Vanderbilt University

ARL Statistics

Data as reported to the Association of Research Libraries for the 1999/2000 fiscal year. All Vanderbilt libraries are included in this statistical compilation.

ARL Statistics
Vanderbilt Total
1998/99 % Rank 1999/2000 %
  change       change
Collections 53  
1a. Volumes held at beginning of year          2,512,072 3%          2,568,190 2%
2. Volumes added, gross               60,529 -20% 66               67,617 12%
2a. Volumes withdrawn                 4,411 -31%                 9,177 108%
3. Volumes added, net               56,118 -19%               58,440 4%
1. Volumes held at end of year          2,568,190 2% 65          2,626,630 2%
4. No. monographic vols. purchased               37,105 1% 36               32,135 -13%
 
Serials  
5. No. current serials purchased               18,314 29               18,514
6. No. current serials not purchased                 3,920                 4,098
7. No. current serials received               22,234 3% 57               22,612 2%
 
Other Library Materials  
8. Microform units          2,814,612 1% 86          2,857,396 2%
9. Government documents, other             244,567 1% 51             246,322 1%
10. Computer files                 5,674 12%                 5,994 6%
11. Manuscripts and archives (l.f.)                 9,459 10%               10,028 6%
 
Audiovisual Materials  
12. Cartographic             104,852 1%             105,854 1%
13. Graphic               13,818 0%               13,818 0%
14. Audio               25,925 5%               26,997 4%
15. Film and video                 4,910 6%                 5,163 5%
 
Expenditures  
Library Materials  
16. Monographs  $       1,657,797 -7% 52  $       1,510,066 -9%
17. Current serials  $       4,577,145 16% 41  $       5,341,373 17%
18. Other library materials  $         781,356 35%  $         211,824 -73%
19. Miscellaneous  
20. Total library materials  $       7,016,298 11% 42  $       7,063,263 1%
 
21. Contract Binding  $         192,932 4%  $         184,756 -4%
 
Salaries and Wages  
22. Professional staff  $       4,007,989 3%  $       3,999,615 0%
23. Support staff  $       2,989,352 1%  $       2,999,985 0%
24. Student assistants  $         516,147 12%  $         494,222 -4%
25. Total salaries and wages  $       7,513,488 3% 54  $       7,493,822 0%
 
26. Other Operating Expenditures  $       2,704,851 26% 45  $       2,250,305 ^ -17%
 
27. Total Library Expenditures  $     17,427,569 9% 49  $     16,992,146 -2%
 
 
Personnel  
28. Professional Staff                     89 5% 44                     93 4%
29. Support Staff                   135 -1% 54                   125 -7%
30. Student Assistants                     74 6%                     46 -38%
31. Total FTE Staff                   298 2% 48                   264 -11%
 
Instruction  
32. Number of library presentations                   641 46%                   810 26%
33. Number of participants                 6,567 48%                 8,247 26%
 
Reference  
34. Number of reference transactions               73,587 -20%               68,737 -7%
 
Circulation  
35. Number of initial circulations             272,501 2%             224,026 -18%
36. Total circulations             360,100 4%             324,883 -10%
37. Number of reserve circulations  
 
Interlibrary Loans  
38. Total filled requests provided               20,616 18% 76               24,041 17%
39. Total filled request received                 9,909 -11% 102               10,492 6%
 
PhD Degrees  
40. Number awarded                   162 -12%                   173 7%
41. Number of fields                     40 0%                     40 0%
 
Faculty  
42. Number of full-time instructional                 1,583 -8%                 1,630 3%
 
Enrollment  
43. Full-time students                 9,566 -1%                 9,655 1%
44. Part-time students                   544 -6%                   472 -13%
45. Full-time graduate students                 3,834 0%                 3,828 0%
46. Part-time graduate students                   458 -11%                   414 -10%
 
^ $314,560 in intra-institutional transfers included in 98/99 by mistake.  
 
 
ARL Supplementary Statistics 1998/99 1999/2000
 
I. Expenditures $ $
I.1. Computer Files and Search Services--Monog.             287,377             168,998
I.2a Electronic Indexes and Reference Tools @             311,276             289,078
I.2b Electronic Full Text Periodicals @             203,389             296,998
I.2 Electronic Serials             839,010          1,155,091
I.5. Document Delivery/ILL             107,660             141,142
I.4. Computer Hardware and Software             618,003             649,930
I.3 Bibliographic Utilities, Networks, Consortia             125,904             149,805
 
II. Electronic Access  
II.6. No. electronic databases  
II.7. No. records in online catalog          1,717,450          1,759,754
II.8. Percentage of holdings represented 100% 100%
 
III. In-House Use  
III.9. No. in-house uses @          1,011,891             844,226
 
IV. Services Hours & Service Points  
IV.10 No. staffed service points 28 28
IV.11. No. weekly public service hours 111 116
@   Not all libraries supplied this data.
       Numbers are incomplete.

11/20/2000
Flo Wilson