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Table 413.Selected statistics on the collections, staff, and operating expenditures of 50 large college and university libraries: 1988

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                                                        | Rank  |          |    Full-time-     |Operating expenditures,
                                                        |order, |Number of |equivalent staff   |in thousands
                      Institution                       |  by   |volumes at|-------------------|-----------------------
                                                        |number |  end of  |        |          |         |  Salaries
                                                        |  of   | year, in | Total  | Profes-  |  Total  |     and
                                                        |volumes|thousands |        |  sional  |         |    wages
--------------------------------------------------------|-------|----------|--------|----------|---------|-------------
                           1                            |   2   |    3     |   4    |    5     |    6    |      7
--------------------------------------------------------|-------|----------|--------|----------|---------|-------------
Harvard University (Mass.) .............................|     1 |   11,497 |  1,049 |      325 | $37,196 |     $20,464
Yale University (Conn.) ................................|     2 |    9,144 |    707 |      195 |  32,010 |      12,584
University of Illinois, Urbana Campus ..................|     3 |    7,377 |    536 |      146 |  16,337 |       8,662
University of California, Berkeley .....................|     4 |    7,191 |    740 |      168 |  27,524 |      17,620
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor ......................|     5 |    6,133 |    677 |      143 |  21,621 |      10,693
                                                        |       |          |        |          |         |
University of Texas, Austin ............................|     6 |    5,889 |    584 |      136 |  17,463 |       9,436
University of California, Los Angeles ..................|     7 |    5,812 |    711 |      209 |  28,447 |      15,800
Columbia University, Main Division (N.Y.) ..............|     8 |    5,741 |    641 |      166 |  22,196 |      12,082
University of Chicago (Ill.) ...........................|     9 |    4,865 |    349 |       74 |  13,954 |       6,217
University of Wisconsin, Madison .......................|    10 |    4,804 |    504 |      139 |  18,161 |       9,754
                                                        |       |          |        |          |         |
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities....................|    11 |    4,651 |    484 |      122 |  17,740 |       8,824
Indiana University, Bloomington ........................|    12 |    4,530 |    431 |      104 |  11,486 |       6,618
Ohio State University, Main Campus .....................|    13 |    4,254 |    454 |      118 |  15,784 |       8,444
Cornell University (N.Y.) ..............................|    14 |    4,189 |    414 |      120 |  12,986 |       6,915
Princeton University (N.J.) ............................|    15 |    4,071 |    375 |      105 |  15,660 |       8,038
                                                        |       |          |        |          |         |
Rutgers University, New Brunswick (N.J.) ...............|    16 |    4,054 |    384 |       82 |  14,948 |       8,351
University of Washington ...............................|    17 |    3,724 |    447 |      109 |  14,350 |       7,786
Duke University (N.C.) .................................|    18 |    3,669 |    320 |       94 |  12,178 |       6,012
University of Arizona ..................................|    19 |    3,622 |    328 |       84 |  10,943 |       5,453
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ..............|    20 |    3,520 |    413 |      117 |  15,884 |       7,686
                                                        |       |          |        |          |         |
University of Pennsylvania .............................|    21 |    3,500 |    368 |      108 |  13,780 |       7,400
Michigan State University ..............................|    22 |    3,302 |    331 |       78 |  11,517 |       5,900
Stanford University (Calif.) ...........................|    23 |    3,187 |    407 |       80 |  18,213 |      10,488
University of Southern California ..................... |    24 |    3,170 |    344 |       64 |  11,860 |       7,390
University of Virginia, Main Campus ....................|    25 |    3,003 |    343 |       96 |  14,119 |       6,703
                                                        |       |          |        |          |         |
New York University ....................................|    26 |    2,988 |    361 |      108 |  15,550 |       7,593
University of Iowa .....................................|    27 |    2,931 |    274 |       86 |  11,491 |       5,718
University of Pittsburgh, Main Campus (Penn.) ..........|    28 |    2,713 |    342 |       83 |  10,110 |       5,310
University of Florida ..................................|    29 |    2,702 |    405 |      106 |  12,954 |       7,278
University of Georgia ..................................|    30 |    2,688 |    322 |       76 |  10,428 |       4,984
                                                        |       |          |        |          |         |
University of Rochester (N.Y.) .........................|    31 |    2,598 |    231 |       61 |   8,820 |       3,678
University of Kansas, Main Campus ......................|    32 |    2,585 |    260 |       77 |   9,061 |       4,251
Northwestern University (Ill.) .........................|    33 |    2,574 |    288 |       79 |   8,979 |       5,321
State University of New York, Buffalo, Main Campus......|    34 |    2,493 |    272 |       90 |  10,703 |       5,500
University of California, Santa Barbara ............... |    35 |    2,476 |    247 |       62 |  10,334 |       5,882
                                                        |       |          |        |          |         |
Southern Methodist University (Texas)...................|    36 |    2,415 |    141 |       49 |   5,619 |       2,404
University of Missouri, Columbia .......................|    37 |    2,411 |    235 |       56 |   6,601 |       3,617
University of Oklahoma, Norman Campus...................|    38 |    2,396 |    209 |       55 |   5,192 |       2,267
University of Hawaii, Manoa ............................|    39 |    2,365 |    247 |       73 |   8,587 |       4,925
Louisiana State U. & A&M & Hebert Laws Center ..........|    40 |    2,343 |    283 |       62 |   7,983 |       3,949
                                                        |       |          |        |          |         |
Johns Hopkins University (Md.) .........................|    41 |    2,330 |    308 |       82 |  12,007 |       5,756
Arizona State University ...............................|    42 |    2,315 |    366 |       95 |  12,510 |       5,457
University of Delaware..................................|    43 |    2,296 |    220 |       57 |   7,655 |       3,093
Purdue University, Main Campus (Ind.)...................|    44 |    2,242 |    268 |       59 |   7,966 |       4,102
Wayne State University (Mich.) .........................|    45 |    2,234 |    266 |       74 |  10,395 |       4,457
                                                        |       |          |        |          |         |
University of California, Davis ........................|    46 |    2,227 |    320 |       68 |  14,989 |       7,619
Syracuse University, Main Campus (N.Y.) ................|    47 |    2,217 |    271 |       68 |   8,106 |       3,821
University of Colorado, Boulder ........................|    48 |    2,186 |    222 |       50 |   7,805 |       4,235
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ..................|    49 |    2,181 |    265 |       87 |   9,443 |       5,097
Washington University (Missouri) .......................|    50 |    2,170 |    230 |       66 |   9,558 |       3,853
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, unpublished data. (This table was prepared May 1993.)


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