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Library Investment Index Summarizes Relative Size of ARL University Libraries for 2011–12
Dear Professionals,
ARL has released the Library Investment Index for 2011–2012, the latest in this annual summary measure of the relative size of the university library members of the Association.
The ARL Library Investment Index has been calculated beginning with data from 2002–2003.
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization of 125 research libraries in the US and Canada. Its mission is to influence the changing environment of scholarly communication and the public policies that affect research libraries and the diverse communities they serve. ARL pursues this mission by advancing the goals of its member research libraries, providing leadership in public and information policy to the scholarly and higher education communities, fostering the exchange of ideas and expertise, facilitating the emergence of new roles for research libraries, and shaping a future environment that leverages its interests with those of allied organizations.
Rank |
Institution Name |
Total Library Expenditures |
Salaries & Wages Professional Staff |
Total Library Materials Expenditures |
Professional plus support staff |
|
1 |
HARVARD |
$120,907,000 |
$43,508,000 |
$45,220,000 |
922 |
|
2 |
YALE |
$80,065,431 |
$18,951,386 |
$36,913,358 |
537 |
|
3 |
TORONTO |
$75,765,895 |
$17,245,312 |
$27,867,649 |
501 |
|
4 |
COLUMBIA |
$61,869,272 |
$20,938,399 |
$27,223,728 |
519 |
|
5 |
MICHIGAN |
$63,735,669 |
$15,673,726 |
$24,246,756 |
553 |
|
6 |
CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY |
$53,729,218 |
$18,468,256 |
$20,645,030 |
390 |
|
7 |
NEW YORK |
$51,546,994 |
$12,042,260 |
$23,241,030 |
382 |
|
8 |
PENNSYLVANIA STATE |
$50,972,467 |
$12,029,079 |
$20,111,855 |
484 |
|
9 |
PRINCETON |
$49,622,273 |
$10,984,727 |
$23,592,754 |
325 |
|
10 |
CORNELL |
$49,470,729 |
$14,867,884 |
$19,294,706 |
396 |
|
Source: http://www.arl.org/news/arl-news/2884-library-investment-index-summ...
Regards,
Abilash A.
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