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Table 424. | Collections, staff, and operating expenditures of degree-granting institution libraries: Selected years, 1976–77 through 2005–06 |
Collections, staff, and operating expenditures | 1976–771 | 1981–82 | 1984–85 | 1987–88 | 1991–92 | 1994–95 | 1996–97 | 1997–98 | 1999–2000 | 2001–02 | 2003–04 | 2005–06 | |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |
Number of libraries | 3,058 | 3,104 | 3,322 | 3,438 | 3,274 | 3,303 | 3,408 | 3,658 | 3,527 | 3,568 | 3,653 | 3,617 | |
Number of circulation transactions (in thousands) | — | — | — | — | — | 231,503 | 230,733 | 216,067 | 193,948 | 189,248 | 200,204 | 187,236 | |
Enrollment (in thousands) | |||||||||||||
Total enrollment2 | 11,121 | 12,372 | 12,242 | 12,767 | 14,359 | 14,279 | 14,300 | 14,502 | 14,791 | 15,928 | 16,911 | 17,487 | |
Full-time-equivalent enrollment2 | 8,313 | 9,015 | 8,952 | 9,230 | 10,361 | 10,348 | 10,402 | 10,615 | 10,944 | 11,766 | 12,688 | 13,201 | |
Collections (in thousands) | |||||||||||||
Number of volumes at end of year | 481,442 | 567,826 | 631,727 | 718,504 | 749,429 | 776,447 | 806,717 | 878,906 | 3 | 913,547 | 954,030 | 982,590 | 1,015,658 |
Number of volumes added during year | 22,367 | 19,507 | 20,658 | 21,907 | 20,982 | 21,544 | 21,346 | 24,551 | 24,436 | 24,574 | 24,615 | 22,241 | |
Number of serial subscriptions at end of year | 4,670 | 4,890 | 6,317 | 6,416 | 6,966 | 6,212 | 5,709 | 10,908 | 4 | 7,499 | 9,855 | 12,764 | 16,361 |
Microform units at end of year | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,062,082 | 1,111,389 | 1,143,678 | 1,173,287 | 1,166,295 | |
Electronic units at end of year5 | — | — | — | — | — | 465 | 983 | 3,473 | — | — | — | — | |
Full-time-equivalent (FTE) library staff | |||||||||||||
Total staff in regular positions6 | 57,087 | 58,476 | 58,476 | 67,251 | 67,166 | 67,433 | 67,581 | 68,337 | 69,123 | 69,526 | 69,047 | 93,590 | |
Librarians and professional staff | 23,308 | 23,816 | 21,822 | 25,115 | 26,341 | 26,726 | 27,268 | 30,041 | 31,001 | 32,053 | 32,280 | 33,265 | |
Other paid staff | 33,779 | 34,660 | 38,026 | 40,733 | 40,421 | 40,381 | 40,022 | 38,026 | 37,893 | 37,473 | 36,767 | 36,350 | |
Contributed services | — | — | — | 1,403 | 404 | 326 | 291 | 270 | 229 | — | — | — | |
Student assistants | — | — | — | 33,821 | 29,075 | 28,411 | 27,998 | 28,373 | 26,518 | 25,305 | 25,038 | 23,976 | |
FTE student enrollment per FTE staff member | 146 | 154 | 153 | 137 | 154 | 153 | 154 | 155 | 158 | 169 | 184 | 141 | |
Hours of student and other assistance (in thousands) |
39,950 | 40,068 | 28,360 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Library operating expenditures7 | |||||||||||||
Total operating expenditures (in thousands) | $1,259,637 | $1,943,769 | $2,404,524 | $2,770,075 | $3,648,654 | $4,013,333 | $4,301,815 | $4,592,657 | $5,023,198 | $5,416,716 | $5,751,247 | $6,234,192 | |
Salaries8,9,10 | 698,090 | 1,081,894 | 1,156,138 | 1,451,551 | 1,889,368 | 2,021,233 | 2,147,842 | 2,314,380 | 2,430,541 | 2,753,404 | 2,913,221 | 3,102,561 | |
Hourly wages | 68,683 | 100,847 | (10) | (10) | (10) | (10) | (10) | (10) | (10) | (10) | (10) | (10) | |
Fringe benefits | (9) | (9) | 231,209 | — | (9) | (9) | (9) | (9) | 271,954 | (9) | (9) | (9) | |
Preservation | 22,521 | 30,351 | 32,939 | 34,144 | 43,126 | 46,554 | 45,610 | 42,919 | 43,832 | 46,499 | 42,976 | 41,102 | |
Furniture/equipment | — | — | — | — | — | 55,915 | 56,128 | 57,013 | 63,459 | — | — | — | |
Computer hardware/software | — | — | — | — | — | 128,128 | 157,949 | 164,379 | 160,294 | 155,791 | 143,042 | 153,002 | |
Bibliographic utilities/networks/consortia | — | — | — | — | — | 81,106 | 85,113 | 89,618 | 90,264 | 92,242 | 101,293 | 106,268 | |
Information resources | 373,699 | 561,199 | 750,282 | 891,281 | 1,197,293 | 1,348,933 | 1,499,249 | 1,600,995 | 1,822,277 | 1,944,490 | 2,114,555 | 2,375,485 | |
