National Center for Education Statistics

Number of items in library collections at Title IV degree-granting institutions, by level and control of institution and type of collection: United States, fiscal year 2017
Type of library collection	Total	4-year			2-year
		Public	Private		Public	Private
		Public	Nonprofit	For-profit	Public	Nonprofit	For-profit
Total library collections	2,500,182,151	1,027,958,209	904,476,134	125,517,232	273,073,954	20,488,669	148,667,953
Physical library collections (books, media, and serials)	1,016,115,226	580,351,612	381,556,361	3,373,623	49,152,922	568,066	1,112,642
Physical books	799,262,556	440,723,440	308,812,242	2,895,502	45,274,538	533,988	1,022,846
Physical media	194,634,130	126,870,773	64,112,210	391,142	3,180,214	22,716	57,075
Physical serials	22,218,540	12,757,399	8,631,909	86,979	698,170	11,362	32,721
Electronic library collections (books, databases, media, and serials)	1,484,066,925	447,606,597	522,919,773	122,143,609	223,921,032	19,920,603	147,555,311
Digital/electronic books	852,208,296	288,804,021	326,014,985	79,857,170	114,066,522	5,122,627	38,342,971
Databases	946,210	230,772	281,414	25,789	82,659	6,159	319,417
Digital/electronic media	362,906,522	103,559,799	119,974,308	34,314,499	65,809,963	14,283,428	24,964,525
Digital/electronic serials	268,005,897	55,012,005	76,649,066	7,946,151	43,961,888	508,389	83,928,398

NOTE: Title IV institutions are those with a written agreement with the U.S. Department of Education that allows the institution to participate in any of the Title IV federal student financial assistance programs. The four U.S. service academies that

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Spring 2018, Academic Libraries component (provisional data).

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