These statistics have been loaded from the public data sets provided by the Library Statistics Program of the Institute of Education Sciences as part of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (Since 2014) and the National Center for Educational Statistics (2012 and before).
| Association of Research Libraries (127) | |
|---|---|
| 2023 | |
| Category | Value |
| Collections | |
| Print books | 307,911,530 |
| Electronic books | 219,973,027 |
| Databases | 122,857 |
| Physical Serials | 13,319,404 |
| Electronic Serials | 24,341,958 |
| Digital Materials | 85,037,905 |
| Circulation | |
| Physical Circulation | 6,173,207 |
| Electronic Circulation | 384,790,274 |
| 2023 Budget Expenditures | ||
|---|---|---|
| Salaries and Wages | $1,395,841,046 | |
| Benefits | $367,439,310 | |
| Collections: firm orders | $322,915,778 | |
| Collections: ongoing subscriptions | $1,133,657,894 | |
| Collections: other materials | $59,321,222 | |
| Collections: Total expenditures | $1,515,894,894 | |
| Preservation of materials | $19,817,669 | |
| Other Operations and Maintenance | $432,414,942 | |
| Total Operations and Maintenance | $452,232,611 | |
| Total Expenditures | $3,731,407,861 | |
| Total Expenditures (check) | $3,731,407,861 | |
| Association of Research Libraries (2000 - 2023) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Total Expenditures | Collection Expenditures | Personnel Expenditures | Operational Expenditures | Physical Circulation | Electronic Circulation |
Physical Volumes | Electronic Books |
Personnel / FTE |
Branches / Facilities |
| 2023 | $3,731,407,861 | $1,515,894,894 | $1,395,841,046 | $452,232,611 | 6,173,207 | 384,790,274 | 307,911,530 | 219,973,027 | 22,791 | 706 |
| 2022 | $3,513,082,441 | $1,454,291,324 | $1,307,792,836 | $410,143,981 | 5,811,019 | 385,065,257 | 305,991,026 | 205,808,726 | 22,679 | 704 |
| 2021 | $3,345,371,626 | $1,389,356,658 | $1,245,998,695 | $388,075,665 | 3,271,892 | 325,113,833 | 308,995,523 | 182,171,574 | 21,228 | 689 |
| 2020 | $3,499,495,789 | $1,418,995,725 | $1,308,406,731 | $437,971,865 | 8,536,606 | 296,974,964 | 311,994,943 | 169,377,653 | 23,547 | 721 |
| 2019 | $3,575,164,947 | $1,437,019,312 | $1,336,347,702 | $467,681,732 | 12,912,474 | 208,878,357 | 313,615,500 | 153,654,869 | na | 779 |
| 2018 | $3,519,262,792 | $1,419,363,172 | $1,319,835,455 | $458,123,260 | 14,462,330 | 211,823,693 | 322,855,369 | 139,471,148 | na | 783 |
| 2017 | $3,465,426,127 | $1,396,483,482 | $1,300,662,693 | $463,275,771 | 15,259,785 | 226,702,387 | 328,949,297 | 125,611,533 | na | 793 |
| 2016 | $3,357,424,812 | $1,352,623,244 | $1,269,704,754 | $443,049,468 | 17,079,457 | 173,142,636 | 336,014,316 | 112,160,515 | na | 814 |
| 2015 | $3,281,086,981 | $1,312,154,371 | $1,249,940,643 | $426,932,442 | 22,131,303 | 225,239,698 | 443,719,126 | 103,119,892 | na | 819 |
| 2014 | $3,208,696,054 | $1,282,404,377 | $1,238,760,542 | $400,006,367 | 32,643,815 | 131,642,314 | 439,971,406 | 71,906,663 | na | 805 |
| 2012 | $2,802,965,432 | $1,146,849,124 | $1,206,196,394 | $357,062,804 | 40,063,039 | 0 | 473,164,296 | 67,696,078 | 26,885 | 840 |
| 2010 | $2,736,194,027 | $1,076,006,051 | $1,195,843,291 | $339,672,062 | 49,271,488 | 0 | 454,348,467 | 46,575,794 | 27,916 | 853 |
| 2006 | $2,484,211,863 | $938,182,230 | $1,101,895,536 | $343,588,672 | 55,287,039 | 0 | 411,635,563 | 20,164,965 | 30,161 | 827 |
| 2000 | $1,895,082,330 | $688,963,155 | $881,260,304 | $261,332,757 | 69,049,028 | 0 | 353,837,065 | 0 | 30,361 | 907 |