1. Where's the Money
Libraries … Going, Going, …
Martha Kyrillidou
SSP 25th Annual Meeting,
May 28-30, 2003, Baltimore, MD
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2. Association of Research Libraries
•Mission: Shaping and influencing factors affecting the future
of Research Libraries in the process of scholarly
communication
• Members: 124 major research libraries in North America
• Users: More than 3 million students and faculty served
• Service measures: 75 million circulations
17 million reference transactions
•42,000 FTE staff employed
•Members’ total expenditures are over $3.2 billion
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3. ARL Library Expenditures 2001-02
by University Type
Public Institutions
68 libraries
Private Institutions
32 libraries
Library Materials Other
Other Operating Operating
$179,492,682 $549,197,964
39% $156,429,925
13% 18%
Library
Materials
$318,998,921
36%
Total Salaries Contract
$656,863,414 Contract Binding Total Salaries Binding
47% $14,124,616 $391,854,456 $9,483,712
1% 45% 1%
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4. Graph 2
Monograph and Serial Costs
in ARL Libraries, 1986-2002
250% Serial Unit Cost
(+227%)
Serial
Avg. Annual Expenditures
200% (+227%)
% Change
Serial 7.7%
Unit Cost
150%
Serial 7.7%
% Change Since 1986
Expenditures
Serials 0.6% 100% Monograph
Purchased Unit Cost
(+75%)
Monograph 3.6% CPI (+64% )
Unit Cost 50% Monograph
Expenditures
(+62%)
Monograph 3.1%
Expenditures Serials
0% Purchased
Monographs -0.3% (+9%)
Purchased Monographs
Purchased
(-5%)
CPI 3.2% -50%
1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002
Source: ARL Statistics 2001-02 , Association of Research Libraries, Washington, D.C.
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5. Graph 2
Private Monograph and Serial Costs
in ARL Libraries, 1986-2002
Institutions 250% Serial Unit Cost
(+234%)
Serial
Expenditures
Avg. Annual (+232%)
200%
% Change
Serial 7.8%
Unit Cost 150%
Serial 7.8%
% Change Since 1986
Expenditures
Serials 0.4% 100%
Purchased CPI (+64% )
Monograph
Monograph 2.9% Expenditures
(+62%)
Unit Cost 50%
Monograph
Unit Cost
Monograph 3.1% (+59%)
Expenditures Serials
0% Purchased
(+7%)
Monographs -0.8%
Purchased Monographs
Purchased
(-11%)
CPI 3.2% -50%
1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002
Fiscal Year
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6. Graph 2
Public Monograph and Serial Costs
in ARL Libraries, 1986-2002
Institutions
Serial Unit Cost
250% (+241%)
Avg. Annual Serial
% Change Expenditures
200% (+236%)
Serial 8.0%
Unit Cost
Serial 7.9% 150%
% Change Since 1986
Expenditures
Serials 0.3% 100% Monograph
Purchased Unit Cost
(+83%)
Monograph 3.9% CPI (+64% )
Unit Cost 50% Monograph
Expenditures
(+58%)
Monograph 2.9% Serials
Expenditures Purchased
0% (+6%)
Monographs -0.1% Monographs
Purchased
Purchased (-2%)
-50%
CPI 3.2% 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002
Fiscal Year
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7. Graph 4
Expenditure Trends
in ARL Libraries, 1986-2002
Serial
Expenditures
(+227%)
230%
Avg. Annual Library Materials
% Change 200% (+184%)
Serial 7.7%
Expenditures 170%
Monograph 3.1%
% Change Since 1986
TOTAL
140%
Expenditures (+120%)
Total Salaries
Total Materials 6.7% 110%
(+108%)
Expenditures Operating
Expenditures
(+92%)
Total Salary 4.7% 80%
Expenditures CPI
(+64%)
Monograph
Operating 4.2% 50%
Expenditures
Expenditures (+62%)
20%
Total Library 5.1%
Expenditures
-10%
CPI 3.2% 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002
Source: ARL Statistics 2001-02 , Association of Research Libraries, Washington, D.C.
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8. Graph 4
Public Expenditure Trends
in ARL Libraries, 1986-2002
Institutions Serial
Expenditures
(+236%)
220%
Avg. Annual
% Change 190%
Library Materials
Serial 7.9% (+159%)
Expenditures 160%
Monograph 2.9% Total Salaries
% Change Since 1986
Expenditures 130% (+118%)
TOTAL
Total Materials 6.1% (+115%)
Expenditures 100%
Operating
Expenditures
(+103%)
Total Salary 5.0%
Expenditures 70%
CPI
(+64%)
Operating 4.5% Monograph
Expenditures 40%
Expenditures
(+58%)
Total Library 4.9% HEPI (+55%)
Expenditures 10%
CPI 3.2%
-20%
HEPI 3.7% 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002
Source: ARL Statistics 2001-02 , Association of Research Libraries, Washington, D.C.
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9. Graph 4
Private Expenditure Trends
in ARL Libraries, 1986-2002
Institutions Serial
Expenditures
(+232%)
230%
Avg. Annual
Library Materials
% Change 200% (+207%)
Serial 7.8%
Expenditures 170%
Monograph 3.1% TOTAL
(+139%)
Expenditures
% Change Since 1986
140%
Total Materials 7.3%
Expenditures Total Salaries
(+107%)
110%
Total Salary 4.7% Operating
Expenditures Expenditures
80% (+72%)
Operating 3.4% CPI
Expenditures (+64%)
50% Monograph
Total Library 5.6% Expenditures
Expenditures (+62%)
20% HEPI (+55%)
CPI 3.2%
-10%
HEPI 3.7% 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002
Source: ARL Statistics 2001-02 , Association of Research Libraries, Washington, D.C.
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10. Expenditures for Electronic Resources
110 ARL Libraries have reported total 2001-02 e-resource
expenditures of $170,887,737, or an average of $1,553,525.
Those libraries reported $910,930,850 in total library
materials on the 2001-02 ARL Statistics, or an average of
$8,281,190.
Thus, In 2001-02, ARL institutions spent an average of
19.54% of their library materials budgets on electronic
resources.
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11. Total Electronic Serials Expenditures, 1995-2001
140,000,000
120,000,000
100,000,000
80,000,000
60,000,000
40,000,000
20,000,000
-
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Year
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12. Average Yearly Increases in Electronic Resources and Total Library Materials Expenditures
50
47.46%
45
40
37.28%
32.69%
35
30 27.06%
23.22% 22.5% 24.81%
25
20
15 12.86%
8.48% 9.18% 9.12%
10 6.35%
4.18% 5.53% 3.4%
5 4.32%
0
1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01
Average Increase in Library Materials Expenditures Average Increase in Electronic Resources Expenditures
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13. Go, Walker, Go …
Martha Kyrillidou
Association of Research Libraries
Martha@arl.org
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