Table 482.

Collections, staff, operating expenditures, public service hours, and reference services of the 60 largest college and university libraries: Fiscal year 2010

Institution	Rank order, by number of volumes	Number of volumes at end of year (in thou- sands)	Number of e-books at end of year	Number of serials at end of year	Full-time- equivalent staff		Operating expendi- tures (in thousands of current dollars)		Public service hours per typical week	Gate count per typical week1		Annual reference information services to individuals2
					Total	Librar- ians	Total	Salaries and wages				Total	Consulta- tions of 20 minutes or more
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11		12	13
Harvard University (MA)	1	16,833	161,554	157,854	1,089	394	$133,427	$84,272	168	28,867	3	196,992	12,336
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	2	13,159	453,562	123,857	483	105	40,327	21,218	144	125,938		109,918	---
Yale University (CT)	3	12,788	1,000,000	106,481	621	168	84,140	36,189	111	28,867	3	37,765	554
University of California, Berkeley	4	11,335	879,868	108,130	472	90	42,424	20,114	77	29,636		77,895	3,086
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	5	10,779	1,875,374	83,062	719	223	67,223	33,396	168	85,770		128,565	5,093
Columbia University in the City of New York	6	10,265	1,061,823	167,721	533	156	55,913	26,129	109	79,028		133,868	8,383
University of Texas at Austin	7	9,991	633,376	100,006	533	135	46,276	22,206	120	99,302		38,398	1,128
University of California, Los Angeles	8	9,152	982,907	78,463	532	113	46,007	25,361	96	61,748		105,269	471
Stanford University (CA)	9	8,819	588,809	35,877	664	151	69,129	31,922	105	20,974		110,745	6,935
Indiana University, Bloomington	10	8,678	940,231	106,138	482	99	33,899	15,796	168	88,998		134,561	---
University of Chicago (IL)	11	8,367	1,470,379	116,750	306	70	33,320	13,150	146	32,535		16,842	226
University of Wisconsin, Madison	12	7,977	444,529	103,844	580	228	41,334	22,174	148	119,697		97,925	701
Cornell University (NY)	13	7,532	642,103	104,000	486	106	44,200	21,643	145	79,710		71,454	4,475
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	14	7,111	415,831	109,681	380	101	40,734	18,181	107	45,850		66,184	6,306
Princeton University (NJ)	15	7,075	282,214	59,942	401	86	52,829	21,571	120	11,017		17,964	2,325
University of Washington, Seattle Campus	16	7,013	469,807	63,221	418	126	36,926	19,131	138	125,000		74,863	2,965
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	17	6,189	823,314	87,686	455	147	41,659	19,672	142	65,984		102,130	---
Duke University (NC)	18	6,172	217,916	111,851	347	110	40,058	17,473	149	24,954		118,629	23,726
Ohio State University, Main Campus	19	6,162	463,952	90,965	455	79	42,440	16,981	168	69,870		12,360	9,305
University of Pittsburgh, Main Campus (PA)	20	6,148	681,238	58,000	330	118	32,763	12,119	118	41,202	3	111,814	---
University of Pennsylvania	21	5,929	509,365	98,145	392	121	40,461	18,556	116	40,000		5,180	324
University of Arizona	22	5,538	832,443	26,670	233	62	25,402	8,882	142	41,678		29,302	750
Pennsylvania State University, Main Campus	23	5,467	200,000	109,132	588	140	50,451	25,673	148	129,951		174,795	50,461
Michigan State University	24	5,453	592,024	110,673	245	68	25,409	10,517	138	81,300		62,758	2,486
University of Virginia, Main Campus	25	5,167	440,911	185,140	350	101	31,488	17,056	149	78,532		106,634	4,662
Rutgers University, New Brunswick (NJ)	26	5,115	376,155	87,902	294	58	23,755	13,590	105	52,313		56,037	---
Northwestern University (IL)	27	5,048	370,629	26,830	341	101	29,933	14,008	122	29,132		68,355	---
