New York State Library

Division of Library Development


Summary of Library Statisticsa

New York State
2006

 

Library Type 

Number 

Total
    Volumes 

Professional
       Staff 

Other
Staff

                                               Expenditures

       

               Salaries

             Materials

Total
    Operating

Amount

% Total

Amount

% Total

Publicb

755
70,892,144
4,210
9,022
$1,089,914,648
$535,090,179
49%
$108,790,526
10%

Academicc

261
111,960,780
2,458
5,787
504,503,227
243,863,945
48%
217,082,774
43%

Schoold

Public

3,999
48,695,344
3,087
1,664
294,910,252
214,166,519
73%
39,942,535
14%

Nonpublic

1,379
9,873,994
1,229
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA

Institutione

200
1,413,175
48
42
5,912,530
3,136,586
53%
2,625,245
44%

New York State Libraryf

1
2,948,191
85
94
13,772,175
8,347,908
61%
3,952,800
28%

TOTAL

6,595

245,783,628

11,117

16,609

$1,909,012,832

$1,004,605,137

NA

$372,393,880

NA


a Not included in this table are some 1,800 library units located in hospitals, corporations, scientific institutes, government agencies and industrial research groups
b 2006 Annual Report for Public and Association Libraries; staff positions are full-time equivalents based on a 40-hour work week
cNational Center for Education Statistics, Academic Library Survey, 2004
dSED Information and Reporting Services, Public/Nonpublic School Library Statistics, Fall 2006 and State Aid Unit, Fiscal year 2005-06
eNew York State Library, Division of Library Development, Institution Library Resources, through November 30, 1997
fNew York State Library, 2006-07 ARL Questionnaire and other sources

NA – Data Not Available

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