ARL STATISTICS 2009/10
Vanderbilt Total Total % Change
2009/10 2008/9 from 2008/9
COLLECTIONS      
Volumes held  3,531,208 3,467,542 2%
Volumes added - Gross 80,884 52,496 54%
Volumes withdrawn  17,218 25,307 -32%
Volumes added - Net 63,666 27,189 134%
Titles held 2,788,015 2,653,228 5%
Number of monographic volumes purchased 23,381 22,963 2%
SERIALS      
Total serial titles currently received 67,249 55,260 22%
Serial titles currently purchased  39,605 30,837 28%
Electronic 34,858 23,446 49%
Print (and other format) serials purchased 4,747 7,391 -36%
Serials titles currently received but not purchased 27,644 24,423 13%
Consortial 10,193 8,845 15%
Freely accessible 12,033 10,438 15%
Print (and other format) - Exchanges, gifts, etc. 375 581 -35%
Government documents 5,043 4,559 11%
OTHER LIBRARY MATERIALS      
Microform units 3,128,181 3,112,303 1%
Government documents not counted elsewhere 267,848 266,061 1%
Computer files 10,801 10,444 3%
Manuscripts and archives (linear ft) 26,219 21,974 19%
AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS      
Cartographic 108,798 108,787 0%
Graphic 373,070 223,050 67%
Audio 40,988 39,020 5%
Film and Video 25,917 22,453 15%
EXPENDITURES      
Library Materials   $     11,312,373  $  11,063,708 2%
Monographs  $        1,520,641  $     1,378,478 10%
Serial titles, including periodicals  $        9,522,503  $     9,576,572 -1%
Other Library Materials  $           229,429  $           65,258 252%
Miscellaneous  $              39,800  $           43,400 -8%
Contract Binding  $              95,789  $        100,405 -5%
Salaries and Wages  $        9,984,473  $  10,239,563 -2%
Professional staff  $        6,101,150  $     6,554,062 -7%
Support staff  $        3,322,830  $     3,186,842 4%
Student Assistants  $           560,493  $        498,659 12%
Other Operating Expenditures  $        3,479,765  $     2,991,816 16%
ELECTRONIC MATERIALS EXPENDITURES      
One-time electronic resource purchases  $           490,899  $        320,134 53%
Ongoing electronic resource purchases   $        8,000,432  $     7,611,939 5%
Bibliographic utilities, networks, and consortia  $           239,694  $        254,816 -6%
Computer hardware and software  $           646,044  $        673,584 -4%
Document Delivery/Interlibrary Loan  $           106,339  $           94,843 12%
TOTAL LIBRARY EXPENDITURES  $     24,872,400  $  24,395,492 2%
PERSONNEL      
Total Staff  222 244 -9%
Professional Staff 94 108 -13%
Support Staff 99 102 -3%
Student Assistants 29 34 -15%
INSTRUCTION      
Number of library presentations  833 750 11%
Number of participants 22,014 16,182 36%
REFERENCE      
Number of reference transactions 24,994 23,954 4%
CIRCULATION      
Number of initial circulations  199,696 197,978 1%
Total circulations  333,620 330,902 1%
INTERLIBRARY LOANS      
Total filled requests provided  28,790 25,748 12%
Total filled requests received  23,311 20,966 11%
PHD DEGREES AND FACULTY      
Number of PhDs awarded  247 260 -5%
Number of fields in which PhDs can be awarded 47 48 -2%
Number of full-time instructional faculty 2,745 2,721 1%
ENROLLMENT       
Full-time students, undergraduate and graduate 11,691 11,318 3%
Part-time students, undergraduate and graduate 815 775 5%
Full-time graduate students 4,953 4,735 5%
Part-time graduate students 759 721 5%