Books and serial backfiles—paper | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 514,048 | 552,100 | 563,007 | 550,599 | 572,228 | |
Books and serial backfiles—electronic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 28,061 | 33,888 | 44,792 | 65,597 | 93,778 | |
Current serials—paper | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 849,399 | 945,958 | 926,105 | 883,534 | 830,137 | |
Current serials—electronic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 125,470 | 203,371 | 297,657 | 480,138 | 691,585 | |
Audiovisual materials | — | — | — | — | 23,879 | 28,753 | 28,879 | 30,623 | 32,039 | 37,041 | 35,216 | 39,029 | |
Document delivery/interlibrary loan | — | — | — | — | — | 12,238 | 17,645 | 19,309 | 20,540 | 22,913 | 24,823 | 26,513 | |
Other collection expenditures | 373,699 | 561,199 | 750,282 | 891,281 | 1,173,414 | 1,307,942 | 1,452,725 | 34,086 | 34,381 | 52,976 | 74,648 | 81,113 | |
Other library operating expenditures | 96,643 | 169,478 | 233,957 | 393,099 | 518,867 | 331,463 | 309,925 | 323,354 | 140,579 | 424,290 | 436,160 | 496,877 | |
Operating expenditures per FTE student | 152 | 216 | 269 | 300 | 352 | 388 | 414 | 433 | 459 | 460 | 453 | 472 | |
Operating expenditures per FTE student in constant 2006–07 dollars11 | 527 | 468 | 518 | 529 | 520 | 526 | 531 | 546 | 553 | 527 | 497 | 484 | |
Operating expenditures (percentage distribution) | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
Salaries8,9,10 | 55.4 | 55.7 | 48.1 | 52.4 | 51.8 | 50.4 | 49.9 | 50.4 | 48.4 | 50.8 | 50.7 | 49.8 | |
Hourly wages | 5.5 | 5.2 | (10) | (10) | (10) | (10) | (10) | (10) | (10) | (10) | (10) | (10) | |
Fringe benefits | (9) | (9) | 9.6 | — | (9) | (9) | (9) | (9) | 5.4 | (9) | (9) | (9) | |
Preservation | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | |
Information resources | 29.7 | 28.9 | 31.2 | 32.2 | 32.8 | 33.6 | 34.9 | 34.9 | 36.3 | 35.9 | 36.8 | 38.1 | |
Other12 | 7.7 | 8.7 | 9.7 | 14.2 | 14.2 | 14.9 | 14.2 | 13.8 | 9.0 | 12.4 | 11.8 | 12.1 | |
Library operating expenditures as percent of total institutional expenditures for educational and general purposes |
3.8 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— Not available. 1 Includes data for U.S. territories. 2 Fall enrollment for the academic year specified. 3 Includes data for schools newly added to the survey system, so end of year figure for 1997–98 exceeds total of volumes added during the year plus end of year value from 1996–97. 4 Includes microform and electronic serials. 5 Electronic files, formerly labeled "Computer files." 6 Excludes student assistants. 7 Excludes capital outlay. 8 Includes salary equivalents of contributed services staff. 9 Expenditures for fringe benefits included under salaries (except for 1984–85, 1987–88, and 1999–2000). 10 Hourly wages included under salaries (except for 1976–77 and 1981–82). 11 Constant dollars based on the Consumer Price Index, prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, adjusted to a school-year basis. 12 Includes furniture/equipment, computer hardware/software, and utilities/networks/consortia as well as expenditures classified as "other library operating expenditures". NOTE: Data through 1995 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions grant associate's or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. The degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, but it includes more 2-year colleges and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not grant degrees. (See Guide to Sources for details.) Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Library Statistics of Colleges and Universities, selected years, 1976–77 through 1984–85; 1987–88 through 2005–06 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Academic Libraries Survey" (IPEDS-L:88–98), "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:87–99), and Spring 2002 through Spring 2006; Academic Libraries Survey (ALS), 2000 through 2006; and Academic Libraries: 2006 (NCES 2008-337). (This table was prepared July 2008.) |