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Table 421. -  Selected statistics on the collections, staff, and operating expenditures of 60 large college and university libraries: 1994
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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  | Profes-  |  Total  |   and   | week  |  week   |   per
                                               |volumes|thousands |        |  sional  |         |  wages  |       |         |  week
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                       1                       |   2   |    3     |   4    |    5     |    6    |    7    |   8   |    9    |   10
_______________________________________________|_______|__________|________|__________|_________|_________|_______|_________|_________
Harvard University (Mass.) \1\.................|     1 |   12,395 |  1,096 |      363 | $54,451 | $29,467 |    95 |   (\2\) |   (\2\)
Yale University (Conn.) .......................|     2 |   10,503 |    623 |      191 |  38,333 |  16,254 |    90 |   (\2\) |   (\2\)
University of Illinois, Urbana Campus .........|     3 |    8,475 |    513 |      152 |  21,535 |  10,704 |    94 |   (\2\) |  13,516
University of Texas, Austin ...................|     4 |    7,020 |    643 |      144 |  22,387 |  12,517 |   107 | 170,346 |  13,664
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor .............|     5 |    6,664 |    590 |      140 |  30,521 |  13,424 |    99 |   (\2\) |   (\2\)
                                               |       |          |        |          |         |         |       |         |
University of California, Berkeley ............|     6 |    6,654 |    543 |      132 |  32,954 |  16,696 |    82 |   (\2\) |   (\2\)
Columbia University, Main Division (N.Y.) .....|     7 |    6,532 |    568 |      170 |  27,916 |  14,768 |   103 |   (\2\) |   (\2\)
Stanford University (Calif.) ..................|     8 |    6,409 |    555 |      162 |  36,203 |  18,658 |    49 |   (\2\) |   (\2\)
University of California, Los Angeles .........|     9 |    6,306 |    560 |      126 |  27,313 |  13,141 |    87 |  79,871 |  12,996
University of Chicago (Ill.) ..................|    10 |    5,710 |    362 |       75 |  18,124 |   8,781 |   109 |  24,370 |   1,407
                                               |       |          |        |          |         |         |       |         |
Indiana University, Bloomington ...............|    11 |    5,554 |    471 |      142 |  22,761 |  11,400 |   101 |   (\2\) |  15,644
University of Wisconsin, Madison ..............|    12 |    5,536 |    533 |      150 |  25,320 |  13,245 |   131 | 129,254 |  10,314
University of Washington ......................|    13 |    5,355 |    485 |      130 |  23,846 |  12,704 |   104 |   (\2\) |   (\2\)
Princeton University (N.J.) ...................|    14 |    5,186 |    400 |      121 |  23,608 |  11,556 |   120 |   (\2\) |   (\2\)
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities...........|    15 |    5,101 |    446 |      104 |  23,870 |  11,883 |   122 |   (\2\) |   6,450
                                               |       |          |        |          |         |         |       |         |
Ohio State University, Main Campus ............|    16 |    4,786 |    409 |      103 |  19,772 |   9,304 |   168 |  50,616 |  18,926
Cornell University (N.Y.) .....................|    17 |    4,705 |    458 |      134 |  20,415 |   9,768 |    79 |   (\2\) |   4,818
Duke University (N.C.) ........................|    18 |    4,330 |    330 |      104 |  20,929 |   8,619 |   113 |   (\2\) |   3,734
University of Pennsylvania ....................|    19 |    4,210 |    376 |      108 |  21,498 |  10,200 |   137 |  51,923 |   8,433
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill .....|    20 |    4,155 |    430 |      122 |  20,668 |  10,006 |   110 |   (\2\) |   6,401
                                               |       |          |        |          |         |         |       |         |
University of Arizona .........................|    21 |    4,126 |    361 |       84 |  17,171 |   7,272 |   158 |  55,783 |   4,068
University of Virginia, Main Campus ...........|    22 |    4,059 |    353 |       92 |  17,011 |   8,157 |   111 |   (\2\) |   3,400
Michigan State University .....................|    23 |    3,904 |    290 |       64 |  13,369 |   6,871 |   109 |   (\2\) |   (\2\)
University of Iowa ............................|    24 |    3,567 |    304 |       94 |  15,095 |   7,250 |   107 |   (\2\) |   (\2\)
New York University ...........................|    25 |    3,335 |    440 |      140 |  24,418 |  11,889 |   115 |  50,000 |   6,000
                                               |       |          |        |          |         |         |       |         |
University of Southern California .............|    26 |    3,248 |    346 |      107 |  17,794 |   9,061 |   168 |   6,433 |   5,731
University of Georgia .........................|    27 |    3,216 |    317 |       83 |  14,455 |   6,534 |   114 |  26,398 |   2,775
