College and Research Libraries


Junior College Library Statistics 

SINCE THIS i s t h e d e u t of J u n i o r C o l -lege L i b r a r y Statistics to COLLEGE AND 
RESEARCH LIBRARIES, it must be stated that 
members of the Junior College Section are 
most g r a t e f u l and appreciative for this print-
ing. 

In 1952-53, the first attempt w a s made to 
compile such figures on a national basis. F i f t y 
schools responded before the deadline. T h e 
results w e r e included in the "Junior College 
Libraries Section N e w s l e t t e r " of November, 
I953-

T h i s year, when the call went out for sta-
tistics, the number of schools responding w a s 
doubled. M a n y librarians expressed their 
pleasure w i t h A C R L for its promised support. 
T h e questionnaire employed w a s a shorter 
form than last year's and stressed points of 
special interest to our organization. 

T h e committee members w h o worked on 
the questionnaire form included: M i s s D a i s y 
L . Anderson of M a r s H i l l College, M i s s 
Ruth G r a y of San A n g e l o College, M i s s 
Nellie M . Homes of C o t t e y College, M r s . 
C l a r y s e D . M y e r s of Tennessee W e s l e y a n 
College, M r s . L o l a Rivers Thompson of 
T a r l e t o n State College, and your Chairman 
of Statistics f o r 1953-54, M r s . T h e l m a V o g t 
T a y l o r of L o s Angeles H a r b o r Junior C o l -
lege. 

Statistics w e r e received from 110 schools. 
Giffin College has been omitted since it uses 
the facilities of the public library. Some gaps 
exist because no figures w e r e submitted in 
these columns. It is interesting to note that 
information on salaries is much more com-
plete than last year. M a n y schools are al-
lowed to report existing schedules but are 
hesitant about revealing personal data. 

In the 109 schools included in these statis-
tics, the head librarian has the status of ad-
ministrator in 5 junior colleges, that of co-
ordinator in 2, department chairman in 1 1 . In 
the majority of schools, however, the librarian 
is still ranked as a teacher. 

Since there is such a wide variation in 
schools and their resources, the statistics given 
are descriptive only. N o attempt is made to 
evaluate or include medians. I t is hoped that 
the results w i l l be of value and interest to our 
m e m b e r s . — T h e l m a V. Taylor, Chairman, 
Statistics Committee, Junior College Section. 

T h i s year, for the first time, COLLEGE AND 
RESEARCH LIBRARIES is h a p p y t o i n c l u d e the 

Junior College L i b r a r y Statistics. A l t h o u g h 
the time w a s short, the Statistics Committee of 
the Junior College Section swung into high 
gear and got their statistics to us promptly. 
Since this is their first appearance, and the 
result of some hurried action on the part of 
all of us, w e ask your patience and toleration. 
W e tried to go over the statistics carefully 
in an effort to bring them into line with our 
" C o l l e g e and University L i b r a r y Statistics," 
but some variations had to remain. Since 
these statistics w e r e not originally collected 
f o r i n c l u s i o n i n COLLEGE A N D R E S E A R C H L I -

BRARIES, some production problems presented 
themselves and led to minor revision of the 
report first submitted by the Junior College 
Committee. 

T h e f o l l o w i n g headings in the original re-
port have been omitted here because data w e r e 
either incomplete or did not seem significant: 

N e w s p a p e r s (number in l i b r a r y ) 
Periodicals ( n u m b e r in l i b r a r y ) 
T w o - w e e k and reserve circulation—yearly 

circulation figures a r e included and it is 
felt t h a t these are the most significant. 

T o t a l hours weekly and s a l a r i e s (clerical 
w o r k e r s ) — t h e s e figures w e r e collected but 
w e r e not included here since they a r e de-
pendent on the local situation, and did not 
a p p e a r to be significant f o r this report. 
T h e number of clerical w o r k e r s is equated 
to a full-time equivalent. 

H o u r l y r a t e of student assistants—hours of 
student assistance is included and seems to 
be the more significant. 

L i b r a r y facilities—a footnote has been used 
to indicate those institutions which h a v e 
s e p a r a t e l i b r a r y buildings. All other li-
b r a r i e s are housed in a building used f o r 
other purposes. 

