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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