Table 431.

Collections, staff, and operating expenditures of the 60 largest college and university libraries: Fiscal year 2008

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 expendi- tures (in thousands)		Public service hours per typical week	Gate count per typical week1	Reference trans- actions per typical week
					Total	Librar- ians	Total	Salaries and wages
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Harvard University (MA)	1	16,250	1,167	110,628	1,229	418	$117,884	$62,798	168	39,748	5,468
Yale University (CT)	2	12,284	840,000	295,557	735	175	92,248	35,781	111	14,900	1,970
University of California, Berkeley	3	11,020	610,920	87,876	487	92	48,020	24,305	77	27,502	2,100
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	4	10,933	319,533	109,803	473	113	40,571	20,988	144	85,632	6,214
Columbia University in the City of New York	5	9,596	703,121	132,740	616	161	56,089	27,240	108	81,862	3,557
University of Texas at Austin	6	9,447	593,450	56,847	528	130	43,850	20,773	120	87,115	20,693
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	7	9,175	701,019	69,457	570	169	52,395	25,853	168	73,543	2,884
Stanford University (CA)	8	8,558	419,515	33,903	680	151	78,377	41,382	105	20,100	3,074
University of California, Los Angeles	9	8,467	495,238	175,207	596	125	53,154	28,197	97	64,072	1,843
University of Wisconsin, Madison	10	7,934	766,032	54,164	553	229	43,282	23,459	148	110,368	2,640
Cornell University (NY)	11	7,750	391,897	89,000	549	118	46,798	22,667	146	98,000	1,497
University of Chicago (IL)	12	7,745	851,880	76,607	323	68	34,680	12,638	146	33,881	779
Indiana University, Bloomington	13	7,618	631,617	103,228	445	94	36,282	16,061	168	90,061	2,446
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	14	6,878	307,082	85,075	394	93	40,734	18,118	100	36,527	2,300
University of Washington, Seattle Campus	15	6,844	387,281	61,847	458	135	36,814	19,345	138	116,000	2,128
Princeton University (NJ)	16	6,779	763,158	51,746	410	97	48,970	18,789	116	13,492	671
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	17	6,017	510,110	60,713	452	143	41,124	18,944	146	60,214	2,543
Ohio State University, Main Campus	18	6,016	269,097	78,903	396	62	35,833	16,642	168	39,030	1,476
Duke University (NC)	19	5,829	144,939	61,964	369	117	37,331	16,444	161	9,250	2,638
University of Pennsylvania	20	5,756	340,446	61,676	370	111	37,599	16,991	111	38,589	5,000
University of Pittsburgh, Main Campus (PA)	21	5,657	591,468	59,141	382	120	32,907	12,539	118	84,789	2,587
Pennsylvania State University, Main Campus	22	5,355	42,083	88,668	608	134	47,686	24,437	168	46,247	3,549
University of Arizona	23	5,266	645,463	24,466	239	54	24,676	9,471	142	42,916	531
University of Virginia, Main Campus	24	5,158	374,731	163,032	379	101	35,930	16,921	149	76,424	2,886
Rutgers University, New Brunswick/Piscataway	25	5,081	195,296	74,031	305	66	23,918	13,651	108	53,419	1,216
New York University	26	5,073	545,025	67,960	458	58	44,603	20,703	119	51,500	2,156
Northwestern University (IL)	27	4,843	264,066	82,822	344	97	29,147	12,518	126	28,218	1,427
Michigan State University	28	4,839	66,350	83,460	265	71	23,482	10,714	148	42,367	850
University of Kansas	29	4,799	321,320	60,838	228	54	19,543	9,105	140	42,000	2,350
University of Iowa	30	4,791	486,769	59,442	281	98	27,620	12,335	113	36,273	1,610
University of Oklahoma, Norman Campus	31	4,702	649,929	52,522	158	37	16,253	4,396	117	21,930	523
University of Georgia	32	4,637	128,694	80,748	315	81	24,451	10,106	137	17,700	1,910
Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus	33	4,422	302,266	87,566	332	93	28,571	12,266	149	75,265	2,053
University of Florida	34	4,288	280,238	71,336	402	85	29,731	13,905	111	56,209	1,587
University of Southern California	35	4,084	267,657	70,066	374	75	38,393	17,149	159	53,534	1,173
Louisiana State University and
Agricultural & Mechanical College	36	4,067	346,389	101,738	192	52	15,874	—	113	32,228	712
Texas A & M University	37	3,934	461,225	86,737	359	85	34,150	12,329	146	49,683	880
University of Colorado at Boulder	38	3,928	175,377	55,519	216	58	21,454	8,693	104	40,532	1,374
University of South Carolina, Columbia	39	3,885	91,940	21,505	275	71	19,743	7,975	140	31,415	2,969
Johns Hopkins University (MD)	40	3,878	2,003,184	74,701	338	80	32,881	13,282	120	19,373	1,593
Washington University in St. Louis (MO)	41	3,841	382,891	69,400	266	93	32,366	10,219	120	30,000	1,409
Brown University (RI)	42	3,825	284,749	60,499	208	55	19,862	9,162	112	20,064	510
Brigham Young University (UT)	43	3,743	337,546	69,361	383	85	27,167	12,126	105	82,238	3,070
SUNY at Buffalo (NY)	44	3,720	369,721	80,431	242	60	19,972	10,339	168	26,000	562
University of Kentucky	45	3,720	406,014	73,251	287	79	21,414	8,257	135	57,316	1,734
Miami University (OH)	46	3,718	511,114	91,229	146	41	9,488	4,652	168	28,862	1,529
University of Maryland, College Park	47	3,717	88,393	42,393	258	119	32,156	12,600	162	47,982	5,186
University of Rochester (NY)	48	3,701	51,134	28,561	207	89	24,850	8,949	119	4,478	1,004
University of Cincinnati, Main Campus (OH)	49	3,632	459,542	86,363	185	49	21,466	7,729	95	26,700	1,600
University of Hawaii at Manoa	50	3,559	193,133	55,276	237	64	17,860	9,108	135	31,380	1,791
University of Nebraska, Lincoln	51	3,554	321,180	46,865	187	49	12,633	6,465	96	15,004	1,000
University of Missouri, Columbia	52	3,494	25,434	38,364	198	55	17,025	6,386	114	36,426	1,374
Florida State University	53	3,484	477,476	62,093	250	67	18,563	7,090	142	37,531	1,219
North Carolina State University at Raleigh	54	3,477	401,497	67,995	268	98	23,296	10,960	146	37,649	718
Wayne State University (MI)	55	3,454	206,736	20,384	247	53	20,802	9,349	142	38,599	916
University of Notre Dame (IN)	56	3,393	2,295	82,866	260	60	24,077	10,306	126	19,191	497
University of Utah	57	3,373	132,859	48,777	370	69	26,290	12,877	123	39,724	3,680
University of California, San Diego	58	3,373	231,216	34,800	367	63	30,748	16,330	114	51,347	880
University of Connecticut	59	3,368	338,682	71,371	152	61	16,262	—	114	51,539	303
University of California, Davis	60	3,354	504,736	50,442	231	53	18,652	9,568	95	33,978	1,129

—Not available.

1 The number of entries into the library in an average week. A single person can be counted more than once.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Academic Libraries Survey (ALS), fiscal year 2008. (This table was prepared July 2010.)