T h e s e Junior College Statistics w e r e com-
piled by the Statistics Committee of the Junior 
College Section under the chairmanship of 
M r s . T h e l m a V o g t T a y l o r , librarian, L o s 
Angeles H a r b o r Junior College. T o her, and 
to Nellie Homes, chairman of the Junior C o l -
lege Section, go our sincere thanks for their 
cooperation in preparing the statistics f o r 
print in time f o r the J a n u a r y issue.—Cynthia 
Spigelman, Publications Officer. 

JANUARY, 1955 73 



Junior College Library Statistics, 1953-54 

College 

1. Abraham Baldwin Agric. Coll., Ga.: 

2. Anderson College, S.C 
3. Antelope Valley J.C., Calif.. . . 
4. Armstrong Coll. of Savannah 
5. Asheville-Biltmore Coll., N.C.. 

Enrollment 

Board-
Day Night ing 
Stu- Stu- Stu-

dents dents dents 

Expenditures 

38 

59 
180 
217 
170 

0 238 

0 
450 
544 
141 

74 

Wk. 
Open 

52 5 

56* 

6. Austin Jr. Coll., Minn.. 
7. Bacone Coll., Okla 
8. Bakersfield Coll., Calif. 
9. Becker Jr. Coll., Mass.. 

10. Blinn Coll., Texas2 

147 313 . . . 
195 180 

1,000 650 0 
450 125 268 
223 617 . . . 

News-

Circula- Vol-
papers Sup-

Circula- Vol- and plies A-V1 Tot. 
tion umes Book Periodi-

plies 
Ma- Prof. Hrs. Mos. 

Yearly Added Stock Books cals Binding terials Lib. Wkly. Duty 

5,318 328 7,222 S 1,227 S 458 $ 0 $ 97 $ 0 1 46 11 
(excl. dupl.) 

S 1,227 

2,605 71 7,549 268 269 4 57 1 40* 9 
21,3783 520 10,849 1,800 450 400 200 80 10 
3,057 709 12,247 1,400 600 300 150 1 37 12 
1,017 240 10,109 272 501 93 18 1 39 12 240 10,109 

(inc. bdg.) 76 

Personnel 

40 
45 
55 
45 
50 

11. Bluefield Coll., Va 
12. Brevard Coll., N.C.2... 
13. Cazenovia Jr. Coll., N.Y.S 
14. Centenary Jr. Coll., N.J.. 

2,854 
3,581 

21,780 
9,000 
3,805 

175 
433 
897 

1,100 
386 

3,366 

18,412 
6,800 
8,700 

917 
3,500 
3,000 
1,500 

194 
397 

1,250 
675 
300 

119 0 120 
71 124 

136 
5 0 440 

59 
5 6 | 
73 
54* 

2,643 
4,307 
9,776 

17,741 

543 
379 
277 

1,162 

7,751 
15,753 

6,888 
14,974 

566 
501 
605 

2,769 

229 
436 
112 
479 

15. Chaffey Jr. Coll., Calif.2. 835 350 60 28,423 575 48,000 1,900 566 

600 300 
275 375 

0 75 
350 91 600 

0 84 
188 100 251 
183 333 
126 244 

450 350 

Cleri-
Sal. Sched. cal 

Work-
Miir. Max. ers7 

4,200 0 

3,700 $5,700 
3,710 3,820 
2,575 

40 
35-38 

35 
40 
40 

9 
91 
91 
9 
9 

3,300 5,700 
3,000 

4,250 
44 
39̂  
40 
37* 

120 

16. Citrus Jr. Coll., Calif * 288 650 

2,700 4,050 0 
3,200 f 
3,900 * 
2,500 4,500 2 
plus living 

0 45 3,996 726 9,822 1,675 325 inc. in bk. costs 700 1 + 46 
17. Coll. of William & Mary & V.P.I., Va. 
18. Colorado Woman's Coll., Colo 
19. Compton Coll., Calif.2 
20. Concordia Coll., Wis.2 

920 960 0 
338 0 289 

2,004 2,056 0 
81 72 

56 
67* 
54 

13,790 
22,386 
10,586 

612 
797 
907 

19,718 
12,704 
14,707 

1,495 
2,572 
2,500 

592 187 
464 137 
985 239 

436 
165 
300 

561 

21. Connors State Ag. Coll., Okla... 
22. Cottey Coll., Mo 
23. E. LOS Angeles Jr. Coll., Calif.2. 

/1—12 
\1-10 

12 
10 
10 
12 

El Camino Coll., Calif.2. 
Endicott Jr. Coll., Mass. 

