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CONTENTS
Hightlights: ARL Academic Law Library Statistics 2006–2007. .........................................................5
Data Tables 2006–2007
Collections Part 1...................................................................................................................................8
Collections Part 2.................................................................................................................................12
Expenditures. .......................................................................................................................................14
Electronic Resources Expenditures. ..................................................................................................18
Personnel and Public Services. ..........................................................................................................22
Rank Order Table 1: Volumes in Library..........................................................................................26
Rank Order Table 2: Volumes Added (Gross). ................................................................................27
Rank Order Table 3: Current Serials (Total).....................................................................................28
Rank Order Table 4: Total Library Expenditures. ...........................................................................29
Rank Order Table 5: Total Staff. .........................................................................................................30
Rank Order Table 6: Total Electronic Resources..............................................................................31
ARL Statistics Questionnaire 2006–2007: Instructions for Completing the Questionnaire...........33
ARL Statistics 2006–2007 Worksheet. ....................................................................................................41
Footnotes to the ARL Academic Law Library Statistics 2006–2007. ................................................47
Appendix: ARL Member Libraries as of June 1, 2008........................................................................53

Highlights · 5
Highlights
ARL Academic Law Library Statistics 2006–2007
• Out of 113 ARL university libraries, 74 responded to this survey.
• Law libraries reported median values of 332,247 volumes held and 8,399 gross volumes
added. Also, these libraries employed the full-time equivalent of 2,201 staff members in the
fiscal year 2006–2007.
• Responding libraries reported total expenditures of $208,820,262.1 As seen in the graph
below, materials expenditures made up the largest portion of the total, with %of aggregated
expenses falling under a materials-related category.
• Law libraries reported a total of $17,259,064 on electronic resources, or a median of 18.52%
of their total materials budgets. This includes a total of $14,864,912 on electronic serials.
1 80 ARL university libraries included data for a law library in the 2006–2007 ARL Statistics among them, Alberta, British Columbia,
Laval, McGill, Manitoba, and Wayne State did not complete this survey. Alberta and McGill completed this survey in the past, but
chose not to complete this survey in 2006–2007. Colorado and Indiana completed this survey but did not include a law library in
the ARL Statistics. Rutgers has two administratively independent law libraries, which respond separately to this survey they are
aggregated together in the ARL Statistics.
This figure includes Canadian universities, whose expenditures were converted to US dollars at the rate of 1.1323 Can$ =1 US$,
the average monthly noon exchange rate published in the Bank of Canada Review for the period July 2006 to June 2007.
Total Library
Materials
47%
Contract Binding
1%
Total Salaries
&Wages
45%
Other Operating
Expenditure
7%
Expenditures in ARL Academic Law Libraries 2006–2007