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| Table 412. | General statistics of college and university libraries: 1974-75 to 1991-92 |
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Item |1974-75\1\ |1975-76\1\ |1976-77\1\ |1978-79\1\ | 1981-82 | 1984-85 | 1987-88 | 1991-92
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
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Number of libraries .........................| 2,972 | 2,987 | 3,058 | 3,122 | 3,104 | 3,322 | 3,438 | 3,274
Total enrollment, in thousands\2\ ...........| 10,322 | 11,291 | 11,121 | 11,392 | 12,372 | 12,242 | 12,767 | 14,359
Full-time-equivalent enrollment, in | | | | | | | |
thousands\2\ ..............................| 7,805 | 8,480 | 8,313 | 8,348 | 9,015 | 8,952 | 9,230 | 10,361
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Collections, thousands of units | | | | | | | |
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Number of volumes at end of year ............| 447,059 | 468,033 | 481,442 | 519,895 | 567,826 | 631,727 | 718,504 | 749,429
Number of volumes added during year .........| 23,242 | 22,977 | 22,367 | 21,608 | 19,507 | 20,658 | 21,907 | 20,982
Number of serial subscriptions\3\ ...........| 4,434 | 4,618 | 4,670 | 4,775 | 4,890 | 6,317 | 6,416 | 6,966
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Library staff, in full-time equivalents | | | | | | | |
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Total staff in regular positions\3\ .........| 56,836 | 56,852 | 57,087 | 58,416 | 58,476 | 58,476 | 67,251 | 67,166
FTE enrollment per FTE staff ................| 137.3 | 149.2 | 145.6 | 142.9 | 154.2 | 153.1 | 137.2 | 154.3
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Librarians and professional staff .........| 23,530 | 23,104 | 23,308 | 23,676 | 23,816 | 21,822 | 25,115 | 26,341
Other paid staff ..........................| 33,306 | 33,748 | 33,779 | 34,740 | 34,660 | 38,026 | 40,733 | 40,421
Contributed services ......................| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 1,403 | 404
Student assistants ........................| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 33,821 | 29,075
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Hours of student and other assistance, | | | | | | | |
in thousands ...............................| 34,687 | 36,725 | 39,950 | 39,552 | 40,068 | 28,360 | --- | ---
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Library operating expenditures | | | | | | | |
(excluding capital outlay) | | | | | | | |
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Operating expenditures, total, in thousands .|$1,091,784 |$1,180,128 |$1,259,637 |$1,502,158 |$1,943,769 |$2,404,524 |$2,770,075 |$3,648,654
Operating expenditures per FTE student ......| 140 | 139 | 152 | 180 | 216 | 269 | 300 | 352
Operating expenditures per FTE student in | | | | | | | |
constant 1991-92 dollars ..................| 373 | 347 | 357 | 363 | 317 | 351 | 358 | 352
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Salaries\4\ ...............................| 592,568 | 649,374 | 698,090 | 824,438 | 1,081,894 | 1,156,138 | 1,451,551 | 1,889,368
Hourly wages ..............................| 61,474 | 66,175 | 68,683 | 79,535 | 100,847 | --- | --- | ---
Fringe benefits ...........................| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 231,209 | --- | ---
Preservation ..............................| 22,206 | 22,375 | 22,521 | 25,274 | 30,351 | 32,939 | 34,144 | 43,126
Collections .............................. | 327,904 | 357,544 | 373,699 | 450,180 | 561,199 | 750,282 | 891,281 | 1,197,293
Print materials .........................| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 420,930
Serial subscriptions ....................| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 639,128
Microforms ..............................| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 43,666
Audiovisual materials ...................| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 23,879
Machine readable materials ..............| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 29,093
Other collection expenditures ...........| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 40,596
Other library operating expenditures ......| 87,632 | 84,660 | 96,643 | 122,731 | 169,478 | 233,957 | 393,099 | 518,867
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Operating expenditures, total, in percents ..| 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0
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Salaries\4\ ...............................| 54.3 | 55.0 | 55.4 | 54.9 | 55.7 | 48.1 | 52.4 | 51.8
Hourly wages ..............................| 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.2 | --- | --- | ---
Fringe benefits ...........................| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 9.6 | --- | ---
Preservation ..............................| 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.2
Collections .............................. | 30.0 | 30.3 | 29.7 | 30.0 | 28.9 | 31.2 | 32.2 | 32.8
Other library operating expenditures ......| 8.0 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 9.7 | 14.2 | 14.2
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Library operating expenditures as percent of | | | | | | | |
total institutional expenditures for | | | | | | | |
educational and general purposes ..........| 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.0
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\1\Includes data for U.S. territories.
\2\Fall enrollment for the academic year specified. \3\Data are for end of year. \4\Includes expenditures for fringe benefits (except for 1984-85 and 1987-88) and salary equivalents of contributed services staff. ---Data not available. NOTE.--Because of rounding, details may not add to totals. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Library Statistics of Colleges and Universities, various years; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data Survey, "Academic Library Survey." (This table was prepared August 1995.)
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