For immediate release:
May 18, 2011

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Association of Research Libraries
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ARL Publishes ARL Academic Law Library Statistics 2008–2009

Washington DC—The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published the ARL Academic Law Library Statistics 2008–2009, which presents data that describe collections, expenditures, personnel, and services in 72 law libraries at ARL member institutions in the US and Canada.

In 2008–2009, the reporting law libraries held a median of 355,922 volumes, spent a total of $213,618,759, and employed 2,057 FTE staff. Expenditures for materials and staff accounted for the bulk of total expenditures, at approximately 47% and 46% respectively. Respondents reported spending a total of $21,860,327 for electronic materials, or an average of approximately 27% of their total materials budgets; this includes a total of $18,940,834 for electronic serials.

For more information about the ARL Academic Law Library Statistics or to download the data files, please visit http://www.arl.org/stats/annualsurveys/law/. A PDF of the publication is available at http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/law09.pdf. See below to order print copies.

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ARL Academic Law Library Statistics 2008–2009
Martha Kyrillidou and Shaneka Morris, comps. and eds.
2011 * 61 pages
ISBN 1-59407-860-2 * EAN 978-159407-860-6
ISSN 1538-8999
$135 ($65 ARL members), plus shipping and handling

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