Which College Library Systems Have Turned Almost Entirely to Circulating Digital Materials?

Circulations of digital and electronic materials had far surpassed circulations of physical books and media at many colleges by 2014-15. A diverse set of institutions lent out more than 90 percent of their materials in digital form that academic year. Among them were distance-education-only colleges, health-science centers, research institutions, and liberal-arts colleges.

4-year public institutions

Institutions with circulations of 1 million or more

Rank	Institution	Total library circulations	Digital share
1.	Granite State College	9,251,606	100.0%
2.	U. of Science and Arts of Oklahoma	2,382,400	99.8%
3.	Texas Southern U.	1,636,415	99.8%
4.	U. of New Hampshire	23,206,032	99.8%
5.	Brazosport College	2,788,058	99.7%

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4-year public institutions

Institutions with circulations of 1 million or more

Rank	Institution	Total library circulations	Digital share
1.	Granite State College	9,251,606	100.0%
2.	U. of Science and Arts of Oklahoma	2,382,400	99.8%
3.	Texas Southern U.	1,636,415	99.8%
4.	U. of New Hampshire	23,206,032	99.8%
5.	Brazosport College	2,788,058	99.7%
6.	U. of Massachusetts at Boston	3,492,051	99.2%
7.	U. of Nebraska at Lincoln	9,158,717	99.0%
8.	Indiana U. at Bloomington	33,731,503	98.9%
9.	Virginia Tech	8,942,211	98.6%
10.	Marshall U.	2,926,675	98.6%
11.	U. of Texas at Arlington	4,057,092	98.6%
12.	U. of Utah	10,380,206	98.4%
13.	U. of Missouri at Columbia	4,196,107	98.2%
14.	U. of Memphis	2,068,138	98.2%
15.	U. at Albany	18,751,798	97.8%
	Over all for 67 institutions in category	274,739,523	94.8%

Institutions with circulations of 100,000 to 999,999

Rank	Institution	Total library circulations	Digital share
1.	Colorado State U.-Global Campus	112,284	100.0%
1.	State U. of New York Empire State College	982,157	100.0%
3.	U. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	224,022	100.0%
4.	U. of Maryland University College	118,335	100.0%
5.	U. of South Florida-Sarasota/Manatee	695,103	100.0%
6.	U. of Tennessee Health Science Center	154,882	99.8%
7.	Oklahoma Panhandle State U.	693,463	99.7%
8.	Oklahoma State U.-Oklahoma City	337,983	99.6%
9.	Medical U. of South Carolina	968,687	99.6%
10.	U. of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center	208,637	99.1%
11.	Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College	127,182	99.0%
12.	State U. of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn	254,529	99.0%
13.	McNeese State U.	153,488	98.6%
14.	U. of Massachusetts at Worcester	507,236	98.6%
15.	Delaware State U.	488,767	98.4%
	Over all for 234 institutions in category	73,773,275	78.9%

Institutions with circulations under 100,000

Rank	Institution	Total library circulations	Digital share
1.	Oregon Institute of Technology	32,176	97.6%
2.	U. of Minnesota at Crookston	46,321	97.2%
3.	Alabama A&M U.	23,395	95.5%
4.	Louisiana State U. at Alexandria	49,636	95.4%
5.	Nevada State College	53,191	95.1%
6.	Great Basin College	53,073	94.2%
7.	Valley City State U.	45,773	94.1%
8.	College of Coastal Georgia	71,035	94.1%
9.	Dakota State U.	72,776	94.0%
10.	U. of Hawaii-West Oahu	83,901	93.7%
11.	Georgia Southwestern State U.	96,562	93.6%
12.	U. of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	50,020	92.0%
13.	City U. of New York York College	50,823	91.4%
14.	Potomac State College of West Virginia U.	11,591	91.4%
15.	U. of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler	1,404	91.2%
	Over all for 357 institutions in category	11,889,832	47.7%

4-year private nonprofit institutions

Institutions with circulations of 1 million or more

Rank	Institution	Total library circulations	Digital share
1.	Park U.	1,196,571	100.0%
2.	Goldey-Beacom College	2,737,510	99.9%
3.	Limestone College	8,272,566	99.9%
4.	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	1,882,821	99.9%
5.	Neumann U.	1,216,641	99.6%
6.	Lee U.	5,660,177	99.5%
7.	Campbellsville U.	1,229,511	99.4%
8.	Medical College of Wisconsin	1,690,141	99.3%
9.	Dartmouth College	20,735,554	99.1%
10.	John Brown U.	1,554,590	98.6%
11.	St. Olaf College	2,568,215	98.5%
12.	Azusa Pacific U.	4,386,990	98.1%
13.	Eastern U.	1,022,188	97.8%
14.	Liberty U.	3,645,391	97.8%
15.	Bowdoin College	1,050,092	97.7%
	Over all for 40 institutions in category	117,399,378	92.9%

Institutions with circulations of 100,000 to 999,999

Rank	Institution	Total library circulations	Digital share
1.	Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine	102,083	100.0%
1.	Beth Medrash Govoha	520,000	100.0%
1.	Bethune-Cookman U.	111,112	100.0%
1.	Excelsior College	172,966	100.0%
1.	Florida Institute of Technology	259,335	100.0%
6.	MGH Institute of Health Professions	252,700	99.9%
7.	Maria College of Albany	177,085	99.9%
8.	Tusculum College	633,881	99.8%
9.	Stevens Institute of Technology	537,997	99.8%
10.	Thomas U.	169,079	99.7%
11.	Widener U.-Commonwealth Law School	508,828	99.6%
12.	Wilson College	232,085	99.6%
13.	Eureka College	728,325	99.6%
14.	Thomas College (Me.)	307,848	99.6%
15.	Baylor College of Medicine	396,261	99.5%
	Over all for 256 institutions in category	77,579,453	85.4%

Institutions with circulations under 100,000

Rank	Institution	Total library circulations	Digital share
1.	California Institute of Advanced Management	9,630	100.0%
1.	Cambridge College	91,940	100.0%
1.	Coleman U.	29,594	100.0%
1.	Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine	96,339	100.0%
1.	Hallmark U.	51,822	100.0%
1.	Independence U.	89,580	100.0%
1.	Union Graduate College	7,859	100.0%
1.	Union Institute & U.	28,656	100.0%
1.	Western Governors U.	36,041	100.0%
10.	Northwood U. (Tex.)	34,966	100.0%
11.	Messenger College	54,272	99.9%
12.	Amridge U.	38,346	99.5%
13.	Saybrook U.	14,233	99.4%
14.	Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Irvine	31,400	99.4%
15.	Alderson Broaddus U.	53,107	99.3%
	Over all for 814 institutions	23,213,708	52.9%

Colleges That Circulated the Highest Percentages of Digital Materials, 2014-15

4-year public institutions

Institutions with circulations of 1 million or more

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4-year public institutions

Institutions with circulations of 1 million or more

Institutions with circulations of 100,000 to 999,999

Institutions with circulations under 100,000

4-year private nonprofit institutions

Institutions with circulations of 1 million or more

Institutions with circulations of 100,000 to 999,999

Institutions with circulations under 100,000