These data are gathered in support of the NUL Dean of the Libraries' annual collections budget proposal.
The data are pulled from many sources, because there is no one source that can provide what is necessary. Although this situation is not ideal, after many trials and tests the following were found to be the most reliable sources for this project.
Below are the institutions included in this comparison of NUL's expenditures per faculty.
Comparison libraries -- Law and Medical Faculty and Expenditures need to be Included at this Stage but will be Excluded in the Final Analysis/Chart:
A. SOURCES OF DATA USED BY IR
B. SOURCES USED PER INSTITUTION AND PER DATA POINT
ALL | Data Source used by Institutional Research |
Chicago | IPEDS |
Columbia | IPEDS |
Cornell | IPEDS: Use this source because the website does not show full vs part-time. |
Duke | IPEDS |
MIT | IPEDS: MIT classifies some of their research faculty differently which would explain low numbers. |
NU | Factbook (Data Book) |
Yale | IPEDS |
MEDICAL | Data Source used by Institutional Research |
Chicago | IPEDS |
Columbia | IPEDS |
Cornell | IPEDS - Cornell's Weill Medical College is separate from their Ithaca campus |
Duke | IPEDS |
MIT | No medical school |
NU | IPEDS |
Yale | IPEDS |
LAW | Data Source used by Institutional Research |
Chicago | AAUDE |
Columbia | Factbook and AAUDE |
Cornell | Factbook and AAUDE |
Duke | AAUDE |
MIT | No law school |
NU | Factbook (Data Book) |
Yale | AAUDE |
All library expenditures data are taken from the publication ARL Statistics (online). It is necessary to pull data from the main libraries, medical and law surveys.
2. Divide by the number of non-medical/non-law faculty.