ARL Statistics
Vanderbilt Total
			1992/93	Rank	1993/94	%	Rank	1994/95	%	Rank	1995/96	%	Rank	1996/97	%	Rank	1997/98	%	Rank	1998/99	%	Rank	1999/2000	%	Rank	2000/2001	%	Rank	2001/2002	%		Rank	2002/2003		%	Rank
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	Collections			58			60			57			58			57			51			53			53			51				53				42
1a.	Volumes held at beginning of year		########		########	3%		########	9%		########	3%		########	2%		########	2%		########	3%		########	2%		2,626,630	2%		2,689,580	2%			2,744,734	"-#	2%
2.	Volumes added, gross		66,068	56	64,555	-2%	69	66,665	3%	59	60,611	-9%	63	60,422	0%	67	75,672	25%	51	60,529	-20%	66	67,617	12%	59	74,564	10%	52	67,318	-10%		65	149,531	#	122%	12
2a.	Volumes withdrawn		6,417		6,943	8%		7,650	10%		8,025	5%		5,962	-26%		6,371	7%		4,411	-31%		9,177	108%		11,614	27%		12,164	5%	****		12,208		0%
3.	Volumes added, net		59,651		57,612	-3%		59,015	2%		52,586	-11%		54,460	4%		69,301	27%		56,118	-19%		58,440	4%		62,950	8%		55,154	-12%			137,323	#	149%
1.	Volumes held at end of year		########	72	########	3%	71	########	3%	63	########	2%	64	########	2%	65	########	3%	64	########	2%	65	########	2%	63	2,689,580	2%	66	2,744,734	2%		68	2,882,057	##	5%	65
4.	No. monographic vols. purchased		34,142														36,844		31	37,105	1%	36	32,135	-13%	45	51,604	61%	23	44,471	-14%		34	40,814		-8%
	Serials
5.	No. current serials purchased		15,135	38	14,840	-2%	42	16,276	10%	33	15,859	-3%	34	15,863	0%	34	17,434		29	18,314		29	18,514		31	22,023	19%	28	22,391	2%		32	22,307		0%
6.	No. current serials not purchased		1,222		1,169	-4%		1,174	0%		1,150	-2%		3,905	240%		4,174			3,920			4,098			4,862	19%		7,442	53%	***		6,866		-8%
7.	No. current serials received		16,357	87	16,009	-2%	85	17,450	9%	72	17,009	-3%	76	19,768	16%	62	21,608	9%	57	22,234	3%	57	22,612	2%	63	26,885	19%	56	29,833	11%		51	29,173		-2%	58
	Other Library Materials
8.	Microform units		########	85	########	5%	88	########	14%	84	########	3%	83	########	2%	82	########	2%	84	########	1%	86	########	2%	85	2,902,729	2%	86	2,923,802	1%			2,968,668		2%
9.	Government documents, other		306,480	55	318,242	4%	51	215,968	-32%	59	228,477	6%	56	233,300	2%	54	242,372	4%	50	244,567	1%	51	246,322	1%	49	248,781	1%	48	250,693	1%			252,150		1%
10.	Computer files		2,215		1,981	-11%		2,051	4%		3,182	55%		4,150	30%		5,088	23%		5,674	12%		5,994	6%		6,420	7%		6,854	7%			8,564		25%
11.	Manuscripts and archives (l.f.)		5,990		6,027	1%		6,706	11%		7,144	7%		7,489	5%		8,581	15%		9,459	10%		10,028	6%		12,032	20%		13,111	9%			14,908		14%
	Audiovisual Materials
12.	Cartographic		102,495		102,535	0%		102,843	0%		102,849	0%		102,852	0%		103,852	1%		104,852	1%		105,854	1%		106,722	1%		107,020	0%			107,822		1%
13.	Graphic		1,174		13,269	1030%		13,672	3%		13,665	0%		13,812	1%		13,818	0%		13,818	0%		13,818	0%		13,539	-2%		221,539	1536%	*!		221,678		0%
