TABLE 5.3
Library Circulation Transactions
1999-2000 to 2003-04*
Type of Circulation						5-Year
Transaction	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03****	2003-04	Average
General	125,022	128,984	121,897			125,301
Other**	35,006	36,613	37,176			36,265
TOTAL	160,028	165,597	159,073	239,889	232,668	161,566
Circulation Transactions Per FTE Student***
General	10.8	10.5	9.2			10.2
Other**	3.0	3.0	2.8			2.9
TOTAL	13.8	13.5	12.0	16.3	15.2	13.1
* Data as of end of fiscal year.
** Includes Reserve and Restricted Books.
*** Fall Term 4th Week Full Time Equivalent. Full-Time Equivalent Enrollment (FTE) is calculated as follows: SCH/15 for all undergraduate students,SCH/12 for graduate (Masters', Postbacc. Graduate, and Non-Admitted Graduate) students, SCH/9 for doctoral students.
**** From summer 2002 Library migrated from SIRSI to Innovative Interfaces Inc. system. Circulation transactions includes Orbit and former non-circulating items (i.e., serials), and III renewals.
SOURCE: Portland State University Library.