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Comparing NC State to Research Peer Institutions

Number of Volumes Held
(in Thousands)

Institution
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Harvard University
14,686
14,857
15,181
15,392
15,556
Yale University
10,707
10,906
11,114
11,390
12,026
University of Illinois-Urbana
9,648
9,862
10,015
10,192
10,371
University of Toronto
9,346
9,526
9,756
10,032
10,343
University of California-Berkeley
9,280
9,389
9,572
9,813
9,986
Columbia University
7,400
7,557
7,697
8,650
9,277
University of Texas at Austin
8,075
8,230
8,323
8,482
8,937
University of Michigan
7,484
7,643
7,800
7,958
8,134
University of California-Los Angeles
7,653
7,445
7,577
7,989
8,065
University of Wisconsin-Madison
6,143
6,216
7,233
7,807
7,912
Cornell University
6,797
6,964
7,120
7,365
7,644
University of Chicago
6,693
6,833
6,977
7,124
7,364
Indiana University
6,386
6,512
6,647
6,770
7,242
University of Washington
6,159
6,274
6,437
6,546
6,640
University of Minnesota
5,980
6,082
6,201
6,374
6,587
Princeton University
5,990
6,104
6,224
6,373
6,496
Ohio State University
5,491
5,603
5,675
5,810
5,936
University of Pennsylvania
5,027
5,153
5,274
5,473
5,760
UNC-Chapel Hill
5,235
5,366
5,492
5,601
5,711
Duke University
5,150
5,234
5,360
5,472
5,561
University of Arizona
4,826
4,918
5,041
5,201
5,341
University of Virginia
4,779
4,868
4,921
4,987
5,053
Pennsylvania State University
4,615
4,700
4,779
4,975
5,031
Univ. of New York
4,045
4,146
4,176
4,643
4,940
Michigan State University
4,420
4,504
4,582
4,748
4,831
University of Pittsburgh
4,300
4,339
4,421
4,640
4,786
Northwestern
4,150
4,217
4,315
4,545
4,604
University of Iowa
4,210
4,303
4,381
4,475
4,551
University of Georgia
3,789
3,873
3,955
4,029
4,179
Rutgers-State University of NJ
3,919
3,979
4,050
4,108
4,169
University of Florida
3,854
3,950
4,022
4,075
4,138
University of Kansas
3,830
3,909
3,981
4,039
4,122
University of Southern California
3,666
3,730
3,801
3,355
3,922
Washington University
3,486
3,548
3,609
3,647
3,695
Johns Hopkins University
3,451
3,509
3,572
3,606
3,649
McGill University
3,281
3,361
3,431
3,516
3,569
University of Rochester
3,112
3,150
3,185
3,371
3,565
University of Colorado
3,015
3,023
3,314
3,485
3,555
North Carolina State University
3,061
3,144
3,236
3,390
3,531
Brown University
3,131
3,192
3,257
3,305
3,510
University of California-Davis
3,251
3,311
3,366
3,424
3,490
Texas A&M
2,844
2,925
3,016
3,311
3,437
SUNY-Buffalo
3,256
3,288
3,330
3,360
3,391
University of Maryland-College Park
2,897
2,957
3,017
3,083
3,260
University of Missouri-Columbia
3,061
3,111
3,149
3,206
3,250
University of California-San Diego
2,891
2,938
2,953
3,071
3,150
Emory University
2,653
2,705
2,756
2,936
3,108
Vanderbilt University
2,690
2,746
2,882
2,964
3,057
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2,669
2,721
2,767
2,807
2,943
University of California-Santa Barbara
2,674
2,716
2,766
2,818
2,838
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2,623
2,667
2,708
2,742
2,782
University of Oregon
2,466
2,548
2,603
2,636
2,643
Purdue University
2,355
2,394
2,431
2,460
2,475
Case Western Reserve University
2,206
2,236
2,292
2,453
2,472
Iowa State University
2,315
2,349
2,387
2,417
2,444
University of California-Irvine
2,199
2,250
2,338
2,398
2,440
Rice University
2,192
2,240
2,315
2,394
2,437
Georgia Tech
2,193
2,259
2,327
2,371
2,411
Tulane University
2,285
2,331
2,371
2,404
2,404
Virginia Tech
2,098
2,137
2,177
2,211
2,237
SUNY-Stony Brook
2,110
2,137
2,171
2,193
2,217
Syracuse University
2,831
2,866
2,900
3,137
421


Source: Association of Research Libraries Web Database November 2006

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