Table 20
Summary Of Library Statistics a/
New York State
2007

Library Type Number Total Volumes Professional Staff Other Staff Expenditures
Total Operating Salaries Materials
Amount Percent of Total Amount Percent of Total
Public b/ 753 69,451,340 4,418 9,103 $1,101,330,608 $556,067,243 50% $115,878,404 11%
Academic c/ 261 111,960,780 2,458 5,787 504,503,227 243,863,945 48% 217,082,774 43%
School d/ Public 4,053 50,053,596 3,067 1,799 298,831,149 217,543,766 73% 41,342,923 14%
School d/ Nonpublic 1,343 9,838,181 1,207 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Institution e/ 200 1,413,175 48 42 5,912,530 3,136,586 53% 2,625,245 44%
New York State Library f/ 1 2,688,689 80 109 13,872,705 8,810,705 63% 4,270,000 31%
TOTAL 6,611 245,405,761 11,278 16,840 $1,924,450,219 $1,029,422,245 NA $381,199,346 NA

a/ Not included in this table are some 1,800 library units located in hospitals, corporations, scientific institutes, government agencies and industrial research groups
b/ 2007 Annual Report for Public and Association Libraries; staff positions are full-time equivalents based on a 40-hour work week
c/ National Center for Education Statistics, Academic Library Survey, 2004
d/ SED Information and Reporting Services, Public/Nonpublic School Library Statistics, Fall 2007 and State Aid Unit, Fiscal year 2006-07
e/ New York State Library, Division of Library Development, Institution Library Resources, through November 30, 1997
f/ New York State Library, 2007-08 ARL Questionnaire and other sources
NA = Data Not Available