Holdings of University Research Libraries in U.S. and Canada, 2003-4

 
2003-4
1998-99 rank3
Volumes in library
Volumes added
Current serials
Total expenditures1
Permanent staff2
Rank3
Harvard U.
15,391,906
302,173
100,009
$100,892,145
1,137
1
1
Yale U.
11,389,504
280,572
66,867
$65,212,582
604
2
2
U. of Toronto
10,032,197
230,073
62,023
$47,556,426
539
3
4
U. of California at Berkeley
9,812,997
200,310
79,394
$53,263,903
426
4
5
U. of California at Los Angeles
7,988,925
168,335
78,171
$47,691,633
432
5
6
U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
10,191,895
178,221
89,444
$33,557,443
400
6
8
Columbia U.
8,650,258
162,166
65,650
$46,200,379
479
7
9
U. of Michigan
7,958,145
171,154
67,554
$46,737,671
475
8
7
Cornell U.4
7,365,268
171,803
72,788
$42,560,694
433
9
10
U. of Texas
8,482,207
174,190
48,096
$36,316,124
436
10
11
U. of Wisconsin
7,807,097
126,373
55,164
$39,251,812
402
11
16
Indiana U.
6,770,498
145,288
70,370
$32,340,522
362
12
15
U. of Washington
6,546,072
186,227
48,269
$34,780,704
351
13
12
Pennsylvania State U.4
4,975,339
98,771
58,459
$40,610,081
527
14
13
Princeton U.
6,373,184
154,045
44,634
$35,256,274
354
15
17
U. of North Carolina
5,601,436
120,688
52,454
$29,619,061
339
16
18
New York U.
4,642,734
126,576
49,044
$34,462,180
344
17
23
U. of Chicago
7,124,379
156,259
41,790
$27,878,919
243
18
20
U. of Minnesota
6,374,293
130,964
35,801
$31,640,604
298
19
14
U. of Pennsylvania
5,473,472
112,214
42,031
$32,130,433
291
20
19
Ohio State U.
5,809,505
145,968
35,561
$28,509,784
280
21
21
U. of British Columbia
5,207,841
111,213
48,430
$25,964,851
312
22
31
U. of Pittsburgh4
4,640,279
147,594
44,924
$25,664,536
291
23
29
U. of Virginia
4,987,437
82,997
52,192
$29,354,994
309
24
22
Duke U.
5,471,919
115,778
33,934
$30,156,928
299
25
24
U. of Iowa
4,474,826
138,899
50,675
$24,118,906
235
26
26
North Carolina State U.
3,389,517
160,830
54,799
$25,042,984
233
27
35
U. of Alberta
6,011,574
89,221
40,328
$24,105,116
295
28
30
Rutgers U.4
4,107,538
80,462
41,942
$29,564,707
345
29
25
U. of Arizona
5,201,065
104,508
36,060
$27,064,875
259
30
27
U. of Georgia
4,028,611
82,420
67,268
$21,544,004
268
31
28
Northwestern U.4
4,545,038
100,317
39,944
$25,630,720
254
32
32
Texas A&M U.4
3,310,840
92,518
49,197
$25,842,504
261
33
34
Emory U.4
2,935,654
88,469
53,602
$27,797,992
256
34
43
Johns Hopkins U.4
3,606,254
62,142
50,097
$28,165,251
292
35
40
Arizona State U.4
4,058,675
81,631
34,482
$24,614,964
288
36
36
Washington U. in St. Louis
3,647,459
60,850
47,266
$29,416,653
238
37
44
U. of Florida4
4,075,290
85,371
25,330
$25,112,380
320
38
33
Michigan State U.
4,747,959
71,996
37,880
$22,557,590
204
39
41
U. of Utah
3,185,910
68,199
40,753
$22,230,041
266
40
45
U. of California at San Diego
3,071,461
75,716
30,461
$25,945,519
282
41
46
U. of Kansas4
4,039,645
72,518
41,830
$19,076,650
215
42
42
U. of Montreal
3,047,014
61,822
29,188
$21,949,251
382
43
n/a
Brigham Young U.
3,538,205
101,287
27,161
$22,382,454
175
44
81
U. of Tennessee4
2,920,485
58,394
42,230
$20,933,676
232
45
61
U. of California at Davis
3,424,040
65,012
36,647
$19,557,745
218
46
38
U. of Cincinnati
3,050,113
87,357
39,787
$19,502,676
168
47
56
U. of Miami
2,515,732
68,540
43,939
$19,986,430
205
48
78
McGill U.4
3,515,795
100,375
17,900
$21,475,347
230
49
57
U. of Maryland
3,082,973
69,910
33,438
$20,033,947
208
50
39
Florida State U.4
2,874,988
92,637
38,271
$13,697,817
196
51
87
State U. of New York at Buffalo
3,360,036
61,241
34,126
$18,720,435
185
52
54
Vanderbilt U.
2,964,214
67,296
28,754
$20,048,886
210
53
53
U. of Oklahoma4
4,736,213
66,488
31,325
$17,232,008
147
54
70
U. of Connecticut4
3,211,431
51,464
37,621
$23,488,601
159
55
48
U. of Kentucky
3,092,616
58,371
29,633
$19,270,355
216
56
49
Texas Tech U.4
2,399,479
51,904
44,327
$18,527,587
212
57
63
U. of Notre Dame
3,122,187
76,471
22,377
$18,764,762
218
58
51
