Table 10. Expenditures for different types of information resources at academic libraries, by control, level, size, and Carnegie classification of institution: Fiscal year 2008

Academic Libraries: 2008
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NCES 2010-348
December 2009

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Institutional characteristic	Total number of libraries	Information resources total¹	Books, serial backfiles and other materials			Current serial subscriptions		Document delivery/inter- library loan	Preservation	Other expenditures for information resources
Institutional characteristic	Total number of libraries	Information resources total¹	Total	Electronic	Audiovisual	Total	Electronic	Document delivery/inter- library loan	Preservation	Other expenditures for information resources
All U.S. academic libraries	3,827	$2,663,081,820	$788,627,781	$133,586,086	$43,849,233	$1,704,298,887	$1,004,393,298	$30,495,790	$41,590,609	$98,068,753

Control
Public	1,576	1,537,511,561	427,042,609	74,148,629	25,109,653	1,017,904,643	628,441,467	18,730,294	23,307,199	50,526,816
Private	2,251	1,125,570,259	361,585,172	59,437,457	18,739,580	686,394,244	375,951,831	11,765,496	18,283,410	47,541,937

Level²
Total 4-year and above	2,393	2,534,240,364	717,513,435	125,493,143	34,870,596	1,650,938,333	977,243,151	29,622,399	40,867,748	95,298,449
Doctor's	721	2,025,495,761	559,447,024	103,394,645	21,842,988	1,327,878,515	823,754,288	23,187,664	33,895,503	81,087,055
Master's	911	359,242,872	107,491,794	14,441,681	8,445,279	232,683,297	113,945,863	4,807,243	4,827,412	9,433,126
Bachelor's	730	124,325,930	46,975,784	6,075,614	4,445,947	71,192,206	34,693,655	1,550,150	1,874,685	2,733,105
Less than 4-year	1,434	128,841,456	71,114,346	8,092,943	8,978,637	53,360,554	27,150,147	873,391	722,861	2,770,304

Size (FTE enrollment)³
Less than 1,000	1,455	110,694,627	38,144,192	6,345,073	2,866,101	65,513,688	28,117,990	959,018	1,596,171	4,481,558
1,000 to 2,999	1,136	317,052,253	98,806,785	11,736,018	8,949,807	198,899,789	101,098,846	3,990,798	4,418,532	10,936,349
3,000 to 4,999	475	187,816,416	59,801,846	8,494,703	5,262,997	120,067,823	61,214,589	2,141,597	2,098,323	3,706,827
5,000 to 9,999	405	384,766,925	108,702,180	19,010,829	7,606,676	254,691,941	139,473,553	3,775,908	5,748,840	11,848,056
10,000 to 19,999	238	669,621,735	190,392,504	31,764,978	9,121,773	440,285,665	264,874,589	6,410,250	10,106,562	22,426,754
20,000 or more	118	993,129,864	292,780,274	56,234,485	10,041,879	624,839,981	409,613,731	13,218,219	17,622,181	44,669,209

Carnegie classification²
Doctoral/Research	275	1,685,437,698	474,046,700	90,541,016	16,471,975	1,092,261,983	690,888,848	19,353,778	29,598,004	70,177,233
Master's I and II	603	450,647,507	124,253,040	16,316,044	9,178,314	304,181,928	158,137,216	5,661,793	5,378,663	11,172,083
Baccalaureate	557	216,803,945	69,526,661	8,073,765	5,405,183	135,627,722	66,401,183	3,169,795	3,837,951	4,641,816
Baccalaureate/Associates	96	10,793,004	5,582,194	792,086	590,326	4,741,577	2,602,677	53,663	67,665	347,905
Associates	1,474	138,104,464	76,601,591	9,209,426	9,602,218	56,708,205	28,610,892	914,607	754,425	3,125,636
Specialized	645	151,297,994	34,323,950	7,923,962	2,209,452	106,201,337	55,506,072	1,291,792	1,918,079	7,562,836
Not classified	177	9,997,208	4,293,645	729,787	391,765	4,576,135	2,246,410	50,362	35,822	1,041,244

¹ "Information resources total" includes books, serial backfiles, current serial subscriptions, document delivery/interlibrary loan, preservation, and other expenditures for information resources.

² While "level" and "Carnegie classification" are similar, there is not complete overlap in the two classifications. "Level" refers to the highest level of any degree offered by the institution. The "Carnegie classification" is based on criteria such as institutional mission and research funding in addition to highest level of degree awarded. The Carnegie classification was developed by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and published in A Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, 2005 Edition.

³ Full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment is calculated by adding one-third of part-time enrollment to full-time enrollment.

NOTE: The number of doctoral, master's, and bachelor's level institutions does not sum to the total number of 4-year and above institutions because there are 4-year and above institutions that grant "other" degrees and are thus not included in the breakdown.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Academic Libraries Survey (ALS), 2008.

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