ARL Statistics
Vanderbilt Total
% change from Rank
  2005/2006 2004/2005   in ARL
New Expenditure-based Index 51
 
Collections
Volumes held at beginning of year          3,215,163 7%
Volumes added, gross              55,283 -24% 45
Volumes withdrawn                6,215 -16%
Volumes added, net              49,068 -25%
Volumes held at end of year          3,264,231 7% 59
No. monographic vols. purchased              31,683 19%
Serials
No. current serials purchased              26,999 6%
No. current serials not purchased                9,185 9%
No. current serials received              36,184 7% 72
Other Library Materials
Microform units          3,043,451 1%
Government documents, other             257,762 1%
Computer files              10,718 0%
Manuscripts and archives (l.f.)              15,933 0%
Audiovisual Materials
Cartographic             108,333 0%
Graphic             221,680 0%
Audio              36,352 4%
Film and video                9,910 2%
Expenditures
Library Materials
Monographs  $      2,022,886 22%
Current serials  $      8,260,264 2%
Other library materials  $         294,663 141%
Miscellaneous  $                 -   -100%
Total library materials  $    10,577,813 6% 44
Contract Binding  $         117,097 -5%
Salaries and Wages
Professional staff  $      5,567,319 1%
Support staff  $      3,089,867 -2%
Student assistants  $         346,032 1%
Total salaries and wages  $      9,003,218 0%
Other Operating Expenditures  $      3,308,978 45%
Total Library Expenditures  $    23,007,106 8% 52
Personnel 54
Professional Staff                   101 -2%
Support Staff                   106 -1%
Student Assistants                     38 -7%
Total FTE Staff                   245 -2%
Instruction
Number of library presentations                   744 8%
Number of participants              13,468 31%
Reference
Number of reference transactions              39,516 5%
Circulation
Number of initial circulations             213,301 0%
Total circulations             353,835 2%
Number of reserve circulations
Interlibrary Loans
Total filled requests provided              28,686 4%
Total filled request received              19,610 0%
PhD Degrees
Number awarded                   230 19%
Number of fields                     45 2%
Faculty
Number of full-time instructional                2,294 15%
Enrollment
Full-time students              10,893 1%
Part-time students                   714 39%
Full-time graduate students                4,589 0%
Part-time graduate students                   640 44%
ARL Supplementary Statistics
Expenditures
Computer Files and Search Services--Monog.  $         792,073 360%
Electronic Serials  $      3,936,452 0%
Document Delivery/ILL  $         137,912 -9%
Computer Hardware and Software  $         496,837 -3%
Bibliographic Utilities, Networks, Consortia  $         234,601 -23%
Services Hours & Service Points
No. staffed service points 16
No. weekly public service hours 149
No. of electronic j's purchased              36,281 44%
No. of electronic full text j's purchased                8,480 8%
No. of electronic j's not purchased                8,087 94%
No. of electronic ref. Sources                   488 -13%
No. of electronic books             371,944 87%
Expenditures for current e-j's purchased  $      1,910,211
Expenditures for full text e-j's  $      1,910,211
Expenditures for e-ref sources  $         335,719
Expenditures for e-books  $         194,816
No. virtual ref transactions                3,727