoted to library collections in the medical-doctoral category, which includes 15 Canadian universities with medical schools and a broad range of PhD programs.
Library facts and figures 2018-2019
| Information Resources Available from the Library | |
|---|---|
| Books - print (more collections figures) | 2,144,199 |
| e-Books | 2,707,183 |
| Databases | 1,913 |
| Journals - print | 33,706 |
| e-Journals | 115,228 |
| Use of Library Services | |
| Loans (excluding renewals) | 164,731 |
| Interlibrary borrowing from other institutions | 16,314 |
| Interlibrary lending to other institutions | 10,525 |
| Total reference transactions* | 78,138 |
| Library visits (gate count)** | 2.7 to 3 million |
| Library instruction sessions (workshops, classes) and tours | 950 |
| Participants in library instruction and tours | 26,852 |
| Facilities | |
| User seating | 5,129 |
| Human Resources | |
| Total library personnel | 194 |
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68 |
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30 |
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96 |
* This value consists of an estimate based on sampling the number of reference transactions three weeks a year and also includes all chat reference transactions for the year.
** Estimated range based on number of visits from Census Day 2018 and gate counter data. The latter does not count multiple individuals entering McGill Library branches simultaneously.
Note that all figures represent both the downtown and Macdonald campuses.
View the annual reports for McGill Library for previous years.
