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Table 421. Selected statistics on the collections, staff, and operating expenditures of the 60 largest college and university libraries: 1998

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                                                | Rank  |          |    Full-time-     |Operating expendi- |Public |         |
                                                |order, |Number of |equivalent staff   |tures, in thousands|service|  Gate   |Reference
                  Institution                   |  by   |volumes at|___________________|___________________| hours |  count  |  trans-
                                                |number |  end of  |        |          |         |Salaries |  per  |   per   | actions
                                                |  of   | year, in | Total  |Librarians|  Total  |   and   | week  |  week   |   per
                                                |volumes|thousands |        |          |         |  wages  |       |         |   week
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                       1                        |   2   |    3     |   4    |    5     |    6    |    7    |   8   |    9    |    10
________________________________________________|_______|__________|________|__________|_________|_________|_______|_________|__________
Harvard University (MA).........................|     1 |   13,982 |  1,188 |      351 | $84,473 | $38,250 |   104 |  37,560 |   12,138
Yale University (CT) ...........................|     2 |   10,108 |    611 |      163 |  48,331 |  18,393 |   111 |  14,080 |    1,476
University of Illinois, Urbana Campus ..........|     3 |    9,171 |    543 |      115 |  26,207 |  14,221 |   107 |  34,521 |   12,743
University of Texas, Austin ....................|     4 |    7,649 |    574 |      132 |  28,744 |  13,788 |   147 | 143,570 |    5,781
University of California, Berkeley .............|     5 |    7,263 |    642 |       77 |  29,922 |  16,611 |    83 |  34,521 |    7,130
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University of California, Los Angeles ..........|     6 |    7,212 |    546 |      129 |  38,092 |  20,419 |    87 |  86,602 |    7,510
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor ..............|     7 |    7,072 |    594 |      145 |  34,655 |  15,941 |   168 |  48,236 |    4,420
Stanford University (CA) .......................|     8 |    7,036 |    601 |      113 |  47,211 |  22,997 |    49 |  14,080 |    2,197
Columbia University, Main Division (NY) ........|     9 |    7,018 |    513 |      128 |  30,743 |  15,369 |   104 |     --- |      ---
University of Chicago (IL) .....................|    10 |    6,271 |    336 |       69 |  21,285 |   9,140 |   111 |  34,120 |    1,327
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Indiana University, Bloomington ................|    11 |    6,039 |    499 |      106 |  24,336 |  12,343 |   115 |  73,799 |   11,844
University of Wisconsin, Madison ...............|    12 |    5,902 |    501 |      125 |  29,187 |  15,833 |   131 | 140,386 |    7,034
University of Washington .......................|    13 |    5,820 |    502 |      138 |  26,605 |  14,598 |   106 |  34,521 |    7,130
Ohio State University, Main Campus .............|    14 |    5,784 |    417 |       91 |  23,417 |  10,786 |   109 |  45,696 |   29,439
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities............|    15 |    5,613 |    431 |       88 |  28,490 |  13,258 |   106 |  34,521 |    4,786
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Cornell University (NY) ........................|    16 |    5,218 |    468 |       97 |  22,218 |  11,078 |   104 |     --- |    2,057
Princeton University (NJ) ......................|    17 |    5,095 |    371 |      106 |  27,049 |  12,403 |   112 |     --- |      ---
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ......|    18 |    4,928 |    431 |      122 |  24,333 |  11,315 |   145 |     --- |    4,510
Duke University (NC) ...........................|    19 |    4,764 |    359 |      110 |  23,919 |  10,220 |   122 |     --- |    3,426
University of Pennsylvania .....................|    20 |    4,673 |    392 |      112 |  28,838 |  11,837 |   143 |  35,590 |    7,582
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Rutgers University (NJ) ........................|    21 |    4,643 |    327 |       72 |  17,640 |  10,830 |   108 |  74,268 |    4,473
University of Virginia, Main Campus ............|    22 |    4,514 |    363 |       95 |  22,854 |  12,230 |   117 |  34,521 |    8,173
Michigan State University ......................|    23 |    4,188 |    273 |       57 |  16,596 |   7,798 |   114 |     --- |    3,183
New York University ............................|    24 |    4,167 |    419 |       92 |  26,646 |  13,112 |   115 |  38,000 |    5,995
University of Kansas, Main Campus ..............|    25 |    4,106 |    238 |       59 |  13,144 |   6,186 |   102 |  34,521 |    7,130
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University of Arizona ..........................|    26 |    4,080 |    293 |       69 |  16,157 |   6,569 |   154 |  26,651 |    2,510
