ARL Statistics

Vanderbilt Total
2003/2004 % Rank 2004/2005 % Rank
    change     change  
  53

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Volumes held at beginning of year     2,918,364 4%      2,991,563 3%
Volumes added, gross          67,296 -16% 56          72,520 8%
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Volumes withdrawn          21,446 76%            7,376 -66%
Volumes added, net          45,850 -32%          65,144 42%
Volumes held at end of year     2,964,214 3% 66      3,056,707 3%
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No. monographic vols. purchased          33,927 -17% 52          26,592 -22%
Serials
No. current serials purchased          22,669 2% 48          25,476 12%
No. current serials not purchased            6,085 -11%            8,407 38%
No. current serials received          28,754 -1% 73          33,883 18%
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Other Library Materials
Microform units     2,993,803 1% 89      3,022,373 1%
Government documents, other        253,134 0%         255,423 1%
Computer files          10,328 21%          10,694 4%
Manuscripts and archives (l.f.)          14,757 -1%          15,877 8%
Audiovisual Materials
Cartographic        108,208 0%         108,284 0%
Graphic        221,680 0%         221,680 0%
Audio          32,967 6%          34,828 6%
Film and video            8,135 10%            9,705 19%
Expenditures
Library Materials
Monographs     1,767,728 15% 60      1,658,666 -6%
Current serials     6,977,324 2% 26      8,088,649 16%
Other library materials**        119,254         122,402 3%
Miscellaneous          59,179 -6%          97,778 65%
Total library materials     8,923,485 6% 48      9,967,495 12%
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Contract Binding        154,585 -2%         123,743 -20%
Salaries and Wages
Professional staff     5,217,923 10%      5,537,670 6%
Support staff     3,311,955 8%      3,148,852 -5%
Student assistants        357,900 -6%         341,995 -4%
Total salaries and wages     8,887,778 8% 57      9,028,517 2%
Other Operating Expenditures     2,083,038 -8% 62      2,276,419 9%
Total Library Expenditures    20,048,886 5% 51    21,396,174 7%
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Personnel 55
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Professional Staff              104 -1% 36               103 -1%
Support Staff              106 -6% 71               107 1%
Student Assistants                41 -13%                 41 0%
Total FTE Staff              251 -5% 63               251 0%
Instruction
Number of library presentations              594 -10%               692 16%
Number of participants            7,474 -18%          10,257 37%
Reference
Number of reference transactions          39,708 -6%          37,801 -5%
Circulation
Number of initial circulations        224,495 -9%         212,710 -5%
Total circulations        354,659 -3%         348,541 -2%
Number of reserve circulations
Interlibrary Loans
Total filled requests provided          25,438 -10% 79          27,692 9%
Total filled request received          19,145 15% 74          19,547 2%
PhD Degrees
Number awarded              173 -2%               194 12%
Number of fields                46 5%                 44 -4%
Faculty
Number of full-time instructional            1,898 7%            1,995 5%
Enrollment
Full-time students          10,660 2%          10,779 1%
Part-time students              432 -10%               515 19%
Full-time graduate students            4,429 7%            4,577 3%
Part-time graduate students              380 -9%               445 17%