WSU Libraries
Environmental Factors

Compiled by Library Council: January 8, 2001

Higher Ed Trends | Librarianship Trends | Scholarly Communication Trends | Societal and Economic Trends | WSU & Local Trends

Higher Education Trends

Librarianship Trends

Scholarly Communication Trends

Societal and Economic Trends

WSU & Local Trends

Table 4: Expenditure Trends in ARL Libraries, 1986-1999 Median Values for Time-Series Trends,

Unadjusted dollar figures

Year

Library
Materials

Serial
Expenditures

Monograph
Expenditures

Total
Salaries

Operating
Expenditures

Total
Expenditures

Total
CPI

(No. of Libraries)

(106)

(103)

(99)

(106)

(106)

(106)

 

1986

$2,707,219

$1,517,724

$1,120,645

$4,108,616

$1,134,008

$8,390,865

109.6

1987

$3,083,288

$1,770,567

$1,064,484

$4,390,277

$1,191,641

$9,006,308

113.6

1988

$3,371,421

$1,979,604

$1,141,226

$4,737,470

$1,209,633

$9,623,944

118.3

1989

$3,582,400

$2,130,162

$1,241,133

$5,278,104

$1,389,321

$10,332,186

124

1990

$3,913,466

$2,304,744

$1,330,747

$5,500,869

$1,408,280

$11,243,645

130.7

1991

$4,083,358

$2,578,309

$1,400,738

$5,977,903

$1,463,873

$12,032,893

136.2

1992

$4,160,064

$2,630,827

$1,353,865

$6,113,071

$1,406,661

$12,264,226

140.3

1993

$4,332,769

$2,919,756

$1,295,807

$6,034,232

$1,609,350

$12,331,859

144.5

1994

$4,577,203

$2,932,091

$1,309,807

$6,183,885

$1,686,070

$12,775,909

148.2

1995

$4,729,921

$3,133,885

$1,365,575

$6,349,708

$1,871,603

$13,204,133

152.4

1996

$5,157,375

$3,393,307

$1,444,015

$6,675,390

$2,035,496

$13,885,477

156.9

1997

$5,577,348

$3,674,368

$1,460,234

$6,922,290

$2,058,496

$14,652,763

160.5

1998

$5,817,324

$3,818,832

$1,486,764

$7,300,236

$2,107,948

$15,410,758

163

1999

$6,263,648

$4,098,075

$1,506,651

$7,505,235

$2,141,325

$16,761,071

166.6

Average annual
percent change


6.60%


8.00%


2.40%


4.90%


5.30%


5.20%


3.30%

* NOTE: Table from: http://www.arl.org/stats/arlstat/1999t4.html          << -Top




* NOTE: Graph from: http://www.arl.org/stats/arlstat/1999t4.html
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NS: LC - Environmental Factors, January 8, 2001