Table 20
Summary Of Library Statistics a/
New York State
2008

Library Type Number Total Volumes Professional Staff Other Staff Expenditures
Total Operating Salaries Materials
Amount Percent of Total Amount Percent of Total
Public b/ 755 71,226,531 4,446 9,134 $1,166,323,813 $586,844,348 50% $124,898,184 11%
Academic c/ 250 87,309,523 2,459 5,762 533,505,565 291,030,899 55% 188,544,285 35%
School d/ Public 4,101 50,278,861 3,025 1,790 314,299,563 231,479,907 74% 44,917,443 14%
School d/ Nonpublic 1,327 9,836,080 1,214 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 2,711,029 71 98 13,514,141 8,655,397 64% 3,418,638 25%
TOTAL 6,634 222,775,199 11,263 16,826 $2,033,555,612 $1,121,417,137 NA $364,403,795 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/ 2008 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, 2006
d/ SED Information and Reporting Services, Public/Nonpublic School Library Statistics, Fall 2008 and State Aid Unit, Fiscal year 2007-08
e/ New York State Library, Division of Library Development, Institution Library Resources, through November 30, 1997
f/ New York State Library, 2008-09 ARL Questionnaire and other sources
NA = Data Not Available