College and Research Libraries Library Statistics of Colleges and Universities, 1961-62 THE LATEST statistical information con- cerning academic libraries is available in the Office of Education publication Li- brary Statistics of Colleges and Univer- sities~ 1961-62~ Institutional Data (OE- 15023-62). All institutions of higher edu- cation in the United States and its pos- sessions should have received a copy dur- ing March. For the second consecutive year there was a marked increase in the number of institutions returning completed ques- tionnaires (See Table A) . Coverage was even more complete when measured against enrollment. The reported 1,862 institutions enrolled 3,- 821,000 or 98.2 per cent of 3,891,000 de- gree-credit students announced by the Office of Education in the fall of 1961. Last year, the figures were 3,430,000 stu- dents or 95 per cent. Table I of the survey contains eight- een items of management information for each institution as of June 30, 1962. Included for the first time are data in- dicating the control (public or private) and type of each institution. The seven types of institutions are universities, lib- eral arts colleges, teachers colleges, tech- nological schools, theological schools, junior colleges, and other professional schools. These two specifications should enable the librarian to compare more easily the operation of his library, as well as the size of his staff and its financial resources with those of similar libraries. In addi- tion, a more meaningful comparison can be made with ALA-recommended quan- titative standards for college and junior college libraries. The salary data in Table 2 of the survey relate only to full-time staff mem- bers as of September I, 1962. The table does not include salaries of personnel who are employed for less than the full academic year (9-10 months). The num- ber of personnel IS reported for each category (associate or assistant librarian, department or division heads, etc.) as well as the highest and lowest annual salary actually received. When a cate- gory has only one salary, it is entered in the column headed "highest salary." As In previous years, a substantial number of institutions reported some full-time staff members with 9-10 months of service and some full-time staff mem- bers with 11-12 months of service. In the two prior surveys these institutions were TABLE A NUMBER AND PER C ENT OF RESPONDENTS TO LIBRARY STATISTICS SURVEY, 1959-62 Total number of institutions* Number of respondents Response rate (per cent) 1959-60 1,952 1,393 71 1960-6 1 tl,991 1,666 84 1961-62 1,985 +1,862 94 * In stitutions with students taking courses creditable toward bachelor's or higher degrees, as li sted in the annual publication, Op ening (Fall) Enrollment in Higher Edt~eation, Institutional Data. t In this surve y, major branch librarie s of complex institutions were counted separately. The institutional total was 1,975. t Includes 19 60-6 1 data for 91 institutions. - MAY 1963 235 assigned to either category according to the number of months the majority of the staff was employed. For example, when over half of the staff of a library worked 9-10 months during the year rather than ll-12 months, the entire staff of the library was listed in the 9-l 0 month category. However, this year's table allows scope for designating those institutions which employ full-time staff members on either a 9-10 or a ll-12 months basis, or both. Agreement was reached concerning the treatment of "contributed services"1 by 1 Contributed services (C.S.). This term is defined as the estimated moneta.ry value of work performed by members of religious orders, such as clerics, nuns, and priests. It should be emphasized that all indica- · tions of contributed services are based on 11-12 months of emplo yment. the inclusion of a separate salary sched- ule for such services in the question- naire. As a result, Table 