Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Annual Survey

Reporting date: June 30, 2026

The ACRL's Academic Library Trends and Statistics survey is an option for replacing the Academic Libraries (AL) component of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) Survey, which was removed from the IPEDs survey starting with the 2025-2026 data cycle. NC LIVE provides the following information to incorporate into your library's holdings and circulation data for NC LIVE-provided resources for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.

These numbers may vary from the general collection numbers, depending on the definitions used by ACRL. NC LIVE has used the ACRL's definitions to determine which of our collections should be included in each count.

Library Collections: Digital/Electronic

Components	Digital/Electronic	Details
E-books	316,041	Bloomsbury Ebooks (formerly ABC-CLIO) Credo Reference Complete Core Credo Contemporary Issues Ebooks (included in Credo Reference) Ebook Central Academic and Public Library Complete Ebook Central Permanent Collection (included in Ebook Central) eBooks on EBSCOhost Gale Ebooks HomeGrown Ebooks Collection hoopla Ebooks LearningExpress Library Ebooks SIRS Discoverer Ebooks Omnigraphics Health Reference Series Ebooks JSTOR Ebooks
Databases	88	Report the total number of licensed digital/electronic databases in your collection if there is bibliographic or discovery access at the database level. A database is a collection of electronically stored data or unit records (facts, bibliographic data, or texts) with a common user interface and software for the retrieval and manipulation of the data. The data or records are usually collected with intent and relate to a defined topic. List of NC LIVE databases included in the database count
E-media	66,349	Films on Demand hoopla audiobooks Just For Kids Streaming Video LearningExpress Library / PrepStep ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Database
E-serials	32,263	The full-text e-journals we can access through our database subscriptions

Digital Circulation:

The instructions for the ACRL survey suggest that libraries report Unique Item Requests and Unique Title Requests as their usage metrics for COUNTER-compliant resources. NC LIVE's usage portal provides COUNTER Total Item Requests and Total Title Requests. Libraries who wish to report Unique Item and Unique Title Requests can collect those statistics directly from the vendor platforms.