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Comparing NC State to Peer Institutions

ARL - Library Holdings-2006
(sorted by circulation)

Institution
Total circu-
lations
Volumes held
Total current serials

Manu-
scripts and archives

Carto-
graphic materials

Govern-
ment documents

Graphic materials
Audio materials
Mono-
graphs purchased
Ohio State Univ
1,928,444
6,180,744
36,813
30,601
228,183
2,080
2,307,399
62,771
90,377
Texas A&M
1,363,291
3,581,226
45,806
22,743
232,482
65,519
541,136
17,484
86,572
Penn State Univ
1,046,822
5,069,854
71,230
29,339
469,787
0
535,447
67,548
70,021
Cornell Univ
1,017,340
7,785,263
77,392
63,628
250,050
N/A
48,917
115,025
N/A
Univ of Wisconsin
882,731
8,015,081
68,560
156,511
575,225
811,086
6,252,297
345,979
49,761
Michigan State Univ
766,347
4,864,603
40,082
2,600
309,045
0
1,817
64,576
36,418
Univ.of Minnesota
761,544
6,713,629
72,573
79,463
427,463
2,637,739
N/A
N/A
38,722
Univ of Florida
671,602
4,178,355
85,169
8,430
842,374
1,551,630
99,430
13,602
34,584
Univ of Illinois, Urb-Champ
618,262
10,524,935
63,413
35,727
663,581
0
90,627
154,141
65,445
Purdue Univ
604,455
2,511,097
36,296
3,300
344,312
489,215
1,214
993
23,907
Univ of Maryland
559,021
3,501,054
32,777
38,335
224,851
188,990
344,952
284,373
52,712
Univ of Georgia
463,636
4,345,939
39,226
56,710
613,212
1,060,065
1,635,071
126,715
47,805
Univ. of California- Davis
459,333
3,549,004
47,008
17,226
260,965
74,849
235,227
14,709
N/A
NC State Univ
380,244
3,687,733
54,843
12,208
40,927
0
119,842
4,111
32,571
Virginia Tech
276,095
2,268,619
36,988
18,676
137,077
399,525
90,474
10,331
26,196
Iowa State Univ
266,821
2,473,075
31,256
16,232
108,440
0
872,620
13,981
28,581
Georgia Tech
N/A
2,449,323
34,576
5,279
197,659
0
107,937
1,866
6,327

Source: Association of Research Libraries November 2007

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