Table 419.

Collections, staff, and operating expenditures of the 60 largest college and university libraries: 2001–02

Institution	Rank order, by number of volumes	Number of volumes at end of year (in thousands)	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
Harvard University (MA)	1	14,615	1,307	420	96,454	51,702	107	37,243	8,154
Yale University (CT)	2	10,707	632	163	54,518	22,388	111	13,961	2,559
University of Illinois, Urbana Campus	3	9,709	522	88	31,458	16,906	107	33,233	7,516
University of California, Berkeley	4	9,389	688	119	51,649	26,191	98	27,000	3,489
University of Texas, Austin	5	8,230	562	118	36,480	18,106	103	110,114	4,104
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	6	7,643	643	167	43,358	19,307	168	63,202	4,194
Stanford University (CA)	7	7,616	629	114	54,785	21,915	98	24,438	2,084
Columbia University in the City of NY	8	7,557	535	140	39,114	18,628	106	69,000	5,000
University of California, Los Angeles	9	7,445	601	142	37,671	—	96	89,092	3,819
Cornell University (NY)	10	6,964	590	133	39,162	18,764	114	20,092	2,462
University of Chicago (IL)	11	6,833	344	71	25,416	10,677	146	41,100	1,154
Indiana University, Bloomington	12	6,512	458	95	30,067	13,075	115	75,546	7,573
University of Washington, Seattle	13	6,274	506	128	31,568	17,742	135	87,877	6,500
University of Wisconsin, Madison	14	6,216	513	190	33,614	18,491	131	83,419	4,718
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	15	6,082	423	99	32,444	16,089	106	41,548	3,648
Princeton University (NJ)	16	5,990	371	100	31,006	14,297	110	13,642	970
Ohio State University, Main Campus	17	5,603	433	92	27,822	13,101	168	50,696	6,990
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	18	5,366	429	133	26,413	13,465	146	41,046	4,294
Duke University (NC)	19	5,234	343	109	30,589	12,166	122	56,872	2,516
University of Pennsylvania	20	5,153	403	119	30,651	13,702	111	36,000	6,254
University of Virginia, Main Campus	21	4,868	349	94	28,625	15,786	149	71,206	4,550
Rutgers University, New Brunswick (NJ)	22	4,832	316	69	20,619	12,263	108	57,909	1,879
New York University	23	4,645	427	120	33,054	15,703	119	38,000	3,419
University of Pittsburgh, Main Campus (PA)	24	4,553	344	75	25,177	9,864	123	23,971	5,326
Michigan State University	25	4,504	284	63	19,461	9,182	148	39,929	1,720
University of Kansas, Main Campus	26	4,447	269	65	16,022	7,878	140	32,914	2,673
University of Arizona	27	4,442	290	77	20,201	8,025	168	29,157	836
University of Iowa	28	4,303	308	70	20,165	10,421	123	50,145	6,603
Northwestern University (IL)	29	4,217	340	91	22,663	10,443	116	18,646	2,176
University of Oklahoma, Norman Campus	30	3,951	159	41	12,246	3,893	107	20,277	1,202
University of Florida	31	3,950	407	103	24,138	10,993	110	42,569	2,919
University of Georgia	32	3,873	364	87	21,546	9,655	101	26,206	2,428
University of Southern California	33	3,740	339	73	27,512	12,891	159	55,838	1,365
Washington University in St Louis (MO)	34	3,548	285	95	26,328	9,815	120	33,000	1,500
Johns Hopkins University (MD)	35	3,509	338	69	26,698	11,576	120	28,933	2,398
University of Hawaii, Manoa	36	3,421	238	63	15,299	7,251	94	31,379	2,980
Arizona State University, Main Campus	37	3,360	306	85	20,181	9,337	106	60,272	3,486
University of South Carolina at Columbia	38	3,334	292	78	17,003	7,216	111	25,000	3,700
Brigham Young University (UT)	39	3,305	350	87	20,294	9,549	101	70,000	2,400
Wayne State University (MI)	40	3,296	309	50	18,558	8,925	142	56,471	13,435
State University of New York, Buffalo	41	3,288	249	80	17,822	8,906	97	12,600	1,400
University of Rochester (NY)	42	3,277	208	66	13,918	6,272	117	4,000	1,252
University of California, Santa Barbara	43	3,207	236	45	16,245	8,113	103	33,381	1,956
State University of New York, Stony Brook	44	3,200	164	36	12,666	5,674	100	17,967	5,755
Brown University (RI)	45	3,192	217	60	16,318	7,565	101	17,762	54,032
Louisiana State U. & A&M & Hebert Laws Center	46	3,175	205	49	12,763	5,632	93	39,944	2,595
North Carolina State University at Raleigh	47	3,144	264	97	21,672	9,628	146	39,005	2,042
Pennsylvania State University, Main Campus	48	3,118	438	77	29,457	15,328	168	53,469	4,416
University of Missouri, Columbia	49	3,111	222	56	14,390	5,763	104	30,000	2,080
University of Massachusetts, Amherst	50	3,089	170	49	11,406	6,926	93	20,750	1,775
University of Oregon	51	3,030	215	39	14,066	6,780	96	15,553	2,826
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale	52	3,030	236	42	14,318	6,707	150	15,275	2,206
University of Colorado at Boulder	53	3,023	236	51	18,143	7,840	104	1,969	4,062
University of Kentucky	54	2,989	290	73	20,091	8,178	160	32,000	1,948
Kansas State University	55	2,979	117	37	10,564	4,496	105	13,714	611
University of Utah	56	2,978	365	69	21,783	10,648	115	39,686	7,584
University of Notre Dame (IN)	57	2,976	272	59	18,456	8,444	126	18,001	571
University of California, Davis	58	2,958	272	52	18,935	8,912	95	32,225	2,181
University of Maryland, College Park Campus	59	2,957	296	124	23,689	11,237	110	53,029	5,428
University of California, San Diego	60	2,938	341	52	24,272	12,606	112	40,514	2,022

—Not available. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Academic Libraries Survey (ALS), 2002. (This table was prepared September 2006.)