321 12 275 
223 

1,531 2,057 
(on campus) 
—5,400— 0 

4 0 311 

3,960 
2 , 8 0 0 
4,100 
3,600 

4,800 
4,500 
6,500 

« 

45 6,557 579 7,909 
73 7,077 536 12,089 
53 20,153 2,307 17,329 

434 

200 

Everett Jr. Coll., Wash.2 
Florida Christian Coll., Fla 
Fort Lewis A. & M. Coll., Colo.2 
Georgetown Visitation Jr. Coll., Wash. D.C. 
Georgia Military Coll., Ga 

608 1,066 
40 0 

150 
40 
37 

Georgia Southwestern Coll., Ga.2. 
Graceland Coll., Iowa 
Hannibal-La Grange, Mo 
Hartford Coll., Conn 
Hartnell Coll., Calif 

310 
573 
96 
60 

720 

498 
101 

0 
0 

45 
55 
48 
65 
10 
56 
76 
56 
75 
40 

9,392 
4,682 
3,280 
3,117 
3,1503 

2,521 
358 
863 
252 
140 
351 
300 

10,639 
9,000 
8,539 
6,199 

12,960 
14,339 

80 
170 
20 

Henry Ford Com. Coll., Mich 
Hesston Coll., Kan 
Holton-Arms School & Jr. Coll., Wash., D.C. 
Howard County Jr. Coll., Texas 
Hutchinson Jr. Coll., Kan 

10.937 
14,891 
13.938 

15j 899 

590 
642 
448 
125 

13,336 
22,000 
10,102 
10,000 

762 
50 

593 2,232 
113 40 
10 0 

150 250 
415 

Jackson Jr. Coll., Mich 
Jacksonville Jr. Coll., Fla.2 
Jefferson City Jr. Coll., Mo 
Johnstown Center, U. of Pitts., Pa. 
Joplin Jr. Coll., Mo 

