Small Acorn,Jean and Alexander Heard Library
ARL Statistics
Vanderbilt Total Preliminary
 2002/2003  % Rank  2003/2004  % Rank
      change       change  
Collections 42
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1a. Volumes held at beginning of year        2,814,380 5%         2,918,364 * 4%
2. Volumes added, gross             79,885 19%             67,296 -16%
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2a. Volumes withdrawn             12,208 0%             21,446 76%
3. Volumes added, net             67,677 23%             45,850 -32%
1. Volumes held at end of year        2,882,057 5% 65         2,964,214 3% 66
4. No. monographic vols. purchased             40,814 -8%             33,927 -17% 52
Serials
5. No. current serials purchased             22,307 0% 38             22,669 2% 48
6. No. current serials not purchased               6,866 -8%               6,085 -11%
7.  No. current serials received             29,173 -2% 58             28,754 -1% 73
Other Library Materials
8. Microform units        2,968,668 2% 89         2,993,803 1% 89
9. Government documents, other           252,150 1% 48           253,134 0%
10. Computer files               8,564 25%             10,328 21%
11. Manuscripts and archives (l.f.)             14,908 14%             14,757 -1%
Audiovisual Materials
12. Cartographic           107,822 1%           108,208 0%
13. Graphic           221,678 0%           221,680 0%
14. Audio             31,230 5%             32,967 6%
15. Film and video               7,412 -1%               8,135 10%
Expenditures
Library Materials
16. Monographs        1,538,282 -11% 66         1,767,728 15% 60
17. Current serials        6,815,992 11% 25         6,977,324 2% 26
18. Other library materials**           119,254
19. Miscellaneous             62,856 5%             59,179 -6%
20. Total library materials        8,417,130 6% 51         8,923,485 6% 48
21. Contract Binding           157,452 -26%           154,585 -2%
Salaries and Wages
22. Professional staff        4,754,236 8%         5,217,923 10%
23. Support staff        3,068,665 -9%         3,311,955 8%
24. Student assistants           380,730 -9%           357,900 -6%
25. Total salaries and wages        8,203,631 0% 62         8,887,778 8% 57
26. Other Operating Expenditures        2,251,975 -4% 51         2,083,038 -8%
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27. Total Library Expenditures       19,030,188 2% 54       20,048,886 5% 51
Personnel 50 55
28. Professional Staff                 105 5% 34                  104 -1% 36
29. Support Staff                 113 0% 67                  106 -6% 71
30. Student Assistants                   47 9%                   41 -13%
31. Total FTE Staff                 265 4% 60                  251 -5% 63
Instruction
32. Number of library presentations                 661 31%                  594 -10%
33. Number of participants               9,170 40%               7,474 -18%
Reference
34. Number of reference transactions             42,071 -38%             39,708 -6%
Circulation
35. Number of initial circulations           245,749 13%           224,495 -9%
36. Total circulations           364,903 13%           354,659 -3%
37. Number of reserve circulations
Interlibrary Loans
38. Total filled requests provided             28,379 -9% 68             25,438 -10% 79
39. Total filled request received             16,660 35% 83             19,145 15% 74
PhD Degrees
40. Number awarded                 176 3%                  173 -2%
41. Number of fields                   44 7%                   46 5%
Faculty
42. Number of full-time instructional               1,776 4%               1,898 7%
Enrollment
43. Full-time students             10,660 6%             10,779 1%
44. Part-time students                 432 -3%                  515 19%
45. Full-time graduate students               4,429 14%               4,577 3%
46. Part-time graduate students                 380 -2%                  445 17%
* Volumes held at beginning adjusted upward by 36,307 to reflect addition of Early American Imprints e-books.
ARL Supplementary Statistics 2002/2003       2003/2004      
I. Expenditures
I.1. Computer Files  $       314,993 16%  $        221,708 -30%
I.2 Electronic Serials  $     1,936,459 8%  $     2,982,091 54%
I.5. Document Delivery/ILL  $       143,114 1%  $        137,367 -4%
I.4. Computer Hardware and Software  $       534,432 -41%  $        815,422 53%
I.3 Bibliographic Utilities, Networks  $       207,298 6%  $        229,015 10%
II. Electronic Access
II.7. No. records in online catalog        2,054,881 10%         2,149,768 5%
II.8. Percentage of holdings represented 100% 100%
IV. Services Hours & Service Points
IV.10 No. staffed service points 24 21
IV.11. No. weekly public service hours 114 143