Digest of Education Statistics: 2004
Digest of Education Statistics: 2004

NCES 2006-005
October 2005


Table 421. Collections, staff, and operating expenditures of the 60 largest college and university libraries: 1999-2000

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                                                 |  Rank |Number of |   Full-time-  |Operating expendi|Public |  Gate |Reference
                                                 |  order|  volumes |equivalent staf|tures, in thousan|service| count |  trans-
                                                 |    by |at end of |_______________|_________________| hours |   per | actions
Institution                                      |number | year, in |Total | Libra- |  Total |Salaries|   per |  week |per week
                                                 |    of |thousands |      |   ians |        |    and |  week |       |
                                                 |volumes|          |      |        |        |  wages |       |       |
_________________________________________________|_______|__________|______|________|________|________|_______|_______|_________
1                                                |     2 |        3 |    4 |      5 |      6 |      7 |     8 |     9 |      10
_________________________________________________|_______|__________|______|________|________|________|_______|_______|_________
Harvard University (MA) .........................|      1|    14,437| 1,328|     387| $80,862| $43,107|    107| 36,058|    8,739
Yale University (CT) ............................|      2|    10,496|   655|     187|  47,252|  19,855|    111| 13,517|    4,000
University of Illinois, Urbana Campus ...........|      3|     9,470|   517|      92|  27,699|  14,916|    107| 33,140|    9,384
University of California, Berkeley ..............|      4|     9,108|   649|     106|  38,430|  20,302|     98| 33,140|    3,765
University of Texas, Austin .....................|      5|     7,936|   556|     117|  31,438|  16,153|    147| 94,411|    8,073
                                                 |       |          |      |        |        |        |       |       |
University of California, Los Angeles ...........|      6|     7,517|   630|     143|  41,267|  20,978|     87| 83,138|    3,154
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor ...............|      7|     7,348|   601|     152|  36,484|  19,057|    168| 63,025|    4,261
Stanford University (CA) ........................|      8|     7,286|   630|     112|  57,815|  28,368|     98| 23,660|    2,233
Columbia University, Main Division (NY) .........|      9|     7,266|   524|     131|  34,400|  16,739|    104| 18,910|    1,428
University of Chicago (IL) ......................|     10|     6,558|   325|      68|  22,635|   9,708|    111| 32,755|    1,800
                                                 |       |          |      |        |        |        |       |       |
Indiana University, Bloomington .................|     11|     6,315|   441|      93|  26,459|  11,655|    115| 79,905|    9,554
University of Wisconsin, Madison ................|     12|     6,057|   514|     171|  31,292|  16,575|    131| 98,804|    5,614
University of Washington ........................|     13|     6,051|   488|     129|  30,784|  15,317|    135| 33,140|    6,000
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities ............|     14|     5,857|   430|      99|  29,994|  15,011|    106| 40,000|    4,341
Cornell University (NY) .........................|     15|     5,522|   461|      91|  27,259|  12,278|    114| 20,729|    1,625
                                                 |       |          |      |        |        |        |       |       |
Ohio State University, Main Campus ..............|     16|     5,394|   439|      91|  26,275|  12,627|    168| 36,051|   10,940
Princeton University (NJ) .......................|     17|     5,315|   388|     102|  29,363|  12,947|    110| 20,001|    1,510
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill .......|     18|     5,133|   415|     132|  24,986|  12,034|    147| 40,931|    4,100
Duke University (NC) ............................|     19|     4,961|   368|     107|  24,895|  10,804|    122| 22,183|    3,329
University of Pennsylvania ......................|     20|     4,914|   395|     118|  30,051|  12,386|    115| 35,500|    5,200
                                                 |       |          |      |        |        |        |       |       |
Rutgers University (NJ) .........................|     21|     4,737|   320|      71|  18,716|  11,371|    106| 61,665|    1,689
University of Virginia, Main Campus .............|     22|     4,679|   363|      97|  25,844|  14,182|    119| 65,000|    5,500
New York University .............................|     23|     4,396|   417|      94|  28,695|  14,227|    119| 38,000|    5,995
Michigan State University .......................|     24|     4,360|   280|      66|  18,443|   8,207|    143| 39,817|    1,371
University of Arizona ...........................|     25|     4,267|   289|      65|  17,736|   7,343|    168| 31,538|    1,883
                                                 |       |          |      |        |        |        |       |       |