15,974 
9,2883 
1,900 
6,459 

14,800 

614 
613 
210 

2,500 
475 

6,229 
10,650 

240 
5,400 
8,007 

375 170 0 
244 282 0 
474 
300 150 15 
324 0 0 

40 
48 
40 
50 
47 

Keystone Jr. Coll., Pa.2. 
Kilgore Coll., Texas 

5,453 
2,753 
2,400 

19,639 

360 
925 
273 
300 
531 

6,986 
9,567 
8,394 
7,300 

571 
100 0 100 
740 289 0 

4,000 
16,765 703 

200 
15,043 

48. Lasell Jr. Coll., Mass.. 
49. Lassen Jr. Coll., Calif. 
50. Lee Coll., Texas 

130 
140 
196 

0 
529 

435 
0 
0 

Always 5,000 400 15,000 
40 435 
65 6,454 1,450 15,980 

1,008 270 200 50 
1,908 1,164 240 231 
9,504 1,442 203 300 

10,520 800 . . . 2,500 
292 67_ 

2,611 838 . . . 644 
493 216 47 61 

285 51 21 
823 289 120 55 
900 310 
420 400 200 16 

1,150 664 240 253 
625 950 50 60 
400 95 

2,132 843 253 307 
1,500 400 150 100 
1,220 314 206 173 

500 175 70 20 
6,000 500 200 250 250 

936 341 364 97_ 
560 150 75 60 

'674 " 3 3 4 91 " 3 i 
1,000 Bk. cost 

300 ~ 777 71777" 
2,162 821 649 124 

1,200 400 
250 125 15 75 

2,396 1,121 1,507 383 

40 
40 
70 

120 
40 

3,700 
2,800 4,500 
5,200 7,000 

4,010 
2,800 

6,850 

70 
45 
48 
44 
26 

9* 3,275 5,200 
3,000 

3,200 3 ̂  600 
3,000 

10 3,200 
10 
H i 3,240 
9 
9* 4,295 6,185 

80 
44 
35 
38 
45 

3,800 6,250 
2,222 

9 
10 
9 

12 3,800 5,800 
9 3,050 4,250 
»1 

11 
10* 

3,000 5,300 
3,600 3,750 

10 3,200 4,550 
9 1,900 

J 9 2,825 6,000 
112 
10 
10 
12 6,509 

Hours 
Student 
Assist-
ance 

4 4 

16 
35 
59 
18 

0 
61 
50 

30 
42 
60 
4 

33 

40 

60 

28 
25 
75 

60 
48 
20 

20 
42 
10 

12-15 
32 
35 

336 

20 
43* 
0 

40 
32 

16 
50 

4 6 
12 
40 

55 
0 

40 

26. 
27. 
28. 
29. 
30. 

46. 
47. 

48. 
49. 
50 



Lees-McRae Coll., N . C 
Lincoln Coll., Ill 
Long Beach City Coll., Calif. .. 
Loretto Jr. Coll., K y 
Los Angeles City Coll., Calif.2. 

75 21 
2,400 2,200 

6,282 3,664 

2,985 

55 j782 
2,009 

108,000 

365 
87 

2,078 
305 

4,900 

13,714 
16,000 
50,807 

4,797 
8 6 , 0 0 0 

930 
8,029 

53 
20,725 

341 
254 

1 , 1 7 5 
174 

3,374 

137 
20 

925 
7 

3,500 

204 
19 

475 
31 

45 
37 

160 
41 

187 

10 
10 
12 
105 

2,600 0 82-94 51. 
3,700 0 40 52. 
4,500 6,500 1 100 53. 

i 54. 
3,830 7,000 6 300 55. 
3,830 7,000 1 12 56. 
3,830 7,000 A 0 57. 

I 58. 
2 , 7 5 0 2,750 i 30-40 59. 

4 36-40 60. 

3,200 1 10 61. 
lunch 
2 , 8 0 0 0 4£ 62. 
3,572 4,542 0 7 63. 

h 0 64. 
3,360 5 , 7 7 5 0 65. 

3,500 7,200 0 15 66. 
0 22} 67. 

3,600 24 68. 
3,180 | / 8 69. 

110 
0 63 70. 

Los Angeles Harbor Jr. Coll., Calif.2 
Los Angeles Trade-Tech. Jr. Coll., Calif. 
Mallinckrodt Coll., Ill 
Marion Institute, Ala 
Mars Hill Coll., N.C.2 

708 715 0 
3,000 4,000 . . . 

16 16 
12 0 321 
43 0 805 

31,384 

17,573 
76,687 

1 , 5 7 1 
1,500 

149 
150 

1 , 1 7 5 

9,405 
15,000 

29,000 

4,791 
1 0 , 0 0 0 

557 
407 

2,358 

1,368 
2 , 0 0 0 

120 
294 

490 

60 
61 

537 

282 
50 
50 

197 
146 

38 
60 
25 
3 6 + 
40 

Menlo Coll., Calif. 

Mitchell Jr. Coll., N.C. 2 . . . . 
Mohawk Valley T . I., N . Y . . 
Monmouth Jr. Coll., N . J . . . . 
Montgomery Jr. Coll., Md.2. 

71 

110 
336 

316 

0 148 

0 26 
750 . . . 
530 0 
127 0 

52 775 

40 2,535 764 
37h 7,500 407 8,424 
30 5 , 5 1 6 316 5,507 
50 4,450 200 6,800 

985 280 

1,000 B k . Cost 
1,652 952 
1,102 252 

600 250 

50 
0 

40 

30 
261 

73 
35 

284 
49 

30 10 

40 9 
75 11 
40 9 
38 10 

Morton, Jr. Coll., Sterling, 111 
Mt. Vernon Jr. Coll., Wash., D . C 
Multnomah Coll., Ore 
North Dakota State School of Sci., N . D . 

