Academic library statistics?

May 10, 2008 9:16 AM

I am looking for statistics on college libraries.

It seems to me that the National Center for Education Statistics used to have a tool on their web site that allowed one to find a college library and then see information such as budget, number of volumes in collection, hours open, number of employees, usage statistics, and so forth.

But, as I look at the site now, I am only able to get such information for public libraries.

Did this tool ever exist for academic libraries? Does it still exist? How can I access it? Are there similar tools online I could be using?

posted by waywardgirl to education (4 comments total)

Okay. This is it: http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/libraries/

I love answering my own questions!

But I still am interested in similar tools, if anyone can recommend.
posted by waywardgirl at 9:21 AM on May 10, 2008

ACRL and ARL both compile stats about some of these factors.
posted by zepheria at 9:48 AM on May 10, 2008

Yes, but it seems that the ACRL and ARL statistics don't give statistics for specific libraries, like the NCES does. That is more what I need. The general statistics, sadly, don't mean anything to my upper management. I am trying to help them better understand what are "competitors" are providing.

Ugh. Management.
posted by waywardgirl at 9:55 AM on May 10, 2008

ARL stats graphical builder thing. It does individual institutions.
posted by the dief at 12:13 PM on May 10, 2008