Information about the Library. Including Strategic Directions, policies and annual activity reports.
Library Strategic Directions
Policies
- Collection Development Policy (PDF)
- Collection Development Policy - ebooks (PDF)
- Collection Donations Policy (PDF)
- Eligibility to Use the Library (within the Library Regulations)
- Food and Drink in the Library (PDF)
- Hocken Collections Visitor Photography in Hocken Gallery (PDF)
- Hocken Collections Loans Policy (PDF)
- Hocken Collections Care and Handling Guidelines (PDF)
- Interloan Policy (PDF)
- Otago Institutional Research Repository Policy
- Photographs or Filming in the Library (PDF)
- Reciprocal Borrowing Information
- Use of Library Facilities as a Communications Channel (PDF)
Annual activity reports
| Jan-Dec 2015 | Jan-Dec 2016 | Jan-Dec 2017 | |
| Books added to collection | 13,956 | 12,562 | 12,741 |
| Hocken pictures and photos added to collection | 884 | 474 | 4,315 |
| Hocken archival items received (linear metres) | 84.08 | 143.59 | 93.64 |
| Print serials subscriptions | 3,247 | 2,915 | 2,855 |
| Electronic serials available | 171,199 | 152,490 | 169,530 |
| Accessible ebooks | 744,321 | 779,443 | 850,783 |
| Published material lending | 217,146 | 201,252 | 177,976 |
| Hocken archival and other material lending | 24,968 | 24,259 | 21,361 |
| Full text downloads | 3,087,797 | 3,928,245 | 3,337,166 |
| Subject guides accessed | 242,824 | 232,292 | 232,482 |
| eReserves accessed | 103,788 | unavailable | 375,370 |
| Website views | 9,751,726 | 9,810,465 | 9,922,330 |
| Digital image collections page views | 301,104 | 310,925 | 262,993 |
| Artwork loans to other institutions | 87 | 81 | 14 |
| Hocken media coverage | 21 | 17 | 44 |
| Exhibition visitors (Hocken & Special Collections) | 6,887 | 8,700 | 7,815 |
| Total visits to all Libraries (gate count) | 2,554,348 | 2,949,394 | 3,187,869 |