372 
19 

105 
110 

Northern Montana Coll., Mont 286 

169 
0 

376 

0 
99 
0 

490 

3 8 | 12,505 713 14,020 
2,612 351 6,337 

52 2,784 450 10,556 
49 8,526 601 14,500 

2,637 * 
800 200 
850 375 

2,443 1,362 

123 58 5,f 683 22,761 1,642 394 

100 
125 

0 
249 

100 
65 

452 

112 

527 
200 

1J 55 
2 70 
1 40 
1 40 

Northern Oklahoma Jr. Coll., Okla. 
Northwestern Jr. College, l a 
Olympic Coll., Wash 
Orange Coast Coll., Calif 
Palm Beach Jr. Coll., Fla 

287 109 90 
141 75 70 
452 1,252 . . . 
916 4,257 . . . 
251 136 0 

4,609 
4,046 

3 1 , 1 3 6 
6,223 

400 
461 
412 

1,623 
126 

11,800 
8,854 
6,486 

8 j 337 

1,300 400 
495 

5,500 1 , 1 5 9 
323 380 

0 
87 

500 
229 

200 100 
40 

1,800 2,900 
37 

1 . . . 9 0 88 71. 
1 45 9 f 10 72. 
1 40 9 4,878 0 3 73. 
1 40 10 3,900 6,900 1 35 74. 
1 45 10 2,400 5,600 0 10 75. 
6 210 11 4,180 7,700 2\ / 2 5 + 

\75 cr. 
1 40 1 0 | 0 Lib. Club 
6 240 11 2,500 3,500 100 
1 35 11 1,650 2,200 f 
1 40 12 3,400 0 22j 
2 80 / I I 3,600 6,600 1 40 81. 

\10 
1 3 7 i 11 3,360 6,390 0 20 82. 
2 55 9 1,395 h 0 83. 
1 39i 10 3,316 1 27* 84. 
1 27 12 4,600 21 " 85. 
1 40 10 2,950 4,450 JSr 0 86. 
1 44 11 3,600 4,800 0 56 87. 
2 80 12 3,000 5,800 0 20 88. 
3 105 9 4,150 6,350 1 40 89. 
2 80 10 3,700 6,500 1 23 90. 

1 42* 10 3,600 6,525 0 14 91. 
2 65 10 3,600 6,000 1J 7* 92. 
2 76 105 3,924 7,263 2 25 93. 
1 40 9 i 3,650 6,450 0 28 94. 
1 . . . 12 3,200 0 63 95. 

3 i 150 10 5 , 1 1 5 7,430 2 f34 96. 
112 

1 38 9 2,400 0 20 97. 
3 120 12 3,500 5,200 2 128 98. 
1 50 12 3,100 h 44 99. 
1 60 11 Sister * 25 100. 

1 3,600 6,012 1 . 0 101. 
1 35 105 3,800 7,000 1 75 102. 
1 40 9 3,900 0 30 103. 
1 40 9 0 53 104. 
1 40 9 2,750 0 66 .105. 

1 30 1,766 0 45 106. 
2 80 10 3,000 5,329 2 56 107. 
2 80 /10 3,600 1 60 108. 

112 
1 40 11 2,400 0 48 109. 

Pasadena City Coll., Calif.2-® 4,765 1,950 0 

Penn State Coll. Ogontz Center, P a . . . : 
Phillips Exeter Acad., N.H.2 
Pineland Jr. Coll., N.C 
Presbyterian Jr. Coll., N.C.2 

53J 64,528 2,294 50,354 9,153 1,660 2,000 3,000 300 

405 
24 
32 
85 

60 
718 
260 

50 

40 2,621 203 9,000 
70 23,881 2,100 45,700 
41 2,280 1,226 5,229 
5 5 + 2,718 333 10,000 

3,831 
624 
766 

276 
629 
179 
249 

50 . . . 
445 1,665 140 

67 . . . 
52 25 25 

Riverside Coll., Calif 760 

Rochester Jr. Coll., Minn 
St. Genevieve of the Pines, N . C . 
St. Mary's School & J.C., N . C . . . 
St. Paul's Coll., Mo 

235 
118 
25 
31 

0 
1,755 

' ' 24 
0 

43 13,443 1,341 20,545 3,500 

0 
40 

258 
31 

45 4,223 
54 2,697 
92f 6,340 
66 1,005 

208 
230 
355 
557 

8,938 
6,472 

12,822 
1 2 , 6 6 2 

900 
549 
932 

1,658 

800 

650 
102 
399 
229 

700 500 

for all 
32 23 . . . 

