December 27, 2006

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) announces the availability of the ARL Academic Health Sciences Library Statistics 2004–05. This publication presents compilations and rankings of data that describe collections, expenditures, personnel, and services in 67 medical libraries at ARL member institutions throughout North America.

In 2004–05, the reporting health sciences libraries held a median of 243,011 volumes, had total expenditures of $229,669,155, and employed 2,537 FTE staff. Expenditures for materials and staff accounted for the bulk of total expenditures, at 45% and 42% respectively. Respondents reported spending a total of $40,211,607 for electronic materials, or a median of 43% of their total materials budgets; this includes a total of $36,656,698 for electronic serials.

For more information about the ARL Academic Health Sciences Library Statistics or to download the data files or a PDF of the publication, please visit http://www.arl.org/stats/annualsurveys/med/. See below to order print copies of the publication.

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ARL Academic Health Sciences Library Statistics 2004–05
Mark Young and Martha Kyrillidou, comps. and eds.
2006 * ISBN 1-59407-746-0 * ISSN 1538-9006 * 52 pages
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