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Subject: Re: Academic Library Budgets -- Judith Stokes
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 14:28:03 -0400
From: "McKee, Eileen" <E.McKee@brooklynpubliclibrary.org>

Judith

I believe ARL.org has such statistics.

Eileen

>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Academic Library Budgets
> Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 13:15:22 -0400
> From: "Stokes, Judith" <JStokes@ric.edu>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> As many times as I have read on SERIALST that library budgets as a
> percentage of university budgets has declined in recent decades, I don't
> recall where to look for supporting figures. I now have a faculty member
> who
> is actually interested! The question is where my institution stands
> compared
> to national figures on size of library budget as a percentage of
> university
> budget over the last 25 years or so. Can someone point me to national
> figures?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Judith Stokes, Serials Librarian
> James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College
> Providence, RI  02908
> phone: (401)456-8165
> email: jstokes@ric.edu