University of Oklahoma, Norman Campus	28	5,046	936,050	92,336	152	37	16,579	4,598	117	22,000		31,182	---
University of California, Davis	29	5,039	484,795	73,649	193	52	20,485	9,226	96	36,746		63,354	16,140
University of Colorado at Boulder	30	4,983	758,891	85,771	238	62	25,659	10,158	128	71,853		65,608	---
University of Kansas	31	4,877	404,676	18,313	253	61	19,536	9,398	140	31,790		95,233	4,632
University of Georgia	32	4,810	383,014	93,148	267	74	22,569	10,063	137	15,000		39,466	2,224
University of Florida	33	4,725	477,867	109,181	391	87	28,546	13,445	105	59,164		51,499	---
New York University	34	4,673	698,666	111,962	470	63	52,605	22,911	126	60,196		61,022	---
University of Iowa	35	4,639	946,531	68,653	207	61	23,649	9,453	116	35,000		73,528	2,913
Texas A & M University	36	4,577	936,270	108,064	355	92	40,367	14,344	145	57,493		33,000	---
Arizona State University	37	4,497	313,728	44,590	267	83	26,186	9,789	149	81,105		74,390	2,947
University of Cincinnati, Main Campus (OH)	38	4,379	1,015,550	110,087	186	45	21,526	6,923	104	29,797		99,173	1,984
Brown University (RI)	39	4,187	534,514	75,023	184	61	20,983	9,313	112	21,967		15,737	2,439
University of Southern California	40	4,181	399,112	86,758	368	75	44,482	16,809	160	60,352		116,316	7,284
Tulane University of Louisiana	41	4,158	742,844	96,379	187	48	16,777	6,131	118	15,000		36,831	---
Louisiana State University and    Agricultural & Mechanical College	42	4,129	384,366	125,186	159	50	17,271	---	109	47,467		31,723	---
Miami University-Oxford (OH)	43	4,112	572,506	93,225	121	43	9,395	4,475	168	37,715		55,007	7,025
University at Buffalo (NY)	44	4,030	679,863	87,997	204	67	20,163	10,467	168	27,000		32,709	3,270
Temple University (PA)	45	3,990	517,395	76,659	207	62	22,752	8,191	145	70,356		65,281	4,453
University of South Carolina, Columbia	46	3,964	128,066	67,016	269	68	19,500	7,506	111	26,666		103,239	571
University of Maryland, College Park	47	3,930	383,014	68,514	246	74	31,678	12,069	162	55,233		423,573	90,122
Washington University in St. Louis (MO)	48	3,918	470,191	85,796	250	94	31,428	10,767	120	30,000		35,931	---
University of Kentucky	49	3,916	522,509	87,287	245	69	21,179	8,507	140	56,821		44,444	93
Brigham Young University (UT)	50	3,851	440,649	80,292	395	87	29,878	13,157	105	75,066		75,387	11,984
University of Rochester (NY)	51	3,827	225,297	29,573	209	96	19,993	7,727	119	10,239	3	53,522	---
University of Notre Dame (IN)	52	3,713	228,312	87,690	259	76	25,413	11,044	126	26,413		24,438	785
Johns Hopkins University (MD)	53	3,701	675,275	141,636	279	114	31,846	11,783	120	30,000		51,420	3,220
Emory University (GA)	54	3,620	380,834	66,992	256	80	33,592	12,661	112	50,884		9,037	3,730
North Carolina State University at Raleigh	55	3,567	420,980	66,205	263	98	25,189	12,302	146	44,109		33,213	3,487
University of Missouri, Columbia	56	3,562	409,409	55,814	192	52	18,343	7,020	114	52,027		38,134	---
University of California, San Diego	57	3,542	428,633	19,855	335	56	31,752	16,597	103	52,065		62,849	1,861
The University of Alabama	58	3,534	870,060	88,083	210	61	19,903	6,945	136	33,287		54,618	2,164
Auburn University (AL)	59	3,473	765,710	9,541	116	27	13,087	5,138	146	26,851		115,232	---
University of Utah	60	3,442	155,669	76,314	312	65	21,201	11,515	142	41,829		202,287	8,013

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

2 Includes both in-person and virtual services.

3 Estimated.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Academic Libraries Survey (ALS), fiscal year 2010. (This table was prepared June 2012.)