Table 423.

Collections, staff, and operating expenditures of the 60 largest college and university libraries: 2005-06

Institution	Rank order, by number of volumes	Number of volumes at end of year (in thousands)	Number of e-books at end of year	Number of serials at end of year	Full-time-equivalent staff		Operating expenditures (in thousands)		Public service hours per week	Gate count per week	Reference transactions per week
					Total	Librarians	Total	Salaries and wages
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Harvard University (MA)	1	15,827	867	98,988	1,265	420	$105,809	$58,047	168	38,945	5,554
Yale University (CT)	2	12,369	167,205	73,953	706	170	74,938	31,304	111	14,599	1,958
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	3	10,371	247,242	63,413	503	99	35,602	19,151	119	84,639	5,264
University of California, Berkeley	4	10,094	—	114,860	531	96	50,253	26,035	98	27,000	3,300
University of Texas at Austin	5	9,022	—	53,125	536	100	41,586	19,810	107	71,992	6,149
Columbia University in the City of NY	6	8,832	342,573	102,901	618	139	51,901	26,064	107	72,484	3,579
Stanford University (CA)	7	8,402	365,000	30,850	697	149	74,233	40,958	105	19,500	2,203
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	8	8,273	1,028,674	118,654	574	158	49,053	23,204	168	72,696	2,711
University of California, Los Angeles	9	8,157	24,299	77,509	622	125	50,894	26,271	97	69,736	1,975
University of Wisconsin, Madison	10	8,015	502,514	68,560	577	233	40,962	22,381	148	108,354	—
Cornell University (NY)	11	7,521	298,767	77,392	552	116	42,156	21,197	144	101,159	2,047
University of Chicago (IL)	12	7,462	304,016	86,239	318	66	32,301	11,635	144	25,062	802
Indiana University, Bloomington	13	7,242	237,835	71,330	486	97	32,453	14,313	168	87,561	2,346
University of Washington, Seattle Campus.	14	6,677	280,140	60,629	463	135	35,218	18,234	142	136,000	2,056
Princeton University (NJ)	15	6,618	222,911	41,775	397	97	41,714	17,639	115	11,777	910
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	16	6,587	126,892	88,309	408	93	38,322	17,470	100	41,521	3,024
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	17	5,817	236	54,591	436	139	34,489	16,203	145	77,538	2,489
Ohio State University, Main Campus	18	5,765	188,722	36,813	435	82	32,966	15,155	168	52,357	6,312
Duke University (NC)	19	5,665	26,000	57,223	359	113	33,532	14,598	137	62,999	2,635
University of Pennsylvania	20	5,571	309,277	47,787	393	120	34,369	15,215	111	36,300	5,000
New York University	21	5,145	769,197	62,537	451	125	41,004	18,186	119	42,795	2,676
University of Virginia, Main Campus	22	5,103	270,603	71,832	373	97	30,273	15,703	149	78,134	3,225
Pennsylvania State U., Penn State Main Campus	23	5,070	18,200	71,230	611	124	48,878	23,496	168	40,417	3,830
University of Arizona	24	5,050	441,889	23,288	237	61	22,547	8,931	168	42,133	659
Rutgers University, New Brunswick/Piscataway	25	5,003	176,995	40,848	321	68	23,161	12,831	105	47,280	1,408
University of Pittsburgh, Main Campus (PA)	26	4,909	224,216	50,232	362	120	30,357	11,869	118	83,242	3,565
University of Kansas, Main Campus	27	4,756	109,272	40,989	258	61	18,300	8,667	140	34,433	1,996
Michigan State University	28	4,736	53,101	35,994	271	69	22,260	10,046	138	41,594	773
Northwestern University (IL)	29	4,688	39,035	45,259	339	94	26,335	12,068	119	26,058	1,638
University of Iowa	30	4,551	324,934	51,374	278	79	25,666	11,335	115	36,630	1,647
University of Oklahoma, Norman Campus	31	4,346	363,116	34,404	153	37	14,444	4,048	117	21,015	640
University of Georgia	32	4,346	84,423	37,226	294	71	23,014	9,487	110	17,735	1,910
University of Florida	33	4,168	273,671	85,169	431	99	27,435	12,339	111	28,421	5,736
University of Southern California	34	3,969	287,712	60,718	375	68	31,894	14,534	159	55,000	1,100
Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus	35	3,896	281,588	30,925	274	72	22,044	9,742	149	73,892	2,317
Johns Hopkins University (MD)	36	3,773	1,488,106	60,858	342	78	31,560	13,369	120	18,982	1,593
Washington University in St. Louis (MO)	37	3,750	197,298	41,339	311	105	37,908	12,923	120	35,000	1,632
University of Tennessee	38	3,735	266,279	35,265	354	123	29,754	11,944	138	39,332	1,743
University of Maryland, College Park	39	3,690	200,000	32,777	304	145	25,284	11,195	162	54,935	4,550
University of Colorado at Boulder	40	3,641	40,677	30,221	212	52	19,210	8,252	104	2,051	2,391
University of Rochester (NY)	41	3,607	13,056	26,760	214	91	18,122	8,231	119	4,196	922
Brigham Young University (UT)	42	3,594	144,910	30,895	380	84	23,943	11,177	105	82,860	3,580
Brown University (RI)	43	3,569	743,698	40,082	208	53	18,945	8,648	154	17,301	466
University of South Carolina, Columbia	44	3,533	691	58,855	277	68	20,422	7,837	152	20,000	3,350
University of Delaware	45	3,471	317,560	12,532	207	52	16,937	7,199	100	19,138	2,052
Louisiana State U. and A&M College	46	3,468	191,428	13,225	212	54	13,454	5,250	100	41,900	896
Wayne State University (MI)	47	3,443	55,429	23,693	267	55	19,054	8,812	168	39,134	1,052
SUNY at Buffalo	48	3,423	103,905	37,288	249	67	19,454	9,965	141	25,000	977
University of Hawaii at Manoa	49	3,413	87,557	156,425	230	66	18,181	8,521	94	27,714	1,732
University of Kentucky	50	3,406	226,680	31,897	263	85	19,569	8,009	140	60,367	1,955
University of California, Santa Barbara	51	3,353	102,925	42,219	238	45	17,131	7,731	103	37,632	1,946
University of New Mexico, Main Campus	52	3,340	195,522	18,143	299	72	21,484	—	103	39,631	1,783
North Carolina State University at Raleigh	53	3,301	278,271	49,480	276	94	22,409	10,033	146	33,325	1,103
Texas A&M University	54	3,300	280,779	45,806	367	91	28,372	11,077	142	47,114	866
University of Missouri, Columbia	55	3,295	25,386	36,244	211	57	14,414	6,051	110	42,000	1,730
University of California, Davis	56	3,258	402,112	41,921	254	54	18,509	8,776	95	33,245	1,289
University of Oregon	57	3,255	230,970	23,186	208	42	13,739	6,921	107	40,581	2,123
University of Notre Dame (IN)	58	3,247	7,443	21,622	261	59	21,694	9,540	126	18,853	574
University of California, San Diego	59	3,236	142,804	24,438	337	58	25,400	13,571	113	65,659	1,477
University of Cincinnati, Main Campus	60	3,209	155,744	42,265	213	51	24,203	10,072	105	29,876	2,241

—Not available.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Academic Libraries Survey (ALS), 2006. (This table was prepared July 2008.)