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Reading Room Statistics for 2007

Reading Room Statistics, 1997–2007

 

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

Total

1983-2007

Researchers

510

627

508

465

398

421

433

403

383

237

492

15,335

Research Visits

1,141

1,141

1,080

1,109

809

783

870

690

710

592

960

26,198

Reasearch Hours

2,065

1,881

2,300

1,417

1,203

1,274

1,725

1,426

1,606

1,497

2,141

46,150

Visits per Researcher

2.24

1.82

2.13

2.38

2.03

1.86

2.01

1.71

1.85

2.5

1.95

 

Hours per Researcher

4.05

3.00

4.53

3.05

3.02

3.03

3.98

3.54

4.19

6.32

4.35

 

Wheaton College Researchers

316

362

345

246

236

195

211

187

192

115

254

8,847

Non Wheaton College Researchers

194

265

163

219

162

226

222

216

191

122

238

6,488


Types of Researchers, 1997-2007

 

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

Total

1990-2007

Video, Film, CD, DVD Makers

2

2

3

3

4

4

1

1

7

4

6

72

BGC Staff

6

2

7

0

0

2

5

3

2

5

1

158

Christian Workers

40

57

33

20

20

23

20

11

8

14

36

583

General Public

67

45

31

51

54

48

57

58

41

28

45

224

Secondary School Students

3

33

1

3

1

44

44

40

8

0

46

514

Home Schooled Students

18

41

7

61

24

18

31

25

23

4

24

388

Non-Wheaton College Faculty

12

8

15

26

15

16

22

20

25

17

22

478

Non-Wheaton College Grad Students

44

39

51

27

32

53

26

32

58

34

52

453

Non Wheaton College Undergrads

22

22

18

32

5

6

9

5

3

15

6

334

Pastors

5

4

4

6

3

3

4

17

9

3

0

179

Wheaton College Faculty/Staff

21

17

15

13

13

16

17

11

10

10

16

259

Wheaton College Grad Students

83

171

101

59

72

95

83

58

62

28

128

1,628

Wheaton College Undergrads

182

180

216

156

149

81

106

115

118

70

105

3,642

Writers, Journalists

5

6

6

8

6

10

8

7

9

5

5

129


Types of Research, 1996-2007

 

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

Total

1990-2007

Articles

14

8

5

13

6

11

16

14

11

10

21

225

Books

16

20

26

33

21

24

25

24

32

24

23

448

Class Assignments

341

470

371

296

270

240

300

251

231

118

336

6,616

Equipment Use

3

6

1

2

3

0

0

0

0

 

 

60

Evangelistic Projects

11

26

8

7

9

23

14

3

6

6

1

238

Film, Video Production

9

8

5

5

6

7

3

4

8

7

7

126

Genealogy

6

1

0

2

7

7

7

8

6

8

7

76

Miscelleaneous

3

1

2

2

3

23

5

9

4

10

16

235

Personal Interest

74

51

46

66

47

58

39

36

28

21

49

1,430

Photo Searches

13

10

10

8

6

5

10

10

9

 

 

150

Thesis

20

26

34

31

20

25

14

44

48

33

32

512


 
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