University of Kansas, Main Campus ...............|     26|     4,250|   262|      59|  14,313|   6,858|     98|  8,741|    1,206
University of Iowa ..............................|     27|     4,120|   306|      74|  21,099|   9,423|    107| 41,547|    6,888
Northwestern University (IL) ....................|     28|     4,083|   345|      92|  20,667|   9,683|    114| 12,859|    2,332
University of Pittsburgh, Main Campus (PA) ......|     29|     3,822|   344|      95|  20,941|   8,462|    122| 43,663|    6,000
University of Oklahoma, Norman Campus ...........|     30|     3,703|   159|      28|   9,797|   3,486|     85| 16,316|    1,467
                                                 |       |          |      |        |        |        |       |       |
University of Georgia ...........................|     31|     3,702|   356|      74|  20,083|   8,936|    101| 28,846|    2,554
University of Southern California ...............|     32|     3,526|   369|      80|  25,034|  12,493|    159| 59,154|    1,203
University of Florida ...........................|     33|     3,525|   404|     103|  23,291|  10,159|    110| 55,979|    3,182
Washington University (MO) ......................|     34|     3,426|   263|      77|  20,098|   7,073|    117| 32,485|    1,934
University of South Carolina at Columbia ........|     35|     3,222|   296|      78|  17,221|   7,591|    111| 50,000|    3,500
                                                 |       |          |      |        |        |        |       |       |
University of Hawaii, Manoa .....................|     36|     3,205|   243|      64|  14,226|   6,652|     65| 30,459|    3,080
Arizona State University ........................|     37|     3,191|   299|      83|  19,111|   8,628|    102| 43,062|    3,936
Syracuse University, Main Campus (NY) ...........|     38|     3,127|   232|      47|  11,852|   5,534|    105| 12,660|    3,838
Wayne State University (MI) .....................|     39|     3,117|   289|      47|  17,878|   8,615|     97| 61,499|   11,446
Louisiana State U. & A&M & Hebert Laws Center ...|     40|     3,098|   208|      48|  11,340|   4,991|    113| 38,057|    4,347
                                                 |       |          |      |        |        |        |       |       |
Brown University (RI) ...........................|     41|     3,082|   231|      60|  14,278|   6,833|    101| 24,915|   54,963
University of Rochester (NY) ....................|     42|     3,077|   215|      65|  12,311|   5,753|    117| 20,939|    1,306
Johns Hopkins University (MD) ...................|     43|     3,066|   337|      74|  24,303|   9,456|    120| 28,933|    2,532
Pennsylvania State University, Main Campus ......|     44|     3,001|   416|      64|  24,792|  11,559|    168| 68,408|    6,109
University of Massachusetts at Amherst ..........|     45|     2,991|   189|      50|  13,069|   6,650|    105| 25,500|    2,235
                                                 |       |          |      |        |        |        |       |       |
University of Missouri, Columbia ................|     46|     2,968|   233|      57|  12,953|   5,458|    104| 23,425|    2,285
Brigham Young University (UT) ...................|     47|     2,960|   319|      83|  15,601|   7,855|    101| 69,040|   10,000
North Carolina State University at Raleigh ......|     48|     2,945|   309|      91|  19,165|   7,929|    146| 35,323|    2,202
University of Colorado, Boulder .................|     49|     2,920|   234|      55|  15,918|   7,044|    104|  1,963|    4,466
State University of New York, Buffalo ...........|     50|     2,879|   209|      60|  12,464|   6,742|     94| 48,000|    4,394
                                                 |       |          |      |        |        |        |       |       |
Kansas State University .........................|     51|     2,863|   115|      35|   8,737|   3,833|     91| 11,672|    2,803
University of Maryland, College Park Campus .....|     52|     2,850|   300|     115|  21,553|   9,289|     98| 69,330|    6,170
University of California, Davis .................|     53|     2,830|   260|      50|  15,680|   8,413|     95| 31,800|    3,120
University of Utah ..............................|     54|     2,828|   382|      68|  20,860|   9,268|    115| 38,406|    7,003
University of Kentucky ..........................|     55|     2,826|   356|      85|  19,641|   8,528|    144| 42,746|    2,098
                                                 |       |          |      |        |        |        |       |       |
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale ........|     56|     2,812|   220|      35|  12,604|   5,507|    151| 14,757|    2,683
University of Notre Dame (IN) ...................|     57|     2,795|   244|      53|  17,225|   7,218|    126| 26,685|      685
Texas A & M University ..........................|     58|     2,748|   394|      84|  21,851|   9,567|    116| 65,097|    1,469
Miami University, Oxford Campus (OH) ............|     59|     2,663|   161|      39|   8,400|   3,577|    118| 21,676|    2,817
University of California, San Diego .............|     60|     2,654|   321|      48|  20,333|  10,682|    106| 33,157|    2,907
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Academic Libraries Survey" (ALS), 2000. (This table was prepared April 2005.)