2016 ACRL Academic Library Trends and Statistics for Carnegie Classifications : Associates of Arts Colleges Baccalaureate Colleges Master's College and Institutions Doctorate Granting Institutions

The complete data set from ACRL's comprehensive statistics-gathering project encompassing all academic libraries in one easy-to-use volume. Includes institutions in Carnegie classifications Associate of Arts degree granting, Master's Colleges and Universities, Baccalaureate Colleges, and Research/Doctoral-granting Institutions. Data from 1,525 academic libraries in all Carnegie classifications is included. The core set of data consists of four major categories: Collections: which includes titles held, volumes, and electronic books; Expenditures: which includes library materials (one-time purchases and ongoing purchases), salaries and wages, etc.; Personnel and Public Services: which includes size of staff, information service transactions, circulations, ILL, gate count, hours; Staffing trends: staff expertise, cross-training/repurposing staff, reference staffing, types of information literacy instruction, staffing for student services, types of workshops offered, new staffing trends. Purchase includes a complimentary subscription to ACRL Metrics (a $241 value) for one year. ACRL Metrics is an on-line service providing access to ACRL and NCES academic library statistics (2000 to present) as well as a subset of IPEDS data specific to academic libraries. Questions? Please contact ACRL at acrl@ala.org.