Table 422. | General statistics of college and university libraries: 1976-77 to 1997-98 |
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Item |1976-77\1\ |1978-79\1\ | 1981-82 | 1984-85 | 1987-88 | 1991-92 | 1994-95 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 ________________________________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|____________|___________|___________|_______________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 ________________________________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|____________|___________|___________|_______________ Number of libraries ............................| 3,058 | 3,122 | 3,104 | 3,322 | 3,438 | 3,274 | 3,303 | 3,408 | 3,658 General collection transactions, in thousands ..| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 183,123 | 186,545 | 175,409 Reserve collection transactions, in thousands ..| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 48,380 | 44,189 | 40,658 Total enrollment, in thousands\2\ ..............| 11,121 | 11,392 | 12,372 | 12,242 | 12,767 | 14,359 | 14,279 | 14,300 | 14,502 Full-time-equivalent enrollment, in | | | | | | | | | thousands\2\ .................................| 8,313 | 8,348 | 9,015 | 8,952 | 9,230 | 10,361 | 10,348 | 10,402 | 10,217 |===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|============|===========|===========|=============== Collections, thousands of units | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Number of volumes at end of year ...............| 481,442 | 519,895 | 567,826 | 631,727 | 718,504 | 749,429 | 776,447 | 806,717 | 878,906 Number of volumes added during year ............| 22,367 | 21,608 | 19,507 | 20,658 | 21,907 | 20,982 | 21,544 | 21,346 | 24,551 Number of serial subscriptions at end of year...| 4,670 | 4,775 | 4,890 | 6,317 | 6,416 | 6,966 | 6,212 | 5,709 |\3\ 10,908 Microform units at end of year .................| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 1,062,082 Electronic units at end of year \4\.............| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 465 | 983 | 3,473 |===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|============|===========|===========|=============== Library staff, in full-time equivalents (FTE) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total staff in regular positions\5\ ............| 57,087 | 58,416 | 58,476 | 58,476 | 67,251 | 67,166 | 67,433 | 67,581 | 68,337 FTE student enrollment per FTE staff ...........| 145.6 | 142.9 | 154.2 | 153.1 | 137.2 | 154.3 | 153.5 | 153.9 | 149.5 |___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|____________|___________|___________|_______________ Librarians and professional staff ............| 23,308 | 23,676 | 23,816 | 21,822 | 25,115 | 26,341 | 26,726 | 27,268 | 30,041 Other paid staff .............................| 33,779 | 34,740 | 34,660 | 38,026 | 40,733 | 40,421 | 40,381 | 40,022 | 38,026 Contributed services .........................| --- | --- ' --- | --- | 1,403 | 404 | 326 | 291 | 270 Student assistants ...........................| --- | --- ' --- ' --- | 33,821 | 29,075 | 28,411 | 27,998 | 28,373 | | | | | | | | | Hours of student and other assistance, | | | | | | | | | in thousands ..................................| 39,950 | 39,552 | 40,068 | 28,360 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|============|===========|===========|=============== Library operating expenditures | | | | | | | | | (excluding capital outlay) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Operating expenditures, total, in thousands ....|$1,259,637 |$1,502,158 |$1,943,769 |$2,404,524 |$2,770,075 | $3,648,654 |$4,013,333 |$4,301,815 | $4,592,657 |___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|____________|___________|___________|_______________ Salaries\6\ ..................................| 698,090 | 824,438 | 1,081,894 | 1,156,138 | 1,451,551 | 1,889,368 | 2,021,233 | 2,147,842 | 2,314,380 Hourly wages .................................| 68,683 | 79,535 | 100,847 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Fringe benefits ..............................| --- | --- | --- | 231,209 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Preservation .................................| 22,521 | 25,274 | 30,351 | 32,939 | 34,144 | 43,126 | 46,554 | 45,610 | 42,919 Furniture/equipment ......................... | --- | --- ' --- | --- ' --- | --- | 55,915 | 56,128 | 57,013 Computer hardware/software ...................| --- | --- ' --- ' --- ' --- ' --- | 128,128 | 157,949 | 164,379 Utilities/networks/consortia .................| --- | --- ' --- ' --- ' --- ' --- | 81,106 | 85,113 | 89,618 Information resources ........................| 373,699 | 450,180 | 561,199 | 750,282 | 891,281 | 1,197,293 | 1,348,933 | 1,499,249 | 1,600,995 Books and serial backfiles- paper ..........| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 514,048 Books and serial backfiles- electronic .....| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 28,061 Current serials- paper ................... | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 849,399 Current serials- electronic ................| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 125,470 Audiovisual materials ......................| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 23,879 | 28,753 | 28,879 | 30,623 Document delivery/interlibrary loan ........| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 12,238 | 17,645 | 19,309 Other collection expenditures ..............| 373,699 | 450,180 | 561,199 | 750,282 | 891,281 | 1,173,414 | 1,307,942 | 1,452,725 | 34,086 Other library operating expenditures .........| 96,643 | 122,731 | 169,478 | 233,957 | 393,099 | 518,867 | 331,463 | 309,925 | 323,354 Operating expenditures per FTE student .........| 152 | 180 | 216 | 269 | 300 | 352 | 388 | 414 | 450 Operating expenditures per FTE student in | | | | | | | | | constant 1997-98 dollars .....................| 418 | 425 | 371 | 411 | 419 | 412 | 417 | 421 | 450 |===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|============|===========|===========|=============== Operating expenditures, total, in percents .....| 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|____________|___________|___________|_______________ Salaries\6\ ..................................| 55.4 | 54.9 | 55.7 | 48.1 | 52.4 | 51.8 | 50.4 | 49.9 | 50.4 Hourly wages .................................| 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.2 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Fringe benefits ..............................| --- | --- | --- | 9.6 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Preservation .................................| 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.9 Information resources ........................| 29.7 | 30.0 | 28.9 | 31.2 | 32.2 | 32.8 | 33.6 | 34.9 | 34.9 Other library operating expenditures\7\ ......| 7.7 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 9.7 | 14.2 | 14.2 | 14.9 | 14.2 | 13.8 |===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|============|===========|===========|=============== Library operating expenditures as percent of | | | | | | | | | total institutional expenditures for | | | | | | | | | educational and general purposes .............| 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.8 | --- | --- ________________________________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|____________|___________|___________|_______________ |
---Not available. NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Library Statistics of Colleges and Universities, various years; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Academic Library Survey," various years, and "Fall Enrollment Survey 1997." (This table was prepared July 2001.) |