Georgetown U.
2,407,125
66,659
28,173
$22,184,204
211
59
47
U. of California at Santa Barbara
2,818,424
55,107
38,223
$18,208,284
187
60
69
Laval U.
2,658,127
91,134
27,952
$14,454,499
215
61
92
Louisiana State U.
3,315,748
55,884
58,918
$12,790,170
142
62
66
Boston U.
2,396,362
56,230
34,214
$19,977,770
198
63
59
U. of Colorado
3,484,982
86,270
20,677
$18,390,430
160
64
52
U. of California at Irvine
2,398,455
74,436
25,464
$18,542,297
203
65
73
U. of South Carolina
3,436,445
63,439
24,152
$17,271,058
182
66
50
Dartmouth College
2,434,788
50,810
37,893
$18,807,974
175
67
77
U. of Hawaii
3,356,031
74,036
29,679
$14,786,274
150
68
64
U. of New Mexico
2,627,815
67,615
14,901
$19,396,595
251
69
55
Oklahoma State U.4
2,572,044
77,050
41,608
$12,883,426
134
70
58
U. of Southern California
3,354,954
57,616
16,999
$21,788,025
174
71
37
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2,741,944
50,289
22,312
$19,953,776
191
72
68
Wayne State U.
3,348,242
35,799
20,940
$21,297,891
194
73
60
Southern Illinois U.
2,840,324
47,704
40,588
$14,220,244
145
74
99
U. of Western Ontario
3,056,875
37,758
38,517
$14,382,653
169
75
83
Purdue U.
2,459,943
54,003
20,829
$17,745,361
219
76
75
U. of Illinois at Chicago
2,236,632
44,089
31,236
$15,603,117
215
77
65
Boston College
2,076,844
58,755
32,936
$16,588,659
155
78
n/a
Iowa State U.
2,416,670
52,692
33,914
$16,076,113
147
79
84
Brown U.
3,305,324
48,600
18,149
$17,504,112
179
80
71
U. of Rochester
3,370,854
43,358
22,770
$16,324,549
158
81
88
Ohio U.4
2,550,511
85,974
25,557
$12,445,639
139
82
72
U. of Missouri
3,205,927
60,290
19,746
$14,231,832
165
83
62
Syracuse U.
3,136,964
42,117
20,980
$14,444,432
208
84
86
U. of Nebraska at Lincoln
2,807,194
47,806
31,571
$$13,446,172
153
85
67
U. of Houston
2,256,863
63,906
22,052
$15,650,925
162
86
100
Temple U.4
2,971,988
48,287
23,567
$14,619,227
152
87
85
U. of Louisville4
1,950,624
60,513
24,872
$17,319,156
141
88
n/a
Auburn U.
2,767,765
47,258
39,318
$12,518,579
109
89
91
U. of Alabama
2,465,217
47,603
31,199
$13,248,722
135
90
96
George Washington U.
2,129,332
54,518
12,005
$20,547,370
213
91
74
U. of Massachusetts
3,158,359
32,688
37,716
$11,654,629
126
92
79
Queen's U. (Ontario)
2,410,869
49,097
21,092
$13,312,409
155
93
104
U. of California at Riverside
2,305,526
53,954
23,783
$12,069,545
140
94
102
State U. of New York at Albany
2,064,576
40,752
34,486
$12,236,201
131
95
101
York U. (Ontario)4
2,476,701
56,411
10,965
$17,445,868
171
96
76
Washington State U.4
2,193,803
36,548
30,936
$12,775,271
142
97
82
Colorado State U.
1,967,035
83,905
16,505
$16,098,539
109
98
98
Tulane U.4
2,403,728
51,814
16,588
$13,262,398
160
99
95
U. of Oregon
2,636,234
38,956
18,180
$14,294,319
151
100
80
U. of Manitoba
2,025,342
40,484
15,809
$14,806,890
196
101
107
Virginia Tech
2,210,645
40,648
30,072
$11,687,071
126
102
93
Kent State U.4
2,667,683
56,368
14,602
$12,821,827
128
103
97
Rice U.
2,394,131
52,497
16,013
$14,266,058
123
104
94
U. of Delaware
2,623,554
40,445
12,476
$14,828,278
164
105
90
U. of Saskatchewan
1,950,582
64,404
15,509
$11,286,852
153
106
106
Georgia Institute of Technology
2,370,825
45,909
26,068
$10,622,028
109
107
103
Case Western Reserve U.
2,452,731
32,503
20,678
$13,988,420
113
108
105
State U. of New York at Stony Brook
2,192,704
26,551
29,091
$12,383,254
115
109
108
McMaster U.
1,968,168
34,542
20,401
$11,383,561
142
110
110
U. of Waterloo
1,992,700
25,744
16,689
$11,395,352
136
111
109
Howard U.
2,194,804
33,410
10,122
$10,191,433
119
112
89
U. of Guelph4
1,555,385
28,797
12,505
$9,179,417
117
113
111
 

OPERATING EXPENDITURES

Salaries
46%
Library materials
40%
Other
13%
Contract binding
1%
Total
$2.57-billion
 

CHANGES IN SPENDING, 1998-99 TO 2003-4

 
SOURCE: Association of Research Libraries
 
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
Section: Research & Publishing
Volume 51, Issue 37, Page A19