Table 420. | Collections, staff, and operating expenditures of college and university libraries: 1976-77 to 1997-98 |
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Item |1976-77\1\ |1978-79\1\ | 1981-82 | 1984-85 | 1987-88 | 1991-92 | 1994-95 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 ________________________________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|____________|___________|___________|_______________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 ________________________________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|____________|___________|___________|_______________ Number of libraries ............................| 3,058 | 3,122 | 3,104 | 3,322 | 3,438 | 3,274 | 3,303 | 3,408 | 3,658 General collection transactions, in thousands ..| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 183,123 | 186,545 | 175,409 Reserve collection transactions, in thousands ..| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 48,380 | 44,189 | 40,658 Total enrollment, in thousands\2\ ..............| 11,121 | 11,392 | 12,372 | 12,242 | 12,767 | 14,359 | 14,279 | 14,300 | 14,502 Full-time-equivalent enrollment, in | | | | | | | | | thousands\2\ .................................| 8,313 | 8,348 | 9,015 | 8,952 | 9,230 | 10,361 | 10,348 | 10,402 | 10,217 |===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|============|===========|===========|=============== Collections, thousands of units | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Number of volumes at end of year ...............| 481,442 | 519,895 | 567,826 | 631,727 | 718,504 | 749,429 | 776,447 | 806,717 |\3\ 878,906 Number of volumes added during year ............| 22,367 | 21,608 | 19,507 | 20,658 | 21,907 | 20,982 | 21,544 | 21,346 | 24,551 Number of serial subscriptions at end of year...| 4,670 | 4,775 | 4,890 | 6,317 | 6,416 | 6,966 | 6,212 | 5,709 |\4\ 10,908 Microform units at end of year .................| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 1,062,082 Electronic units at end of year\5\..............| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 465 | 983 | 3,473 |===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|============|===========|===========|=============== Library staff, in full-time equivalents (FTE) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total staff in regular positions\6\ ............| 57,087 | 58,416 | 58,476 | 58,476 | 67,251 | 67,166 | 67,433 | 67,581 | 68,337 FTE student enrollment per FTE staff ...........| 145.6 | 142.9 | 154.2 | 153.1 | 137.2 | 154.3 | 153.5 | 153.9 | 149.5 |___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|____________|___________|___________|_______________ Librarians and professional staff ............| 23,308 | 23,676 | 23,816 | 21,822 | 25,115 | 26,341 | 26,726 | 27,268 | 30,041 Other paid staff .............................| 33,779 | 34,740 | 34,660 | 38,026 | 40,733 | 40,421 | 40,381 | 40,022 | 38,026 Contributed services .........................| --- | --- ' --- | --- | 1,403 | 404 | 326 | 291 | 270 Student assistants ...........................| --- | --- ' --- ' --- | 33,821 | 29,075 | 28,411 | 27,998 | 28,373 | | | | | | | | | Hours of student and other assistance, | | | | | | | | | in thousands ..................................| 39,950 | 39,552 | 40,068 | 28,360 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|============|===========|===========|=============== Library operating expenditures | | | | | | | | | (excluding capital outlay) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Operating expenditures, total, in thousands ....|$1,259,637 |$1,502,158 |$1,943,769 |$2,404,524 |$2,770,075 | $3,648,654 |$4,013,333 |$4,301,815 | $4,592,657 |___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|____________|___________|___________|_______________ Salaries\7\ ..................................| 698,090 | 824,438 | 1,081,894 | 1,156,138 | 1,451,551 | 1,889,368 | 2,021,233 | 2,147,842 | 2,314,380 Hourly wages .................................| 68,683 | 79,535 | 100,847 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Fringe benefits ..............................| --- | --- | --- | 231,209 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Preservation .................................| 22,521 | 25,274 | 30,351 | 32,939 | 34,144 | 43,126 | 46,554 | 45,610 | 42,919 Furniture/equipment ......................... | --- | --- ' --- | --- ' --- | --- | 55,915 | 56,128 | 57,013 Computer hardware/software ...................| --- | --- ' --- ' --- ' --- ' --- | 128,128 | 157,949 | 164,379 Utilities/networks/consortia .................| --- | --- ' --- ' --- ' --- ' --- | 81,106 | 85,113 | 89,618 Information resources ........................| 373,699 | 450,180 | 561,199 | 750,282 | 891,281 | 1,197,293 | 1,348,933 | 1,499,249 | 1,600,995 Books and serial backfiles- paper ..........| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 514,048 Books and serial backfiles- electronic .....| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 28,061 Current serials- paper ................... | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 849,399 Current serials- electronic ................| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 125,470 Audiovisual materials ......................| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 23,879 | 28,753 | 28,879 | 30,623 Document delivery/interlibrary loan ........| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 12,238 | 17,645 | 19,309 Other collection expenditures ..............| 373,699 | 450,180 | 561,199 | 750,282 | 891,281 | 1,173,414 | 1,307,942 | 1,452,725 | 34,086 Other library operating expenditures .........| 96,643 | 122,731 | 169,478 | 233,957 | 393,099 | 518,867 | 331,463 | 309,925 | 323,354 Operating expenditures per FTE student .........| 152 | 180 | 216 | 269 | 300 | 352 | 388 | 414 | 450 Operating expenditures per FTE student in | | | | | | | | | constant 1997-98 dollars .....................| 418 | 425 | 371 | 411 | 419 | 412 | 417 | 421 | 450 |===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|============|===========|===========|=============== Operating expenditures, total, in percents .....| 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|____________|___________|___________|_______________ Salaries\7\ ..................................| 55.4 | 54.9 | 55.7 | 48.1 | 52.4 | 51.8 | 50.4 | 49.9 | 50.4 Hourly wages .................................| 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.2 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Fringe benefits ..............................| --- | --- | --- | 9.6 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Preservation .................................| 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.9 Information resources ........................| 29.7 | 30.0 | 28.9 | 31.2 | 32.2 | 32.8 | 33.6 | 34.9 | 34.9 Other library operating expenditures\8\ ......| 7.7 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 9.7 | 14.2 | 14.2 | 14.9 | 14.2 | 13.8 |===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|============|===========|===========|=============== Library operating expenditures as percent of | | | | | | | | | total institutional expenditures for | | | | | | | | | educational and general purposes .............| 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.8 | --- | --- ________________________________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|____________|___________|___________|_______________ |
---Not available. \1\Includes data for U.S. territories. \2\Fall enrollment for the academic year specified. total of additions plus end of year value from previous year. \4\Includes microform and electronic serials. \5\Electronic files, formerly labeled "Computer files." \6\Excludes student assistants. \7\Includes expenditures for fringe benefits (except for 1984-85 and 1987-88), salary equivalents of contributed services staff, and hourly wages for 1996-97 and 1997-98. \8\Includes furniture/equipment, computer hardware/software, and utilities/networks/consortia as well as expenditures classified above as "other library operating expenditures." NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Library Statistics of Colleges and Universities, various years; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Academic Library Survey," various years, and "Fall Enrollment Survey 1997." (This table was prepared July 2001.) |