University of Pittsburgh, Main Campus (Penn.) .|    28 |    3,201 |    379 |       95 |  18,671 |   7,689 |   121 |  42,017 |   6,203
University of Kansas, Main Campus .............|    29 |    3,117 |    282 |       88 |  11,760 |   5,420 |   100 |   (\2\) |   (\2\)
University of Florida .........................|    30 |    3,092 |    400 |      110 |  15,780 |   8,553 |    74 | 187,737 |  15,000
                                               |       |          |        |          |         |         |       |         |
University of Hawaii, Manoa ...................|    31 |    2,942 |    258 |       74 |  13,203 |   7,277 |   106 |  55,620 |   3,165
Northwestern University (Ill.) ................|    32 |    2,932 |    315 |       84 |  12,663 |   6,422 |   119 |  22,401 |   2,727
Johns Hopkins University (Md.) ................|    33 |    2,874 |    281 |       81 |  16,853 |   6,771 |   123 |  15,219 |   1,579
State U. of New York, Buffalo, Main Campus.....|    34 |    2,864 |    257 |       91 |  12,681 |   6,554 |    90 |  69,700 |   6,215
University of Rochester (N.Y.) ................|    35 |    2,843 |    218 |       69 |   9,841 |   4,377 |    97 |  17,385 |     635
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Wayne State University (Mich.) ................|    36 |    2,834 |    261 |       79 |  12,938 |   6,023 |    97 |  46,709 |   9,649
Syracuse University, Main Campus (N.Y.) .......|    37 |    2,779 |    251 |       70 |   9,435 |   4,910 |   105 |  23,318 |   2,193
Louisiana State U. & A&M & Hebert Laws Center .|    38 |    2,778 |    201 |       48 |   9,444 |   4,466 |    99 |   (\2\) |   3,400
Arizona State University ......................|    39 |    2,777 |    314 |       86 |  14,053 |   6,892 |    97 |   6,000 |   5,260
Brown University (R.I.) .......................|    40 |    2,710 |    264 |       79 |  13,028 |   5,746 |   111 |  25,329 |   2,019
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University of Missouri, Columbia ..............|    41 |    2,684 |    248 |       58 |  10,166 |   4,444 |   105 |  42,000 |   2,503
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale ......|    42 |    2,648 |    215 |       42 |   9,508 |   4,453 |    92 |  22,974 |   2,660
University of South Carolina at Columbia.......|    43 |    2,639 |    236 |       69 |  10,549 |   5,008 |   111 |  39,392 |   5,110
University of Massachusetts at Amherst.........|    44 |    2,604 |    189 |       51 |  10,432 |   5,493 |    95 |  28,892 |   3,137
University of Kentucky.........................|    45 |    2,557 |    325 |       78 |  11,652 |   5,950 |   146 |  47,034 |   8,876
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Pennsylvania State University, Main Campus ....|    46 |    2,541 |    419 |       84 |  18,067 |   9,558 |   168 |  65,231 |   8,426
University of Colorado, Boulder ...............|    47 |    2,504 |    249 |       62 |  13,512 |   5,841 |   107 |  74,629 |   5,029
Washington University (Missouri) ..............|    48 |    2,476 |    188 |       52 |  10,355 |   4,039 |   102 |  16,811 |   5,292
University of Maryland, College Park Campus ...|    49 |    2,454 |    464 |      104 |  14,473 |   7,538 |   126 |  72,844 |  12,636
North Carolina State University at Raleigh ....|    50 |    2,399 |    244 |       63 |  11,937 |   4,943 |   107 |  39,954 |   3,109
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University of California, Davis ...............|    51 |    2,391 |    306 |       65 |  13,132 |   7,066 |    87 |  20,167 |   4,939
Massachusetts Institute of Technology .........|    52 |    2,366 |    226 |       85 |  11,771 |   6,072 |   100 |  30,000 |   3,000
University of Utah ............................|    53 |    2,350 |    319 |       65 |  12,856 |   5,713 |   100 |  32,672 |   1,307
Brigham Young University (Utah) ...............|    54 |    2,326 |    291 |      100 |  12,421 |   5,877 |   101 |  73,668 |  13,231
University of Nebraska at Lincoln .............|    55 |    2,324 |    221 |       56 |   9,445 |   4,339 |   108 |  18,556 |   1,243
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University of California, San Diego ...........|    56 |    2,297 |    335 |       81 |  15,078 |   8,166 |   100 |  43,753 |   3,333
Southern Methodist University (Tex.) ..........|    57 |    2,240 |    159 |       50 |   7,752 |   3,737 |   116 |   (\2\) |   2,500
Indiana University of Pennsylvania\1\ .........|    58 |    2,236 |    232 |       60 |  10,707 |   5,111 |   104 |   (\2\) |   (\2\)
Auburn University, Main Campus (Ala.) .........|    59 |    2,234 |    191 |       51 |   8,911 |   3,733 |    99 |  24,714 |   3,999
University of Oklahoma, Norman Campus .........|    60 |    2,225 |    149 |       42 |   6,957 |   2,862 |    97 |  30,402 |   4,017
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\1\Data estimated based on previous year's report.
\2\Data not available.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data Survey, 1994 Academic Library System. (This table was prepared July 1997.)


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