168 131 . . . 
165 127 380 

St. Petersburg J.C., Fla 
San Angelo Coll., Texas 
San Antonio Coll., Texas 
San Bernardino Valley Coll., Calif.. 
San Diego Jr. Coll., Calif 

580 0 0 
500 175 125 
720 1,950 0 

1,300 2,000 0 
643 633 0 

13,000 
7,656 

12,692 
12,820 

9,725 

450 
371 

1 , 1 5 2 
1,027 
1,957 

13,450 
9,400 

12,355 
35,228 

2 , 0 8 8 

1 , 0 0 0 
942 

2,471 
3,750 
3,240 

300 
501 
667 
800 
729 

70 40 . . . 
304 158 . . . 
289 680 67 
400 400 150 

62 195 
Santa Ana Coll., Calif 
Santa Maria Jr. Coll., Calif 
Santa Monica City Coll., Calif.2. 
Sierra Coll., Calif 
Southwest Baptist Coll., Mo 

513 2,027 0 
142 2 0 

2,210 4,443 0 
407 721 0 
420 0 296 

42 j 
37| 
54 
48 
54 

7,368 

39^000 
7,320 
5,466 

706 
721 

1,500 
1,046 
1 , 0 0 0 

19,798 
10,001 
17,500 
14,875 
12,500 

2,600 

4̂ 214 
3,308 

700 

700 
582 

B k . Cost 
546 
150 

300 140 
254 241 
622 501 
600 234 

97. 

100. 
1 0 1 . 
102. 
103. 
104. 
105. 

106. 
107. 
108. 

Stockton Coll., Calif.« 3,137 

Sue Bennett Coll., K y 
Tarleton State Coll., Texas 
Tennessee Wesleyan Coll., Tenn.2 
Ursuline Coll. of Paola, Kan 

0 0 58i 62,720 4,065 13,614 10,000 560 473 
80 

144 
29 

30 
483 

0 148 
53 

38 4,339 
66 68,448 
48 9,822 
60 5,166 

790 
552 
526 

12,300 
36,825 
18,365 

8,959 

251 
3 , 1 1 6 

796 
473 

288 60 
770 B k . Cost 
441 212 
181 35 

462 

14 
731 
311 

78 
Vallejo Coll., Calif.2.6 
Ventura Coll., Calif 
Victoria Coll., Texas 
Virginia Intermont Coll., Va. 2. 
Waldorf Coll., l a 

416 
850 
324 

45 
208 

0 
233 

36 

0 
0 

44 
210 
185 

42 h 
45 
40 
54 
66 

15,198 
13,960 
3,995 
8,931 
6,500 

772 
984 
423 
280 
505 

10,533 
16,000 
6,245 

15,237 
9,256 

4,051 
2,500 
3,100 

622 
1,050 

1,501 
1,500 

376 
385 
375 

2,256 

214 
70 

358 

93 
111 
150 

Warren Wilson Coll., N.C. 2 . . . 
Weber Coll., Utah 
West Contra Costa J.C., Calif. 

193 0 190 
977 1,209 0 

2,027 3,100 0 

109. Young L.G. Harris Coll., Ga.2 270 20 243 

56 9,911 
| 5 24,866 

1,222 
1 , 1 0 0 
1 , 2 0 0 

14,670 
2 6 , 0 0 0 
13,044 

508 227 
4,500 1,100 
4,200 900 

5 4 | 8,627 398 14,387 726 274 

65 
400 

164 

650 
795 5,414 

211 ... 

1 If included in library budget. 2 Has separate library building. 3 Includes high school loans. 4 Not separated from high school. 5 Plus summer school. 6 4 yr. junior college. 7 Equated to F . T . E .