University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries

Collections The UW-Madison Libraries curate a vast collection of information materials to support the teaching and research mission of our campus. This page collects high level counts of the major material and content types. While our [library search interface](https://search.library.wisc.edu) allows faculty, staff, students and community members to search across the entire UW System 13 campus library consortium, as well as the UW Digitized Collections, these numbers represent the catalog holdings of the UW-Madison campus only at the start of the current fiscal year, July 2023. Books There are nearly 8 million unique book titles in the campus libraries. We own many titles in multiple formats, like print and electronic, so our title and volume counts are higher than the number of individual works. This includes both print (6.4 million volumes) and electronic (3.3 million volumes) books. The combined 9.7 million print and electronic volumes represent the depth and complexity found in a research collection. This volume count is significantly higher than our title count for reasons that include: - Many scholarly works are books that span multiple volumes - Certain works are so important we must hold multiple copies to support research and teaching on campus - Many titles are available in multiple formats, such as bound print volumes, ebooks or even microforms