The US Dept of Education just released this report on acadamic libraries


Title: Academic Libraries: 2004
Description: The selected findings and tables in this report, based on
the 2004 Academic Libraries Survey, summarize services, staff,
collections, and expenditures of academic libraries in degree-granting
postsecondary institutions in the 50 states and the District of
Columbia. The report includes a number of key findings: During fiscal
year (FY) 2004, there were 155.1 million circulation transactions from
academic libraries' general collection. During a typical week in the
fall of 2004, 1.4 million academic library reference transactions were
conducted, including computer searches. The nation's 3,700 academic
libraries held 982.6 million books; serial backfiles; and other paper
materials, including government documents at the end of FY 2004.
Academic libraries spent $2.2 billion on information resources during FY
2004.

Posted on behalf of Anne Leonard, New York City College of Technology

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