Vanderbilt University

ARL Statistics

Data as reported to the Association of Research Libraries for the 2001/2002 fiscal year. All Vanderbilt libraries are included in this statistical compilation.

ARL Statistics
Vanderbilt Total

2001/2002

% Rank
2000/2001
% Rank
      change       change
Collections 53 51
1a. Volumes held at beginning of year

   2,689,580

2%
2,626,630
2%
2. Volumes added, gross
       67,318
-10% 65
       74,564
10% 52
2a. Volumes withdrawn
        12,164
5%
11,614
27%
3. Volumes added, net
       55,154
-12%
62,950
8%
1. Volumes held at end of year
   2,744,734
2% 68
2,689,580
2% 66
4. No. monographic vols. purchased
       44,471
-14% 34
50,951
59% 23
Serials
5. No. current serials purchased
       22,391
2%
32
22,023
19% 28
6. No. current serials not purchased
         7,442
4,862
19%
7. No. current serials received
       29,833
11% 51
26,885[1]
19%
   56
Other Library Materials
8. Microform units
   2,923,802
1%  
2,902,729
2%
9. Government documents, other
      250,693
1%  
248,781
1%
10. Computer files
         6,854
7%
6,420
7%
11. Manuscripts and archives (l.f.)
       13,111
9%
12,032
20%
Audiovisual Materials
12. Cartographic
      107,020
0%
106,722
1%
13. Graphic
       221,539
 
13,539
-2%
14. Audio
       29,847
7%
27,784
3%
15. Film and video
         7,494
39%
5,405
5%
Expenditures
Library Materials
16. Monographs
   1,792,444
-4% 59
$1,864,983
24% 54
17. Current serials
   6,157,611
8% 27
$5,708,519
7% 28
18. Other library materials**
     0
 
$0
-100%
19. Miscellaneous
59,900
$59,900
20. Total library materials
   8,009,955
5% 50
$7,633,402
8% 48
 
21. Contract Binding
      212,028
48%
$143,484
-22%
 
Salaries and Wages
 
22. Professional staff
   4,384,418
6%
$4,154,150
4%
23. Support staff
   3,363,991
11%
$3,032,046
1%
24. Student assistants
      418,751
14%
$368,548
-25%
25. Total salaries and wages
  8,167,160
8% 61
$7,554,744
1% 63
 
26. Other Operating Expenditures
   2,354,208
3% 53
$2,288,418
2% 55
 
27. Total Library Expenditures
 18,743,351
6% 53
$17,620,048
4% 54
Personnel
28. Professional Staff
             100
2% 38
98
5% 40
29. Support Staff
            113
-4% 72
118
-6% 69
30. Student Assistants
              43
5%
41
-11%
31. Total FTE Staff
            256
0% 62
257
-3% 62
Instruction
32. Number of library presentations
            504
-19%
625
-23%
33. Number of participants
        6,548
-14%
7,629
0%
Reference
34. Number of reference transactions
       67,958
-3%
69,873
0%
Circulation
35. Number of initial circulations
      217,808
5%
206,544
0%
36. Total circulations
      321,754
5%
305,173
0%
37. Number of reserve circulations
Interlibrary Loans
38. Total filled requests provided
      31,092
4% 55
29,821
24% 54
39. Total filled request received
       12,384
8% 97
11,493
10% 99
PhD Degrees
40. Number awarded
            171
2%
168
-3%
41. Number of fields
              41
2%
40
0%
Faculty
42. Number of full-time instructional
         1,700
4%
1,638
0%
Enrollment
43. Full-time students
         10,049
-1%
10,194
4%
44. Part-time students
            447
1%
444
-5%
45. Full-time graduate students
         3,874
2%
3,780
1%
46. Part-time graduate students
            387
3%
377
-7%

[1]
Increase due to addition of count for e-journals