Northwestern University (IL) ...................|    27 |    3,954 |    351 |       92 |  18,443 |   9,189 |   123 |  35,940 |    1,700
University of Iowa .............................|    28 |    3,927 |    298 |       76 |  20,095 |   9,040 |   106 |  53,661 |    6,717
University of Oklahoma, Norman Campus ..........|    29 |    3,797 |    146 |       33 |   8,787 |   3,197 |   108 |  16,996 |    3,529
University of Pittsburgh, Main Campus (PA) .....|    30 |    3,552 |    335 |       85 |  17,909 |   7,798 |   120 |  49,933 |    6,107
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University of Georgia ..........................|    31 |    3,458 |    360 |       71 |  18,825 |   8,164 |   104 |  22,898 |    2,348
University of Florida ..........................|    32 |    3,401 |    416 |      111 |  19,920 |   9,403 |   108 |  57,272 |    4,600
University of Southern California ..............|    33 |    3,337 |    338 |       80 |  23,975 |  10,128 |    24 |  60,846 |    3,129
Washington University (MO) .....................|    34 |    3,295 |    265 |       73 |  18,040 |   6,727 |   117 |  47,046 |    8,494
University of Hawaii, Manoa ....................|    35 |    3,167 |    243 |       65 |  11,934 |   6,574 |    87 |  29,671 |    3,513
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State U. of New York, Buffalo, Main Campus......|    36 |    3,107 |    263 |       72 |  14,733 |   7,427 |    90 |  62,400 |    6,890
Johns Hopkins University (MD) ..................|    37 |    3,098 |    308 |       58 |  22,904 |   8,907 |   120 |  31,258 |   43,066
Arizona State University .......................|    38 |    3,074 |    295 |       82 |  17,332 |   7,920 |   102 |  30,944 |    4,948
University of South Carolina at Columbia........|    39 |    3,067 |    277 |       78 |  15,232 |   6,492 |   111 |  21,000 |    3,500
Wayne State University (MI) ....................|    40 |    3,046 |    278 |       46 |  16,050 |   7,631 |    97 |  50,144 |   17,256
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Syracuse University, Main Campus (NY) ..........|    41 |    3,036 |    273 |       49 |  10,354 |   5,284 |   105 |  14,852 |    4,536
University of Colorado, Boulder ................|    42 |    3,022 |    258 |       62 |  17,875 |   7,248 |   106 |   2,045 |    4,582
Louisiana State U. & A&M & Hebert Laws Center ..|    43 |    3,014 |    203 |       50 |  10,816 |   4,953 |   111 |  41,287 |    2,931
University of Rochester (NY) ...................|    44 |    2,996 |    216 |       59 |  12,256 |   5,377 |   116 |  21,811 |    1,232
Brown University (RI) ..........................|    45 |    2,979 |    241 |       61 |  13,528 |   6,574 |   111 |  20,392 |    1,451
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University of Missouri, Columbia ...............|    46 |    2,856 |    246 |       58 |  11,274 |   5,365 |   104 |  30,874 |    2,677
Pennsylvania State University, Main Campus .....|    47 |    2,832 |    415 |       77 |  22,642 |  10,769 |   168 |  71,665 |    5,191
University of Massachusetts at Amherst..........|    48 |    2,826 |    194 |       46 |  11,163 |   5,571 |   105 |  27,000 |    2,750
Brigham Young University (UT) ..................|    49 |    2,823 |    386 |       84 |  13,494 |   6,612 |   101 |  71,917 |    9,968
Kansas State University.........................|    50 |    2,770 |    139 |       42 |   7,302 |   3,208 |    90 |  15,407 |    1,549
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Southern Illinois University, Carbondale .......|    51 |    2,740 |    229 |       40 |  11,097 |   5,239 |    92 |  15,340 |    3,035
University of Kentucky..........................|    52 |    2,719 |    362 |       87 |  17,418 |   7,962 |   144 |  45,284 |    3,881
North Carolina State University at Raleigh .....|    53 |    2,713 |    324 |       85 |  17,222 |   6,924 |   146 |  35,654 |    2,952
University of Maryland, College Park Campus ....|    54 |    2,700 |    329 |      108 |  16,373 |   9,213 |    98 |  58,789 |    6,311
University of Utah .............................|    55 |    2,684 |    381 |       67 |  19,778 |   8,563 |   105 |  76,231 |    7,538
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University of California, Davis ................|    56 |    2,672 |    267 |       50 |  14,781 |   8,464 |    87 |  24,217 |    4,431
University of Notre Dame (IN) ..................|    57 |    2,644 |    237 |       46 |  15,032 |   6,192 |   126 |  20,000 |    1,080
University of California, San Diego ............|    58 |    2,578 |    322 |       49 |  18,729 |   9,693 |   109 |  36,180 |    3,501
Vanderbilt University (TN) .....................|    59 |    2,512 |    291 |       80 |  15,946 |   7,299 |   111 |  21,600 |    2,103
Auburn University, Main Campus (AL) ............|    60 |    2,505 |    142 |       32 |   9,267 |   3,792 |    99 |  11,799 |    3,280
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Academic Library Survey 1998." (This table was prepared August 2001.)


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