9 ARL Statistics 2014–2015
Collections and Collection Expenditures
Summary Data
Summary Data
Mean
Median
High
Low
Totals
Number of
Libraries
Reporting
4,289,837
3,564,767
14,533,494
1,037,409
484,751,624
113
5,601,195
4,656,392
20,367,538
2,205,059
638,536,264
114
1,087,782
984,657
3,054,336
62,115
124,007,132
114
2,927,663
1,988,315
15,804,122
169,417
330,825,905
113
9,878,826
9,111,324
20,449,173
3,695,165
1,116,307,351
113
649,130
400,444
9,928,505
0
72,702,518
112
13,517,850
12,194,050
45,878,762
4,445,835
1,541,034,861
114
University
Libraries
Titles Held
1
Volumes In
Library
2
Electronic
Books
4
One-time
resource
purchases
7a
Ongoing
resource
purchases
7b
Collection
Support
7c
Total Library
Materials
7
Median
Totals
Number of
Libraries
Reporting
1,488,799
166,098,799
7
2,874,214
83,377,378
7
50,647
1,008,249
8
1,354,107
32,448,959
8
3,122,231
40,888,605
8
97,320
3,197,174
7
4,463,585
78,554,738
9
Nonuniversity
Libraries
650,850,423 721,913,642 125,015,381 363,274,864 1,157,195,956 75,899,692 1,619,589,599 Grand Totals