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