2 of the survey designates clearly which salaries are com- puted on a contributed service basis. Table B offers a comparison of the totals of various management data for the years 1959-62. The table includes data on annual per cent changes. While total library collections, personnel, etc. increased appreciably, so did total en- rollments in academic institutions as shown in Table C. Table D denotes the twenty-five largest college and university libraries in the United States as of July 30, 1962. They are listed in order of the size of the volume collection: the numbers in pa- TABLE B TOTAL LIBRARY RESOURCES OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES AND ITS PossESSIONs 1960-62 • Per cent Per cent 1959 -60 1960-61 of Change 1961-62 of Change Number of institutions (fall enrollment) 1,952 1,975 1,985 Library Collection Volumes 176,721 ,000 189,100,000 7.0 201,914,000 6.8 Volumes added 8,415,000 9,396,000 11.7 10,949,000 16.5 Periodicals received 1,271 ,000 1,399,000 10.1 1,487,000 6.3 Pe.rsonnel (FTE) Professional 9,254 9,674 4.5 10,376 7.3 Non professional 8,860 9,759 10.1 10,807 10.7 Expenditures Total 137,245 ,000 158,904,000 15.8 184,017,000 15.8 Salaries & wages 84,175,000 97,671 ,000 16.0 111,891,000 14.6 Books & other library materials 40,760,000 47,695,000 17.0 56,377,000 18.2 Binding 4,852,000 5,606,000 15.5 6,234,000 11.2 Other operating expenditures . 7,458,000 7,932,000 6.4 9,515,000 20.0 * These preliminary figures will be adjusted when valid estimates have been made of nonrespondent institu- tions. TABLE C OPENING FALL DEGREE-CREDIT ENROLLMENT; AGGREGATE UNITED STATES 1959-61 Fall 1959 Fall 1960 Fall 1961 Number of students . 3,402,297 3,610,007 4,206,672 Per cent changes . +6.1 +7.8 236 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES Rank Institution 1 Harvard University 2 Yale University 3 Univ. of Illinois 4 Univ. of Michigan 5 Columbia University 6 Univ. of CaL-Berkeley 7 Stanford University 8 Cornell University 9 University of Chicago 10 Univ. of Minnesota 11 Indiana University 12 . Princeton University 13 Univ. of Pennsylvania 14 Univ. Cal.-Los Angeles 15 Northwestern University 16 Duke University 17 Univ. of Wisconsin 18 Ohio State 19 Univ. of Texas 20 Univ. of North Carolina 21 Johns Hopkins University 22 Univ. of Washington 23 Brown University 24 University of Virginia 25 New York University TABLED CoLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY LIBRARY STATisnes-1961-62 (The 25 largest in the United States) Library materials Total Total volumes Volumes added and binding staff 6,931,293 201,655 ( 1) 1,023,889 ( 4) 432 ( 1) 4,572 ,893 90,015 ( 7) 781,765 ( 6) 311 ( 3) 3,525,820 142,436 ( 3) 810,445 ( 5) 266 ( 6) 3,049,715 119,976 ( 5) 627,514 ( 8) 261 ( 7) 3,026,464 86,240 ( 8) 558,846 (11) 298 ( 4) 2,701,186 106,710 ( 6) 1 ,097,598 ( 2) 369 ( 2) 2,287,332 71,323 (17) 437,628 (16) 193 (11) 2,278,046 135,260 ( 4) 684,283 ( 7) 280 ( 5) 2,210,062 82,284 (12) 457,213 (15) 160 (15) 2,072,285 61,423 (20) 603,345 ( 9) 160 (16) 1,828,992 82,778 (11) 571,812 (10) 162 (14) 1,754,580 67,294 (19) 347,343 (21) 168 (13) 1,744,680 60,750 (21) 493,247 (113) 193 (10) 1,719,359 154,801 ( 2) 1,085,073 ( 3) 257 ( 8) 1,666,200 73,681 (16) 361,714 (20) 128 (20) 1,540,063 47,041 (24) 480,416 (14) 116 (21) 1,527,432 78,664 (15) 544,918 (12) 155 (17) 1,520,597 79,953 (13) 422,879 (19) 190 (12) 1,508,262 86,203 ( 9) 1,242,171 ( 1) 137 (18) 1,283,109 69,284 (18) 425,589 (18) 108 (22) 1,207,246 83,080 (10) 198,785 (24) 83 (24) 1,173,496 79,431 (14) 437,125 (17) 226 ( 9) 1,170,755 47,410 (23) 214,619 (22) 95 (23) 1,155,488 50,878 (22) 193,872 (25) 82 (25) 1,148,119 30,794 (25) 214,446 (23) 134 (19) Exp. per Total operating student Exp. expenditures (in dollars) percentage 4,284,586 ( 1) 367 ( 1) 6.2 ( 2) 2,004,285 ( 8) 242 ( 3) 4.5 ( 5) 2,592,276 ( 4) 81 (16) 2.7 (12) 2,471,292 ( 5) 88 (13) 2.9 (11) . 