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Comparative Rankings of State-Funded Texas ARL Libraries

Below is a table showing the comparative rankings of state-funded Texas ARL Libraries on 18 factors. This data is from the ARL Statistics 2005-06 (see the "Summary of Rank Order Tables for University Libraries, 2005-06" table on pages 66-70).

The state-funded ARL Libraries are:

There are 113 university libraries in ARL. In the table below, "1" is the best possible top rank for a factor; "113" is the worst possible bottom rank. The top-ranked value for a factor within a row is shown in bold italics; the bottom-ranked value is shown in bold.

Rankings of State-Funded Texas ARL Libraries, 2005-06
Factor	A&M	TECH	UH	UT
Volumes in Library	46	88	104	7
Volumes Added (Gross)	12	60	40	19
Current Serials (Totals)	48	26	101	46
Microform Holdings	34	95	31	19
Government Documents	57	64	19	69
Materials Expenditures	16	51	68	11
Salaries & Wages Expenditures	43	71	97	13
Other Operating Expenditures	30	37	49	14
Total Library Expenditures	30	57	82	10
Monographs Purchased (Vols.)	7	41	34	15
Expenditures for Monographs	14	60	71	11
Serials Purchased (Subs.)	35	33	70	UA
Expenditures for Serials	12	45	67	18
Professional Staff (FTE)	20	39	79	16
Support Staff (FTE)	45	60	85	8
Total Staff (FTE)	28	41	91	11
Expenditures for E-Materials	4	99	92	9
E-Materials as % of Total Materials	21	101	89	68

Below is a summary of the number of top and bottom rankings of state-funded ARL libraries within their peer group on 18 factors.

Top/Bottom Peer Rankings
of State-Funded Texas ARL Libraries
Library	No. Top Rankings	No. Bottom Rankings
Texas A&M University	5	0
Texas Tech University	2	5
University of Houston	1	12
University of Texas, Austin	10	1

Below is a table that shows the overall rankings of state-funded ARL libraries using ARL's Expenditures-Focused Index.

State-Funded Texas ARL Libraries
Expenditures-Focused Index Ranking
Library	Overall Rank
Texas A&M University	30
Texas Tech University	57
University of Houston	84
University of Texas, Austin	9

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