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| Table 416. | General statistics of college and university libraries: 1974-75 to 1994-95 |
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Item |1974-75\1\ |1975-76\1\ |1976-77\1\ |1978-79\1\ | 1981-82 | 1984-85 | 1987-88 | 1991-92 | 1994-95
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
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Number of libraries .............................| 2,972 | 2,987 | 3,058 | 3,122 | 3,104 | 3,322 | 3,438 | 3,274 | 3,639
Transactions, general collection ................| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| 186,092
Transactions, reserve collection ............... | ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| 49,567
Total enrollment, in thousands\2\ ...............| 10,322 | 11,291 | 11,121 | 11,392 | 12,372 | 12,242 | 12,767 | 14,359 | 14,279
Full-time-equivalent enrollment, in | | | | | | | | |
thousands\2\ ............................... | 7,805 | 8,480 | 8,313 | 8,348 | 9,015 | 8,952 | 9,230 | 10,361 | 10,348
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Collections, thousands of units | | | | | | | | |
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Number of volumes at end of year ................| 447,059 | 468,033 | 481,442 | 519,895 | 567,826 | 631,727 | 718,504 | 749,429 | 792,707
Number of volumes added during year .............| 23,242 | 22,977 | 22,367 | 21,608 | 19,507 | 20,658 | 21,907 | 20,982 | 22,460
Number of serial subscriptions\3\ ...............| 4,434 | 4,618 | 4,670 | 4,775 | 4,890 | 6,317 | 6,416 | 6,966 | 6,780
Microform titles at end of year .............. | ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| 160,188
Computer files at end of year ................ | ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| 480
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Library staff, in full-time equivalents | | | | | | | | |
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Total staff in regular positions\3\ .............| 56,836 | 56,852 | 57,087 | 58,416 | 58,476 | 58,476 | 67,251 | 67,166 | 68,920
FTE enrollment per FTE staff ................... | 137.3 | 149.2 | 145.6 | 142.9 | 154.2 | 153.1 | 137.2 | 154.3 | 150.1
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Librarians and professional staff .............| 23,530 | 23,104 | 23,308 | 23,676 | 23,816 | 21,822 | 25,115 | 26,341 | 27,376
Other paid staff ..............................| 33,306 | 33,748 | 33,779 | 34,740 | 34,660 | 38,026 | 40,733 | 40,421 | 41,227
Contributed services ..........................| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| 1,403 | 404 | 317
Student assistants ............................| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| 33,821 | 29,075 | 29,077
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Hours of student and other assistance, | | | | | | | | |
in thousands ...................................| 34,687 | 36,725 | 39,950 | 39,552 | 40,068 | 28,360 | ---| ---| ---
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Library operating expenditures | | | | | | | | |
(excluding capital outlay) | | | | | | | | |
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Operating expenditures, total, in thousands .....|$1,091,784 |$1,180,128 |$1,259,637 |$1,502,158 |$1,943,769 |$2,404,524 |$2,770,075 |$3,648,654 | 4,317,847
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Salaries\4\ ...................................| 592,568 | 649,374 | 698,090 | 824,438 | 1,081,894 | 1,156,138 | 1,451,551 | 1,889,368 | 2,058,375
Hourly wages ..................................| 61,474 | 66,175 | 68,683 | 79,535 | 100,847 | ---| ---| ---| ---
Fringe benefits ...............................| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| 231,209 | ---| ---| 238,984
Preservation ..................................| 22,206 | 22,375 | 22,521 | 25,274 | 30,351 | 32,939 | 34,144 | 43,126 | 47,296
Furniture/equipment ......................... | ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| 56,432
Computer hardware/software ....................| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| 126,936
Utilities/networks/consortia ................. | ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| 81,686
Collections .............................. | 327,904 | 357,544 | 373,699 | 450,180 | 561,199 | 750,282 | 891,281 | 1,197,293 | 1,374,407
Print materials .............................| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| 420,930 | 451,988
Serial subscriptions ........................| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| 639,128 | 703,463
Microforms ..................................| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| 43,666 | 61,702
Audiovisual materials .......................| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| 23,879 | 29,375
Machine readable materials ..................| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| 29,093 | 72,735
Collections, loans ..........................| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| | 12,440
Other collection expenditures ........... | ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| 40,596 | 42,704
Other library operating expenditures ..........| 87,632 | 84,660 | 96,643 | 122,731 | 169,478 | 233,957 | 393,099 | 518,867 | 333,732
Operating expenditures per FTE student ..........| 140 | 139 | 152 | 180 | 216 | 269 | 300 | 352 | 417
Operating expenditures per FTE student in | | | | | | | | |
constant 1994-95 dollars ......................| 406 | 377 | 388 | 395 | 345 | 382 | 390 | 383 | 417
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Operating expenditures, total, in percents ......| 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0
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Salaries\4\ ...................................| 54.3 | 55.0 | 55.4 | 54.9 | 55.7 | 48.1 | 52.4 | 51.8 | 47.7
Hourly wages ..................................| 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.2 | ---| ---| ---| ---
Fringe benefits ...............................| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| 9.6 | ---| ---| 5.5
Preservation ..................................| 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1
Collections .............................. | 30.0 | 30.3 | 29.7 | 30.0 | 28.9 | 31.2 | 32.2 | 32.8 | 31.8
Other library operating expenditures ..........| 8.0 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 9.7 | 14.2 | 14.2 | 13.9
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Library operating expenditures as percent of | | | | | | | | |
total institutional expenditures for | | | | | | | | |
educational and general purposes ............. | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.9
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\1\Includes data for U.S. territories. \2\Fall enrollment for the academic year specified. \3\Data are for end of year. Excludes student assistants. \4\Includes expenditures for fringe benefits (except for 1984-85 and 1987-88) and salary equivalents of contributed services staff. ---Data not available. NOTE.--Because of rounding, details may not add to totals. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Library Statistics of Colleges and Universities, various years; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Academic Library Survey." (This table was prepared July 1997.)
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