2,153,156 ( 7) 129 (11) 2 .9 (10) 3,812,997 ( 2) 161 (10) 1,605,939 (12) 169 ( 7) 3.3 ( 9) 2,252,913 ( 6) 189 ( 4) 3.7 ( 7) 1,531,950 (15) 168 ( 8) 1,720,109 (10) 41 (24) 2.3 (16) 1,379,722 (16) 48 (22) 1,099,322 (20) 277 ( 2) 1,374,711 (17) 76 (17) 2.4 (14) 3,083 ,285 ( 3) 1,111,310 (18) 163 ( 9) 70 (19) 3.6 ( 8) 1,106,809 (19) 181 ( 5) 5.3 ( 3) 1,551,552 (14) 47 (23) 2.4 (15) 1,556,153 (13) 57 (21) 2.4 (13) 1,978,153 ( 9) 85 (14) 1,051,696 (21) 105 (12) 4.0 ( 6) 637,012 (25) 83 (15) 2.2 (17) 1,691,865 (11) 73 (18) 707,155 (23) 171 ( 6) 6.3 ( 1) 642,363 (24) 65 (20) 4.8 ( 4) 1,007,310 (22) 31 (25) rentheses after each entry in the remain- ing columns indicates the rank of that library for that particular column. For example, Harvard ranks first in volume collection, but Brown University ranks first in expenditure percentage. A complete analysis of all the data contained in the survey will be available early next year .-Theodore Samore) Li- brary Services Branch) U. S. Office of Education. Current Selection Service RICHARD K. GARDNER, librarian of Marietta (Ohio) College since 1959 has been named editor of a new publication, as yet unnamed, to assist college and uni· versity libraries in book selection activities. The publication is to be directed primarily to undergraduate college libraries with book funds of $30,000 or less; it is hoped, however, that it may also be useful in book selection activities of other libraries. The new service will be issued under the direction of ACRL. Though sup- ported initially by a grant of $ 150,000 from the Council on Library Resources, the publication is expected to become self-supporting. Need for a current book selection service for college and other libraries having similar problems has been apparent for some time, and ALA has undertaken a study to determine a rapid and efficient method of disseminating information while it is still current. The process to be used for printing the new periodical should provide such a method. The publication will be produced from typed cards, using a sequential camera for composing pages. This method also should make possible cumulations and subject lists, using the same cards. The periodicals staff will consist of the editor, two assistant editors and two clerk typists. Books will be reviewed by subject experts working in undergrad- uate college instruction. An estimated ten thousand to fifteen thousand titles will be considered annually, and from two to three thousand titles will be reported. The service is expected to review books simultaneous 1 with publication o~ soon thereafter. Coverage will include, initially, publications in English wherever published. Representative publications will be included, in addition to "best" publications. Coverage of titles in other languages will be considered later. Mr. Gardner's appointment is effective July I. Appointed to serve on the editorial board of the publication are Leo M. Weins, H. W. Wilson Co.; Ells- worth Goodwin Mason, head librarian, Coburn Library, Colorado College; James H. Richards, Jr.: head librarian, Carleton College, Northfield, Minn.; Robert H. Muller, associate director, University of Michigan Library; Wyman Parker, librarian , Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn. ; Eileen Thornton, librarian, Oberlin College, and Joseph Reason (now on leave of absence), director of libraries, Howard University. The president of ACRL will serve as chairman of the editorial board , and the ACRL executive secretary will act as liaison with ALA headquarters. Suggestions for a name for the new periodical service are solicited by ACRL and ALA. Such suggestions should be sent to ALA headquarters, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago II. A one-year subscription will be awarded to the person suggest- ing the name selected for the publication. • • •• 238 C 0 L LEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES