Table 425. | Collections, staff, and operating expenditures of the 60 largest college and university libraries: 2005-06 |
Institution | Rank order, by number of volumes | Number of volumes at end of year (in thousands) |
Number of e-books at end of year | Number of serials at end of year | Full-time-equivalent staff | Operating expenditures (in thousands) |
Public service hours per week | Gate count per week | Reference transactions per week | ||
Total | Librarians | Total | Salaries and wages | ||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
Harvard University (MA) | 1 | 15,827 | 867 | 98,988 | 1,265 | 420 | $105,809 | $58,047 | 168 | 38,945 | 5,554 |
Yale University (CT) | 2 | 12,369 | 167,205 | 73,953 | 706 | 170 | 74,938 | 31,304 | 111 | 14,599 | 1,958 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 3 | 10,371 | 247,242 | 63,413 | 503 | 99 | 35,602 | 19,151 | 119 | 84,639 | 5,264 |
University of California, Berkeley | 4 | 10,094 | — | 114,860 | 531 | 96 | 50,253 | 26,035 | 98 | 27,000 | 3,300 |
University of Texas at Austin | 5 | 9,022 | — | 53,125 | 536 | 100 | 41,586 | 19,810 | 107 | 71,992 | 6,149 |
Columbia University in the City of NY | 6 | 8,832 | 342,573 | 102,901 | 618 | 139 | 51,901 | 26,064 | 107 | 72,484 | 3,579 |
Stanford University (CA) | 7 | 8,402 | 365,000 | 30,850 | 697 | 149 | 74,233 | 40,958 | 105 | 19,500 | 2,203 |
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | 8 | 8,273 | 1,028,674 | 118,654 | 574 | 158 | 49,053 | 23,204 | 168 | 72,696 | 2,711 |
University of California, Los Angeles | 9 | 8,157 | 24,299 | 77,509 | 622 | 125 | 50,894 | 26,271 | 97 | 69,736 | 1,975 |
University of Wisconsin, Madison | 10 | 8,015 | 502,514 | 68,560 | 577 | 233 | 40,962 | 22,381 | 148 | 108,354 | — |
Cornell University (NY) | 11 | 7,521 | 298,767 | 77,392 | 552 | 116 | 42,156 | 21,197 | 144 | 101,159 | 2,047 |
University of Chicago (IL) | 12 | 7,462 | 304,016 | 86,239 | 318 | 66 | 32,301 | 11,635 | 144 | 25,062 | 802 |
Indiana University, Bloomington | 13 | 7,242 | 237,835 | 71,330 | 486 | 97 | 32,453 | 14,313 | 168 | 87,561 | 2,346 |
University of Washington, Seattle Campus | 14 | 6,677 | 280,140 | 60,629 | 463 | 135 | 35,218 | 18,234 | 142 | 136,000 | 2,056 |
Princeton University (NJ) | 15 | 6,618 | 222,911 | 41,775 | 397 | 97 | 41,714 | 17,639 | 115 | 11,777 | 910 |
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities | 16 | 6,587 | 126,892 | 88,309 | 408 | 93 | 38,322 | 17,470 | 100 | 41,521 | 3,024 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 17 | 5,817 | 236 | 54,591 | 436 | 139 | 34,489 | 16,203 | 145 | 77,538 | 2,489 |
Ohio State University, Main Campus | 18 | 5,765 | 188,722 | 36,813 | 435 | 82 | 32,966 | 15,155 | 168 | 52,357 | 6,312 |
Duke University (NC) | 19 | 5,665 | 26,000 | 57,223 | 359 | 113 | 33,532 | 14,598 | 137 | 62,999 | 2,635 |
University of Pennsylvania | 20 | 5,571 | 309,277 | 47,787 | 393 | 120 | 34,369 | 15,215 | 111 | 36,300 | 5,000 |
New York University | 21 | 5,145 | 769,197 | 62,537 | 451 | 125 | 41,004 | 18,186 | 119 | 42,795 | 2,676 |
University of Virginia, Main Campus | 22 | 5,103 | 270,603 | 71,832 | 373 | 97 | 30,273 | 15,703 | 149 | 78,134 | 3,225 |
Pennsylvania State U., Penn State Main Campus | 23 | 5,070 | 18,200 | 71,230 | 611 | 124 | 48,878 | 23,496 | 168 | 40,417 | 3,830 |
University of Arizona | 24 | 5,050 | 441,889 | 23,288 | 237 | 61 | 22,547 | 8,931 | 168 | 42,133 | 659 |
Rutgers University, New Brunswick/Piscataway | 25 | 5,003 | 176,995 | 40,848 | 321 | 68 | 23,161 | 12,831 | 105 | 47,280 | 1,408 |
University of Pittsburgh, Main Campus (PA) | 26 | 4,909 | 224,216 | 50,232 | 362 | 120 | 30,357 | 11,869 | 118 | 83,242 | 3,565 |
University of Kansas, Main Campus | 27 | 4,756 | 109,272 | 40,989 | 258 | 61 | 18,300 | 8,667 | 140 | 34,433 | 1,996 |
Michigan State University | 28 | 4,736 | 53,101 | 35,994 | 271 | 69 | 22,260 | 10,046 | 138 | 41,594 | 773 |
