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The University of Texas at Austin. University of Texas Libraries.
Statistical Overview of the Library Collections.

Top Ten Research Libraries 2001
.	2001 Rank	2000 Rank	Volumes	Volumes added	Current serials	Permanent staff	Total Expenditures	ARL Index
Harvard	1	1	14,685,926	292,140	108,506	1,077	$80,217,127	2.41
Yale	2	2	10,707,270	218,217	68,539	600	$51,492,922	1.46
Calif, Berkeley	3	4	9,280,266	191,993	81,996	474	$42,250,373	1.22
Stanford	4	5	7,488,125	193,738	45,967	560	$64,093,306	1.16
Toronto	5	3	9,346,479	232,783	53,547	535	$39,241,675	1.16
Michigan	6	6	7,484,343	172,287	68,684	501	$43,558,787	1.05
UCLA	7	8	7,653,382	163,518	94,824	427	$38,939,911	1.04
Illinois	8	7	9,647,652	183,915	91,054	397	$30,457,637	1.03
Texas	9	9	8,074,630	158,342	49,771	469	$33,060,093	.77
Cornell	10	10	6,797,144	141,356	62,731	430	$36,727,459	.75

 

Research library rankings are published each year under the title "Holdings of University Research Libraries in U.S. and Canada" in The Chronicle Of Higher Education. This year they appeared in the August 26, 2002 Almanac of Higher Education issue. Library statistics for Texas include The University of Texas Libraries, The Ransom Center, the Law Library, and the Center for American History. Rankings are based on the ARL Membership Criteria Index ( http://www.arl.org/stats/factor.html ) which is a composite summary of the relative size of Research Libraries and is used to determine membership eligibility for the Association of Research Libraries.

 

Electronic Resources, 2001	Rankings Among all 113 Academic Research Libraries, 2001
E-books - 49,000 volumes accessible E-journals - 6,000 titles accessible E-Journals in full-text databases - 20,000+ titles Library Web pages visited each month - 7,323,119 No. of Web databases 250       Articles in the Expanded Academic ASAP database - 6.5 million       Articles in the Science Direct database- 2.6 million       Articles in the Lexis Nexis Academic Universe database - 3 billion	Volumes Held 6th Serials Purchased 25th Monographs Purchased 12th Reference Questions 6th Circulation 5th Ph.D.s Supported 3rd Faculty Supported 11th Students Supported 1st

 

University Peer Group: Traditional Research Library Collection Measures, 2001
Books Purchased 2001	Serials Purchased 2001	Total Volumes 2001	Items Circulated 2001
Michigan 107,225	Washington 51,872	Illinois 9,647,652	UCLA 2,424,781
Ohio State 105,443	Wisconsin 44,852	Berkeley 9,280,266	Washington 2,339,491
Illinois 93,549	Washington 43,390	Texas 8,074,630	Texas 1,950,785
North Carolina 71,991	Ohio State 34,577	UCLA 7,653,382	Ohio State 1,866,109
UCLA 71,905	Michigan 33,232	Michigan 7,484,343	Indiana 1,702,961
Texas 68,248	Minnesota 29,288	Indiana 6,385,603	Illinois 1,231,201
Wisconsin 61,644	North Carolina 25,857	Washington 6,158,797	North Carolina 1,140,689
Indiana 58,587	Texas 23,978	Wisconsin 6,143,455	Michigan 1,078,713
Michigan State 45,281	Michigan State 13,806	Minnesota 5,979,843	Wisconsin 1,092,990
Washington 36,935	-- Illinois	Ohio State 5,491,498	Michigan State 853,824
Minnesota 33,120	-- UCLA	North Carolina 5,234,540	Minnesota 656,259
-- Berkeley	-- Berkeley	Michigan State 4,420,208	-- Berkeley

 

Comparative statistics from Association for Research Libraries. ARL Statistics 2000/2001 ( http://www.arl.org/stats/index.html). Library statistics for Texas include The University of Texas Libraries, The Ransom Center, the Law Library, and the Center for American History.

 

Association of Research Libraries Statistics 2000/2001. Library statistics for Texas include The University of Texas Libraries, The Ransom Center, the Law Library, and the Center for American History.

Source of University of Texas Libraries Materials Funds (books, journals, databases) 2001/02
Budgeted University Educational and General funds	42%
Student Library Fee	24%
UT System Academic Library Collection Enhancement Program funding	20%
Miscellaneous (fines, photocopier revenue, lost book fees, carry forwards, transfers, etc.)	14%

University of Texas Libraries Serials Cancellation Projects
1991/92 1993 1996 2001 2002 2003	1,485 subscriptions cancelled 1,933 subscriptions cancelled 605 subscriptions cancelled 1,095 subscriptions cancelled* 274 subscriptions cancelled* 555 subscriptions cancelled*	$150.02 (national average price of a research journal) $161.74 (national average price of a research journal) $219.19 (national average price of a research journal) $309.00 (national average price of a research journal) $368.00 (national average price of a research journal)

 

2001/2002 cancellations included only duplicated titles

 

University of Texas Libraries Web Database Annual Subscription Price Examples

Web of Science (ISI Citation indexes) Lexis Nexis Academic Universe Oxford English Dictionary OCLC Worldcat

$99,000 (without the consortial discount the cost is $112,000)* $78,000 (without the consortial discount the cost is $86,000)* $9,100 (without the consortial discount the cost is $12,100)* $0 (without the consortial discount the cost is $75,000. The UT-Austin subscription funded by Texas State Library through TexShare and state Telecommunications Infrastructure funding)* Total = $186,000 with consortial discounts, $285,000 without discounts

 

UT-Austin libraries have been reducing costs through a program of consortial purchases since 1994.

 

University of Texas Libraries Annual Journal Subscription Price Examples:
Nuclear Physics A & B Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology Brain Research Health Policy	$21,275 (UT System-wide subscription funded by UT-Austin )* $7,204 (UT System-wide subscription funded by UT-Dallas)* $19,786 (UT System-wide subscription funded by UTHSC, S. A.)* $1,335 (UT- System-wide subscription funded by UT-Arlington)*

 

The UT System libraries have been reducing costs through cooperative contractual activities since 1995.

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