ARL LIBRARY MATERIALS BUDGET SURVEY          
COMPARISON OF 1999-2000 DATA          
           
Question 1999 Answer 2000 Answer % inc./dec.    
1. Total Library Operating and Materials Budget: $15,945,583 $17,427,569 9.29%    
           
2. Library Materials Expenditures          
a. Last year:          
Base: $6,165,950 $6,920,614 12.24%    
Endowments: $86,988 $91,821 5.56%    
One-time funds [restricted, non-endowed]: $202,592 $130,219 -35.72%    
           
b. Current year Budget:          
Percent Increase/Decrease: 6.1% 5.8%      
Base: $6,780,664 $7,174,657 5.81%    
One-time funds: $430,859 $701,903 62.91%    
           
c. Serials/Monograph Expenditure Balance:          
% Serials of Base 71.4% 75.2%      
% Monographs of Base 25.6% 22.1%      
% Binding of Base 3.0% 2.6%      
           
d. Electronic Resources (All paid for data--textual, bibliographic, numeric, image--accessed via computer including"gateway" services and other remote online services, locally mounted tapes, networked and stand-alone CD Roms.)          
Last year Expenditures $743,088 $1,126,387 51.58%    
           
What % of the total materials budget expenditure was devoted to electronic resources? 11.5% 15.8%      
           
Current year allocation for electronic resources: $734,451 $934,436 27.23%    
           
f. Subject Areas percentages:       Expenditure amounts
What percentage of last year's expenditures were devoted to?       1999 2000
Arts & Humanities 12.2% 10.5%   $787,380 $751,708
Social Sciences 34.3% 33.5%   $2,214,283 $2,391,815
Science-Technology-Medicine 39.8% 43.2%   $2,570,288 $3,085,621
Area Studies 1.5% 1.5%   $93,713 $104,035
Interdisciplinary 9.5% 11.1%   $611,057 $792,591
           
g. Other expenditures included in 2a above expenditures. If not included, state "$0."          
Bibliographic Utilities          
Binding $184,774 $181,756 -1.63%    
Center for Research Libraries Membership          
(Do not include special programs like CAMP)          
Basic CRL membership fee          
Other memberships (such as ARL, RLG)          
Interlibrary Loan          
Document Delivery          
           
h. Serials Cancellations:          
Did you cancel serials?          
If yes, number of subscriptions: 132 113 -14.39%    
           
i. Blanket/Approval Plans:          
How much did you spend on them last year: $319,752 $310,394 -2.93%    

Last Updated on 6/5/00
By John M. Haar