Northwestern University (IL) | 29 | 4,688 | 39,035 | 45,259 | 339 | 94 | 26,335 | 12,068 | 119 | 26,058 | 1,638 |
University of Iowa | 30 | 4,551 | 324,934 | 51,374 | 278 | 79 | 25,666 | 11,335 | 115 | 36,630 | 1,647 |
University of Oklahoma, Norman Campus | 31 | 4,346 | 363,116 | 34,404 | 153 | 37 | 14,444 | 4,048 | 117 | 21,015 | 640 |
University of Georgia | 32 | 4,346 | 84,423 | 37,226 | 294 | 71 | 23,014 | 9,487 | 110 | 17,735 | 1,910 |
University of Florida | 33 | 4,168 | 273,671 | 85,169 | 431 | 99 | 27,435 | 12,339 | 111 | 28,421 | 5,736 |
University of Southern California | 34 | 3,969 | 287,712 | 60,718 | 375 | 68 | 31,894 | 14,534 | 159 | 55,000 | 1,100 |
Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus | 35 | 3,896 | 281,588 | 30,925 | 274 | 72 | 22,044 | 9,742 | 149 | 73,892 | 2,317 |
Johns Hopkins University (MD) | 36 | 3,773 | 1,488,106 | 60,858 | 342 | 78 | 31,560 | 13,369 | 120 | 18,982 | 1,593 |
Washington University in St. Louis (MO) | 37 | 3,750 | 197,298 | 41,339 | 311 | 105 | 37,908 | 12,923 | 120 | 35,000 | 1,632 |
University of Tennessee | 38 | 3,735 | 266,279 | 35,265 | 354 | 123 | 29,754 | 11,944 | 138 | 39,332 | 1,743 |
University of Maryland, College Park | 39 | 3,690 | 200,000 | 32,777 | 304 | 145 | 25,284 | 11,195 | 162 | 54,935 | 4,550 |
University of Colorado at Boulder | 40 | 3,641 | 40,677 | 30,221 | 212 | 52 | 19,210 | 8,252 | 104 | 2,051 | 2,391 |
University of Rochester (NY) | 41 | 3,607 | 13,056 | 26,760 | 214 | 91 | 18,122 | 8,231 | 119 | 4,196 | 922 |
Brigham Young University (UT) | 42 | 3,594 | 144,910 | 30,895 | 380 | 84 | 23,943 | 11,177 | 105 | 82,860 | 3,580 |
Brown University (RI) | 43 | 3,569 | 743,698 | 40,082 | 208 | 53 | 18,945 | 8,648 | 154 | 17,301 | 466 |
University of South Carolina, Columbia | 44 | 3,533 | 691 | 58,855 | 277 | 68 | 20,422 | 7,837 | 152 | 20,000 | 3,350 |
University of Delaware | 45 | 3,471 | 317,560 | 12,532 | 207 | 52 | 16,937 | 7,199 | 100 | 19,138 | 2,052 |
Louisiana State U. and A&M College | 46 | 3,468 | 191,428 | 13,225 | 212 | 54 | 13,454 | 5,250 | 100 | 41,900 | 896 |
Wayne State University (MI) | 47 | 3,443 | 55,429 | 23,693 | 267 | 55 | 19,054 | 8,812 | 168 | 39,134 | 1,052 |
SUNY at Buffalo | 48 | 3,423 | 103,905 | 37,288 | 249 | 67 | 19,454 | 9,965 | 141 | 25,000 | 977 |
University of Hawaii at Manoa | 49 | 3,413 | 87,557 | 156,425 | 230 | 66 | 18,181 | 8,521 | 94 | 27,714 | 1,732 |
University of Kentucky | 50 | 3,406 | 226,680 | 31,897 | 263 | 85 | 19,569 | 8,009 | 140 | 60,367 | 1,955 |
University of California, Santa Barbara | 51 | 3,353 | 102,925 | 42,219 | 238 | 45 | 17,131 | 7,731 | 103 | 37,632 | 1,946 |
University of New Mexico, Main Campus | 52 | 3,340 | 195,522 | 18,143 | 299 | 72 | 21,484 | — | 103 | 39,631 | 1,783 |
North Carolina State University at Raleigh | 53 | 3,301 | 278,271 | 49,480 | 276 | 94 | 22,409 | 10,033 | 146 | 33,325 | 1,103 |
Texas A&M University | 54 | 3,300 | 280,779 | 45,806 | 367 | 91 | 28,372 | 11,077 | 142 | 47,114 | 866 |
University of Missouri, Columbia | 55 | 3,295 | 25,386 | 36,244 | 211 | 57 | 14,414 | 6,051 | 110 | 42,000 | 1,730 |
University of California, Davis | 56 | 3,258 | 402,112 | 41,921 | 254 | 54 | 18,509 | 8,776 | 95 | 33,245 | 1,289 |
University of Oregon | 57 | 3,255 | 230,970 | 23,186 | 208 | 42 | 13,739 | 6,921 | 107 | 40,581 | 2,123 |
University of Notre Dame (IN) | 58 | 3,247 | 7,443 | 21,622 | 261 | 59 | 21,694 | 9,540 | 126 | 18,853 | 574 |
University of California, San Diego | 59 | 3,236 | 142,804 | 24,438 | 337 | 58 | 25,400 | 13,571 | 113 | 65,659 | 1,477 |
University of Cincinnati, Main Campus | 60 | 3,209 | 155,744 | 42,265 | 213 | 51 | 24,203 | 10,072 | 105 | 29,876 | 2,241 |
— Not available. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Academic Libraries Survey (ALS), 2006. (This table was prepared July 2008.) |