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Table 413. Collections, staff, and operating expenditures of the 60 largest college and university libraries: 1999-2000
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                                                 |   Rank|           |   Full-time-   |Operating expendi- |       |       |
                                                 | order,|  Number of|equivalent staff|tures, in thousands| Public|       |
                                                 |     by|    volumes|________________|___________________|service|   Gate|Reference
                                                 | number|  at end of|       |        |         | Salaries|  hours|  count|   trans-
                                                 |     of|   year, in|       |  Libra-|         |      and|    per|    per|  actions
Institution                                      |volumes|  thousands|  Total|    ians|    Total|    wages|   week|   week| per week
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1                                                |      2|          3|      4|       5|        6|        7|      8|      9|       10
_________________________________________________|_______|___________|_______|________|_________|_________|_______|_______|_________
Harvard University (MA) .........................|      1|     14,437|  1,328|     387|  $80,862|  $43,107|    107| 36,058|    8,739
Yale University (CT) ............................|      2|     10,496|    655|     187|   47,252|   19,855|    111| 13,517|    4,000
University of Illinois, Urbana Campus ...........|      3|      9,470|    517|      92|   27,699|   14,916|    107| 33,140|    9,384
University of California, Berkeley ..............|      4|      9,108|    649|     106|   38,430|   20,302|     98| 33,140|    3,765
University of Texas, Austin .....................|      5|      7,936|    556|     117|   31,438|   16,153|    147| 94,411|    8,073
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University of California, Los Angeles ...........|      6|      7,517|    630|     143|   41,267|   20,978|     87| 83,138|    3,154
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor ...............|      7|      7,348|    601|     152|   36,484|   19,057|    168| 63,025|    4,261
Stanford University (CA) ........................|      8|      7,286|    630|     112|   57,815|   28,368|     98| 23,660|    2,233
Columbia University, Main Division (NY) .........|      9|      7,266|    524|     131|   34,400|   16,739|    104| 18,910|    1,428
University of Chicago (IL) ......................|     10|      6,558|    325|      68|   22,635|    9,708|    111| 32,755|    1,800
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Indiana University, Bloomington .................|     11|      6,315|    441|      93|   26,459|   11,655|    115| 79,905|    9,554
University of Wisconsin, Madison ................|     12|      6,057|    514|     171|   31,292|   16,575|    131| 98,804|    5,614
University of Washington ........................|     13|      6,051|    488|     129|   30,784|   15,317|    135| 33,140|    6,000
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities ............|     14|      5,857|    430|      99|   29,994|   15,011|    106| 40,000|    4,341
Cornell University (NY) .........................|     15|      5,522|    461|      91|   27,259|   12,278|    114| 20,729|    1,625
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Ohio State University, Main Campus ..............|     16|      5,394|    439|      91|   26,275|   12,627|    168| 36,051|   10,940
Princeton University (NJ) .......................|     17|      5,315|    388|     102|   29,363|   12,947|    110| 20,001|    1,510
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill .......|     18|      5,133|    415|     132|   24,986|   12,034|    147| 40,931|    4,100
Duke University (NC) ............................|     19|      4,961|    368|     107|   24,895|   10,804|    122| 22,183|    3,329
University of Pennsylvania ......................|     20|      4,914|    395|     118|   30,051|   12,386|    115| 35,500|    5,200
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Rutgers University (NJ) .........................|     21|      4,737|    320|      71|   18,716|   11,371|    106| 61,665|    1,689
University of Virginia, Main Campus .............|     22|      4,679|    363|      97|   25,844|   14,182|    119| 65,000|    5,500
New York University .............................|     23|      4,396|    417|      94|   28,695|   14,227|    119| 38,000|    5,995
Michigan State University .......................|     24|      4,360|    280|      66|   18,443|    8,207|    143| 39,817|    1,371
University of Arizona ...........................|     25|      4,267|    289|      65|   17,736|    7,343|    168| 31,538|    1,883
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University of Kansas, Main Campus ...............|     26|      4,250|    262|      59|   14,313|    6,858|     98|  8,741|    1,206
