Fast Facts about the Albin O. Kuhn Library
Attendance:
- Seating capacity for 1,146
- 530,000+ attendance per year, average
Library Collections:
- 1,000,000+ books & bound journals (max. capacity bound volumes = 1.1M
to 1.2M)
- 140,000+ ebooks
- 33,000+ current subscriptions
- 2,100,000+ photographs, cameras, photography books
- 70,000+ science fiction fanzines
- 12,000+ comic books
- 30,000+ sound recordings
- 9,800+ DVDs
- 108 BluRays
- 3,500 VHS
- 8,500 CDs
- 800,000+ microform pieces
- 200+ collections of manuscripts/archives
- Federal Depository since 1972
- Maryland State Depository since 1984
Library Hours:
- 94 service hours per week, Fall & Spring semesters
- 73 hours per week, Summer sessions
- 69 hours per week, January session
- The Library atrium and the Retriever Learning Center (RLC) are always open. RLC access is by valid UMBC ID card swipe only.
Library & Gallery Faculty and Staff:
- 24 FTE (Full Time Equivalent) faculty and associate staff
- 27 FTE non-exempt staff
- 100 student assistants
Library & Gallery Building:
- West wing ("Phase I") constructed in 1968
- East wing ("Phase II") constructed in 1975
- Tower ("Phase III") and refurbishing completed in 1995 at a total cost of $23 Million
- Tower ("Phase III") architects were Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson & Abbott (Boston) and Cho, Wilks, Benn (Baltimore)
- Total Net Assignable Square Feet of Phases I & II = 90,000
- Total Net Assignable Square Feet of Phase III = 90,000; Gross Square Feet = 131,000
Furniture in the AOK Library:
