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October 30, 2013 by Gary Price

Now Available: Selected Findings from Just Released “2012 Academic Library Trends and Statistics” From ACRL

October 30, 2013 by Gary Price

From the ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries) Blog:

ACRL announces the publication of 2012 Academic Library Trends and Statistics, the latest in a series of annual publications that describe the collections, staffing, expenditures and service activities of academic libraries in all Carnegie classifications.

Selected Findings From the Report

  • The 2012 data show that library expenditures for collection materials increased 7.3% over 2011.
  • Baccalaureate schools increased their spending by an average of 11%; associate degree-granting institutions increased spending by an average of 5.4%; comprehensive degree-granting institutions spent 6.9% more on average and doctoral degree-granting institutions spent 7.1% more than in 2011.
  • The percentage of the collection materials budget spent on ongoing resources purchases (including subscription expenditures) averaged 64.8% of the total materials budget. On average, doctoral degree granting institutions spent 72.4% of their materials budgets on ongoing purchases in 2012; comprehensive schools spent an average of 71.4%; baccalaureate schools spent an average 65.9% and associate degree granting institutions spent an average of 49.4%.
  • The 2012 data show that library expenditures for salaries and wages increased 3.7% over 2011.
  • Salary and wages expenditures increased only slightly for comprehensive institutions (by 0.4%) while increasing 9.4% for baccalaureate schools. On average, doctoral degree-granting institutions increased salaries and wage expenditures by 4.1% and associate degree-granting institutions increased spending by an average of 3.2%. 
  • Salaries and wages constituted 74.2% of total library expenditures for associate-degree granting institutions, 52.7% for baccalaureate, 53.4% for comprehensive schools and 44.1% for doctoral/research institutions.
  • In the past year 76% of all academic libraries reported using social media with Facebook, blogs and Twitter being the top three. The top three reasons for using social media include promotion of library services, marketing of events and community building.

Learn More and Order

The 2012 survey includes data from 1,495 academic libraries in six major categories:

  • Collections (including titles held, volumes and electronic books)
  • Expenditures (library materials, salaries and wages, etc.);
  • Personnel and Public Services (staff and services);
  • Ph.D.s Granted, Faculty, Student Enrollment;
  • Social Media Use; and
  • Awareness and use of ACRL Standards for Libraries in Higher Education

2012 Academic Library Trends and Statistics is available for purchase through the ALA Online Store, by telephone order at (866) 746-7252 in the U.S. or (770) 442-8633 for international customers.

Filed under: Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Funding, Libraries, News

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About Gary Price

Gary Price (gprice@mediasourceinc.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. Before launching INFOdocket, Price and Shirl Kennedy were the founders and senior editors at ResourceShelf and DocuTicker for 10 years. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com, and is currently a contributing editor at Search Engine Land.

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