University of Iowa ..............................|     27|      4,120|    306|      74|   21,099|    9,423|    107| 41,547|    6,888
Northwestern University (IL) ....................|     28|      4,083|    345|      92|   20,667|    9,683|    114| 12,859|    2,332
University of Pittsburgh, Main Campus (PA) ......|     29|      3,822|    344|      95|   20,941|    8,462|    122| 43,663|    6,000
University of Oklahoma, Norman Campus ...........|     30|      3,703|    159|      28|    9,797|    3,486|     85| 16,316|    1,467
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University of Georgia ...........................|     31|      3,702|    356|      74|   20,083|    8,936|    101| 28,846|    2,554
University of Southern California ...............|     32|      3,526|    369|      80|   25,034|   12,493|    159| 59,154|    1,203
University of Florida ...........................|     33|      3,525|    404|     103|   23,291|   10,159|    110| 55,979|    3,182
Washington University (MO) ......................|     34|      3,426|    263|      77|   20,098|    7,073|    117| 32,485|    1,934
University of South Carolina at Columbia ........|     35|      3,222|    296|      78|   17,221|    7,591|    111| 50,000|    3,500
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University of Hawaii, Manoa .....................|     36|      3,205|    243|      64|   14,226|    6,652|     65| 30,459|    3,080
Arizona State University ........................|     37|      3,191|    299|      83|   19,111|    8,628|    102| 43,062|    3,936
Syracuse University, Main Campus (NY) ...........|     38|      3,127|    232|      47|   11,852|    5,534|    105| 12,660|    3,838
Wayne State University (MI) .....................|     39|      3,117|    289|      47|   17,878|    8,615|     97| 61,499|   11,446
Louisiana State U. & A&M & Hebert Laws Center ...|     40|      3,098|    208|      48|   11,340|    4,991|    113| 38,057|    4,347
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Brown University (RI) ...........................|     41|      3,082|    231|      60|   14,278|    6,833|    101| 24,915|   54,963
University of Rochester (NY) ....................|     42|      3,077|    215|      65|   12,311|    5,753|    117| 20,939|    1,306
Johns Hopkins University (MD) ...................|     43|      3,066|    337|      74|   24,303|    9,456|    120| 28,933|    2,532
Pennsylvania State University, Main Campus ......|     44|      3,001|    416|      64|   24,792|   11,559|    168| 68,408|    6,109
University of Massachusetts at Amherst ..........|     45|      2,991|    189|      50|   13,069|    6,650|    105| 25,500|    2,235
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University of Missouri, Columbia ................|     46|      2,968|    233|      57|   12,953|    5,458|    104| 23,425|    2,285
Brigham Young University (UT) ...................|     47|      2,960|    319|      83|   15,601|    7,855|    101| 69,040|   10,000
North Carolina State University at Raleigh ......|     48|      2,945|    309|      91|   19,165|    7,929|    146| 35,323|    2,202
University of Colorado, Boulder .................|     49|      2,920|    234|      55|   15,918|    7,044|    104|  1,963|    4,466
State University of New York, Buffalo ...........|     50|      2,879|    209|      60|   12,464|    6,742|     94| 48,000|    4,394
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Kansas State University .........................|     51|      2,863|    115|      35|    8,737|    3,833|     91| 11,672|    2,803
University of Maryland, College Park Campus .....|     52|      2,850|    300|     115|   21,553|    9,289|     98| 69,330|    6,170
University of California, Davis .................|     53|      2,830|    260|      50|   15,680|    8,413|     95| 31,800|    3,120
University of Utah ..............................|     54|      2,828|    382|      68|   20,860|    9,268|    115| 38,406|    7,003
University of Kentucky ..........................|     55|      2,826|    356|      85|   19,641|    8,528|    144| 42,746|    2,098
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Southern Illinois University, Carbondale ........|     56|      2,812|    220|      35|   12,604|    5,507|    151| 14,757|    2,683
University of Notre Dame (IN) ...................|     57|      2,795|    244|      53|   17,225|    7,218|    126| 26,685|      685
Texas A & M University ..........................|     58|      2,748|    394|      84|   21,851|    9,567|    116| 65,097|    1,469
Miami University, Oxford Campus (OH) ............|     59|      2,663|    161|      39|    8,400|    3,577|    118| 21,676|    2,817
University of California, San Diego .............|     60|      2,654|    321|      48|   20,333|   10,682|    106| 33,157|    2,907
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Academic Libraries Survey" (ALS), 2000. (This table was prepared April 2005.)


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