Table 701.50.

Collections, staff, operating expenditures, public service hours, and reference services of the 60 largest college and university libraries: Fiscal year 2012

Institution	Rank order, by number of volumes	Number of volumes at end of year (in thousands)	Number of e-books at end of year	Full-time-equivalent staff		Operating expenditures (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
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10		11
Harvard University (MA)	1	17,225	402,473	1,073	400	$134,533	$83,834	168	27,194	3	187,903
Yale University (CT)	2	13,504	1,090,187	600	163	81,221	35,235	111	27,194	3	31,783
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	3	12,937	645,398	437	77	43,703	20,744	152	93,818		110,973
University of California, Berkeley	4	11,537	1,097,969	434	74	47,325	24,022	77	39,081	3	70,986
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	5	11,458	1,926,938	690	186	63,828	32,553	168	114,557		211,469
University of Chicago (IL)	6	11,397	1,251,085	309	68	36,112	13,450	148	28,732		16,610
Columbia University in the City of New York	7	11,291	1,329,421	526	162	57,422	26,244	107	84,930		58,489
University of Texas at Austin	8	10,185	752,892	489	104	43,968	20,476	120	101,797		119,058
University of California, Los Angeles	9	9,981	1,288,821	527	133	50,171	27,406	96	81,905		113,725
Indiana University, Bloomington	10	9,276	1,363,894	395	90	33,371	15,259	101	64,700		138,542
Stanford University (CA)	11	9,025	841,538	653	153	69,922	31,704	105	20,491	3	105,636
University of Wisconsin, Madison	12	7,841	656,536	533	202	38,018	18,778	148	103,845		650
Tarrant County College District (TX)	13	7,828	83,036	73	24	3,878	2,723	84	26,583		—
Cornell University (NY)	14	7,684	903,397	468	110	45,471	21,917	145	73,193		62,429
Princeton University (NJ)	15	7,486	322,690	382	87	50,222	20,476	120	8,508		19,018
University of Washington, Seattle Campus	16	7,375	460,477	385	122	36,649	17,592	135	135,000		56,062
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	17	6,918	484,151	355	87	39,526	17,992	107	45,000		46,021
Michigan State University	18	6,702	2,715,914	236	70	27,496	10,389	140	37,453		50,633
University of Pittsburgh, Main Campus (PA)	19	6,663	988,230	319	118	31,800	11,881	118	39,081	3	80,695
Duke University (NC)	20	6,540	875,488	321	114	41,043	17,127	149	95,437		80,518
University of Colorado at Boulder	21	6,510	675,723	232	62	24,263	10,114	128	66,545		57,345
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	22	6,437	996,453	409	130	38,135	18,921	146	90,160		84,345
University of Pennsylvania	23	6,108	1,100,111	416	137	41,535	19,601	116	31,779		6,500
Ohio State University, Main Campus	24	6,050	526,075	449	75	43,185	17,349	168	128,852		27,876
University of Arizona	25	6,030	1,184,441	194	51	23,350	8,410	142	38,585		17,247
University of Florida	26	5,611	815,537	301	90	28,657	13,434	138	53,235		44,945
Rutgers University, New Brunswick (NJ)	27	5,478	595,141	272	56	25,958	14,493	115	60,618		25,656
Pennsylvania State University, Main Campus	28	5,351	316,913	539	143	50,972	25,757	148	139,775		85,211
University of Iowa	29	5,310	772,023	221	66	24,728	9,883	116	34,623		52,416
University of Virginia, Main Campus	30	5,247	460,840	344	97	33,796	16,775	149	76,921		76,853
University of California, Davis	31	5,204	582,966	185	54	18,506	8,783	102	34,482		78,595
New York University	32	5,196	1,101,383	465	68	51,534	21,977	126	65,163		132,850
Northwestern University (IL)	33	5,140	139,418	362	111	32,029	14,629	122	21,560		23,444
University of Oklahoma, Norman Campus	34	5,139	1,168,077	142	34	17,000	4,727	117	26,456		21,693
University of Georgia	35	4,947	555,015	283	76	24,101	10,262	109	61,786		42,991
University of Southern California	36	4,845	877,824	329	84	66,405	17,589	159	53,335		110,159
Brown University (RI)	37	4,724	979,523	172	48	21,368	8,709	112	27,890		11,568
Texas A&M University, College Station	38	4,531	1,073,198	321	78	35,350	12,945	145	63,798		44,988
Arizona State University	39	4,531	403,504	288	73	25,459	9,795	149	39,081	3	42,726
University of South Carolina, Columbia	40	4,460	206,886	265	71	21,752	7,785	111	38,470		85,215
Johns Hopkins University (MD)	41	4,396	985,644	271	29	37,396	13,445	120	34,500		28,667
University of Cincinnati, Main Campus (OH)	42	4,336	1,243,527	188	44	21,019	8,588	106	33,229		119,451
Tulane University of Louisiana	43	4,320	927,113	172	55	17,813	6,275	118	20,000		21,633
Auburn University (AL)	44	4,318	821,083	106	29	12,762	4,502	146	28,066		98,072
University of Kansas	45	4,285	404,676	249	59	20,282	9,362	140	42,000		91,236
Miami University-Oxford (OH)	46	4,225	595,932	121	44	9,654	4,533	168	29,976		12,947
University at Buffalo (NY)	47	4,119	726,127	173	52	19,414	9,663	168	48,000		35,367
University of Maryland, College Park	48	4,094	599,198	250	80	29,353	11,724	138	58,461		386,001
University of Utah	49	4,068	334,463	322	79	25,130	12,508	142	55,008		165,837
University of Kentucky	50	4,023	588,428	238	74	21,285	8,741	140	51,632		29,825
University of Alabama	51	3,974	855,794	200	64	19,417	7,290	135	35,307		29,854
Brigham Young University (UT)	52	3,946	526,051	352	61	26,686	11,771	101	72,336		57,917
Washington University in St. Louis (MO)	53	3,890	590,299	245	97	32,570	10,042	120	28,000		52,905
Emory University (GA)	54	3,878	555,313	287	97	37,737	14,269	106	35,117		8,935
Syracuse University (NY)	55	3,815	942,224	207	59	19,271	8,613	136	34,993		21,395
Louisiana State University and     Agricultural & Mechanical College	56	3,802	402,264	124	43	15,718	—	99	34,772		28,978
University of Notre Dame (IN)	57	3,796	466,168	249	77	26,934	10,880	147	26,544		20,612
Vanderbilt University (TN)	58	3,720	606,267	196	61	23,624	9,181	147	40,417		18,507
North Carolina State University at Raleigh	59	3,653	514,635	280	103	27,504	12,395	146	44,540		32,916
Temple University (PA)	60	3,573	635,008	196	55	23,382	8,263	145	80,009		73,889

—Not available.

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 Imputed.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Academic Libraries Survey (ALS), fiscal year 2012. (This table was prepared March 2014.)