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Statistics

I. A. Ranking of the NCSU Libraries in Selected Categories among ARL University Libraries, 1985/86-1998/99

  85/86 86/87 87/88 88/89 89/90 90/91 91/92 92/93 93/94 94/95 95/96 96/97 97/98 98/99
Category (n=106) (n=106) (n=106) (n=106) (n=107) (n=107) (n=108) (n=108) (n=108) (n=108) (n=109) (n=110) (n=111) (n=111)
1. Volumes in library 105 104 105 104 1051 105 107 108 57 57 57 56 56 54
2. Volumes added (gross) 90 74 87 105 832 101 96 90 63 45 47 42 29 23
3. Total microform holdings 26 26 31 32 32 42 41
(n=106)
39 37 35 34 34 32 33
4. Current serials 85 88 90 95 671 871 81 75 70 63 54 41 26 27
5. Professional staff (FTE) 96 93 96 100 92 84 82 82 71 62 63 36 33 28
6. Support staff (FTE) 65 62 68 69 71 71 70 71 66 66 65 52 53 56
7. Total staff (FTE) 80 75 78 82 84 84 76 74 68 68 58 42 42 43
8. Materials expenditures 60 62 67 84 85 90 88 57 52 58 45 38 40 39
9. Salaries and wages expenditures 80 78 79 81 82 85 81 84 77 75 73 64 57 58
10. Total expenditures 66 73 68 74 82 88 81 72 61 67 58 45 44 40
11. Total items loaned 24 28 24 38 42 35 44 31 56 58 76 78 82 83
12. Total items borrowed 87 90 94 93 98 96 92 94 95 100 102 85 76 84
13. Current serials expenditures 59
(n=104)
62
(n=105)
69
(n=106)
85
(n=105)
78
(n=106)
98 97 90 89 65 85 67 36
(n=80)
35
(n=82)
14. Other operating expenditures 51 81 53 52 69 71 54 64 34 63 48 23 28 17
15. Monographs purchased (vols.) 51
(n=77)
34
(n=78)
64
(n=78)
77
(n=79)
75
(n=78)
82
(n=83)
68
(n=91)
85
(n=91)
69
(n=90)
33
(n=92)
22
(n=91)
28
(n=93)
35
(n=95)
27
(n=99)
16. Expenditures for monographs 83
(n=101)
72
(n=104)
82
(n=104)
93
(n=103)
93
(n=106)
86 80 65 50 57 45 30 46 36
17. Serials purchased (titles) 52
(n=65)
53
(n=65)
55
(n=69)
56
(n=66)
60
(n=69)
74
(n=76)
71
(n=76)
73
(n=77)
75
(n=81)
74
(n=82)
62
(n=81)
41
(n=81)
18
(n=80)
35
(n=82)

1Includes government document serials.
2Includes one-time internal transfer.
3Reflects approximately $400,000 in one-time expenditure for computer equipment.

Sources: ARL Statistics, 1985-86; 1986-87; 1987-88; 1988-89; 1989-90; 1990-91; 1991-92; 1992-93; 1993-94; 1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-96, 1997-98, 1998-99
Notes: The NCSU Libraries became a member of the Association of Research Libraries in 1982-83.
Categories 14, 15, 16, and 17 were added in 1985-86.

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