14.	Audio		20,731		21,357	3%		21,983	3%		22,707	3%		23,535	4%		24,753	5%		25,925	5%		26,997	4%		27,784	3%		29,847	7%			31,230		5%
15.	Film and video		15,082		3,262	-78%		3,797	16%		4,099	8%		4,454	9%		4,611	4%		4,910	6%		5,163	5%		5,405	5%		7,494	39%	*!		7,412		-1%
	Expenditures		$		$			$			$			$
	Library Materials
16.	Monographs		########	54	########	6%	53	########	-1%	54	########	-4%	61	########	-4%	67	########	40%	45	########	-7%	52	########	-9%	65	########	24%	54	$1,729,782	-7%	##	59	$     1,538,282		-11%
17.	Current serials		########	48	########	0%	52	########	10%	47	########	10%	47	########	7%	45	########	2%	49	########	16%	41	########	17%	29	########	7%	28	$6,157,611	8%		27	$     6,815,992		11%
18.	Other library materials**		249,304		242,443	-3%		300,007	24%		351,292	17%		449,544	28%		578,541	29%		781,356	35%		211,824	-73%		$0	-100%		$0
19.	Miscellaneous		-		-			-																		$59,900			$59,900	0%			$         62,856		5%
20.	Total library materials		########	50	########	1%	53	########	8%	50	########	7%	51	########	6%	53	########	13%	42	########	11%	42	########	1%	47	########	8%	48	$7,947,293	4%		50	$     8,417,130		6%
21.	Contract Binding		163,522		153,609	-6%		165,600	8%		195,037	18%		163,113	-16%		184,633	13%		192,932	4%		184,756	-4%		$143,484	-22%		$212,028	48%	**!		$       157,452		-26%
	Salaries and Wages
22.	Professional staff		########		########	5%		########	4%		########	2%		########	15%		########	6%		########	3%		########	0%		########	4%		$4,384,418	6%			$     4,754,236		8%
23.	Support staff		########		########	-1%		########	2%		########	9%		########	3%		########	4%		########	1%		########	0%		########	1%		$3,363,991	11%			$     3,068,665		-9%
24.	Student assistants		371,056		352,695	-5%		400,166	13%		352,925	-12%		421,836	20%		460,025	9%		516,147	12%		494,222	-4%		$368,548	-25%		$418,751	14%			$       380,730		-9%
25.	Total salaries and wages		########	61	########	2%	61	########	4%	62	########	4%	60	########	10%	54	########	5%	55	########	3%	54	########	0%	59	########	1%	63	$8,167,160	8%		61	$8,203,631		0%
26.	Other Operating Expenditures		########	38	########	12%	37	########	-11%	51	########	25%	38	########	-27%	63	########	17%	52	########	26%	45	########	-17%	52	########	2%	55	$2,354,208	3%			$     2,251,975		-4%
27.	Total Library Expenditures		########	52	########	3%	52	########	3%	55	########	8%	52	########	2%	54	########	10%	51	########	9%	49	########	-2%	56	########	4%	54	$18,680,689	6%		53	$19,030,188		2%	54
	Personnel		#		#			#			#																					53				50
28.	Professional Staff		83	40	83	0%	40	86	4%	39	78	-9%	49	80	3%	48	85	6%	46	89	5%	44	93	4%	43	98	5%	40	100	2%		38	105		5%
29.	Support Staff		132	55	142	8%	48	139	-2%	47	142	2%	46	141	-1%	46	136	-4%	51	135	-1%	54	125	-7%	58	118	-6%	69	113	-4%		72	113		0%
30.	Student Assistants		64		64	0%		73	14%		67	-8%		84	25%		70	-17%		74	6%		46	-38%		41	-11%		43	5%			47		9%
31.	Total FTE Staff		279	49