Table 411.

Collections, staff, and operating expenditures of the 60 largest college and university libraries: 2003-04

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	15,392	409	100,009	1,255	434	$106,455	$56,321	107	37,091	6,769
Yale University (CT)	2	11,390	167,205	66,867	673	180	65,213	27,787	111	13,904	2,060
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	3	10,192	8,430	89,444	508	104	33,557	17,512	109	34,619	4,319
University of California, Berkeley	4	9,813	—	79,394	646	103	53,264	27,010	98	27,000	3,300
University of Texas at Austin	5	8,482	400,205	48,096	537	116	36,316	18,785	85	134,042	5,011
Columbia University in the City of NY	6	8,443	130,440	65,177	536	138	44,554	20,487	105	68,733	3,719
University of California, Los Angeles	7	7,989	26,784	78,171	589	119	47,692	26,344	93	94,957	2,440
Stanford University (CA)	8	7,987	19,609	29,773	676	138	71,463	38,915	105	19,338	2,068
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	9	7,958	426,493	67,554	596	157	46,738	21,803	168	68,336	3,796
University of Wisconsin, Madison	10	7,348	459,427	55,164	564	217	39,262	21,585	148	79,307	4,140
Cornell University (NY)	11	7,297	84,569	72,788	553	124	42,561	19,736	144	—	2,159
University of Chicago (IL)	12	7,124	166,729	63,367	306	63	26,918	10,586	144	23,099	960
Indiana University, Bloomington	13	6,770	87,724	70,370	485	99	30,684	13,902	168	86,942	5,393
University of Washington, Seattle	14	6,500	52,689	47,843	473	115	32,278	16,896	135	91,542	5,704
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	15	6,374	52,610	35,801	386	92	31,630	15,771	100	46,880	3,324
Princeton University (NJ)	16	6,253	87,539	44,634	399	99	36,418	16,483	110	11,798	970
Ohio State University, Main Campus	17	5,810	14,959	35,561	401	86	28,510	12,881	168	45,249	6,023
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	18	5,601	927	52,454	413	134	29,619	14,112	147	53,000	2,702
University of Pennsylvania	19	5,377	111,790	39,426	401	114	36,396	14,498	111	36,000	6,000
Duke University (NC)	20	5,360	26,601	38,112	339	106	30,157	13,843	119	60,000	2,188
University of Virginia, Main Campus	21	4,987	92,140	52,192	352	105	29,355	15,892	154	76,423	3,227
Pennsylvania State University, Main Campus	22	4,975	211,721	58,459	631	154	42,596	21,779	168	106,328	3,630
Rutgers University, New Brunswick (NJ)	23	4,930	131,163	14,626	338	68	21,530	12,106	106	55,012	2,151
University of Arizona	24	4,708	167,833	26,029	261	66	21,211	8,488	168	34,000	900
New York University	25	4,643	386,256	49,044	434	118	34,462	16,680	119	22,608	2,682
University of Pittsburgh, Main Campus (PA)	26	4,640	173,121	44,924	385	118	25,665	11,054	123	83,242	5,295
Michigan State University	27	4,629	10,440	33,420	278	71	20,956	9,706	148	41,594	814
University of Kansas, Main Campus	28	4,600	1,775	38,002	271	64	16,709	7,650	100	27,775	2,004
University of Iowa	29	4,475	27,892	50,675	301	73	24,119	10,890	123	49,616	2,136
Northwestern University (IL)	30	4,409	55,667	39,944	338	89	25,631	11,692	119	26,456	2,456
University of Oklahoma, Norman Campus	31	4,387	259,909	24,295	162	38	13,747	4,049	117	20,974	788
University of Georgia	32	4,029	35,002	67,268	318	82	21,544	9,446	101	27,730	2,220
University of Florida	33	4,022	32,592	25,330	384	102	25,112	11,712	111	43,055	3,881
University of Southern California	34	3,866	112,219	52,569	351	83	31,813	13,747	160	52,257	1,246
Washington University in St Louis (MO)	35	3,647	100,476	47,266	294	102	28,436	10,888	120	38,000	1,365
Johns Hopkins University (MD)	36	3,606	702,204	50,097	341	77	28,165	11,532	120	18,078	1,662
Arizona State University, Main Campus	37	3,594	226,650	32,001	284	71	21,086	9,174	149	71,882	2,798
University of Hawaii, Manoa	38	3,497	2,464	32,797	238	69	16,532	7,686	98	29,860	3,583
University of Colorado at Boulder	39	3,485	15,006	23,025	208	50	18,886	7,827	104	2,051	3,741
Brigham Young University (UT)	40	3,445	87,038	27,161	390	82	22,407	10,691	105	76,000	3,250
University of South Carolina, Columbia	41	3,436	348	24,152	281	68	17,271	7,020	111	20,000	2,276
University of Rochester (NY)	42	3,371	3,482	22,770	200	92	16,325	7,954	117	4,000	1,252
State University of New York, Buffalo	43	3,360	—	34,126	257	69	18,720	9,581	143	12,100	1,433
Wayne State University (MI)	44	3,348	23,727	20,940	269	51	19,061	9,491	142	51,031	1,147
Louisiana State U. & A&M & Hebert Law Center	45	3,316	82,714	58,918	203	44	12,790	5,729	93	41,900	2,700
Brown University (RI)	46	3,305	113,192	18,149	209	62	17,504	7,981	110	17,648	685
North Carolina State University at Raleigh	47	3,245	144,974	54,799	289	103	22,209	9,707	146	37,367	1,438
University of California, Santa Barbara	48	3,229	42,673	38,223	242	45	16,502	8,062	103	37,632	2,267
University of New Mexico, Main Campus	49	3,216	136,944	14,901	308	73	19,397	—	100	34,216	1,807
University of Missouri, Columbia	50	3,206	—	19,746	194	55	14,232	5,550	94	30,084	1,599
University of Delaware	51	3,187	157,290	12,476	201	49	14,828	6,692	100	18,834	2,358
University of Utah	52	3,186	99,102	40,753	351	68	22,230	10,752	115	41,800	7,205
University of Massachusetts, Amherst	53	3,158	86,236	37,716	158	47	11,655	5,971	106	20,000	1,500
University of Notre Dame (IN)	54	3,122	3,512	22,377	254	58	18,765	8,574	126	17,673	472
Texas A&M University	55	3,097	214,210	49,197	347	80	25,842	10,188	129	47,761	783
University of Kentucky	56	3,093	27,441	29,633	286	77	19,270	7,838	140	59,479	2,400
University of California, Davis	57	3,068	54,487	32,208	262	52	17,588	8,901	95	39,301	1,716
Temple University (PA)	58	3,060	132,570	23,868	204	59	14,619	6,424	108	44,982	1,583
University of Cincinnati, Main Campus	59	3,050	74,049	39,787	250	61	19,503	8,283	105	36,420	2,918
University of Maryland, College Park	60	3,017	107,489	33,438	257	121	20,749	10,285	162	59,320	5,842

— Not available. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Academic Libraries Survey (ALS), 2004. (This table was prepared July 2007.)