Die Association of Research Libraries (ARL) hat die ARL Academic Health Sciences Library Statistics 2003–04 von 66 Medizinbibliotheken in den USA herausgegeben.
The reporting health sciences libraries held a median of 235,225 volumes, had total expenditures of $224,697,410, and employed 2,550 FTE staff. Expenditures for materials and staff accounted for the bulk of total expenditures, at 43% each. Respondents reported spending a total of $34,135,193 for electronic materials, or a median of 36% of their total materials budgets; this includes a total of $32,473,238 for electronic serials.
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