Library Systems
Expenditures(in dollars) for print materials (books, magazines, etc.)

Participation Minimum 25th percentile Median Mean 75th percentile Maximum
NonParticipants 0.0 3,817.0 11096.5 75137.6 39,521.0 24,139,407.0
Participants 0.0 8,244.0 25479.5 112872.2 78,946.5 9,370,556.0

 


Expenditures(in dollars) for electronic materials (books, magazines, etc.)

Participation Minimum 25th percentile Median Mean 75th percentile Maximum
NonParticipants 0.0 0.0 0.0 8560.8 1,138.0 1,538,038.0
Participants 0.0 0.0 83.5 15186.0 3,629.5 1,995,639.0

 


Number of print items (books, government documents, etc.)

Participation Minimum 25th percentile Median Mean 75th percentile Maximum
NonParticipants 0.0 11,416.0 21581.5 69820.5 48,452.0 20,280,526.0
Participants 0.0 17,282.0 36439.0 106432.8 86,701.0 8,539,059.0

 


Number of electronic books

Participation Minimum 25th percentile Median Mean 75th percentile Maximum
NonParticipants 0.0 0.0 0.0 641.0 0.0 198,862.0
Participants 0.0 0.0 0.0 1285.8 0.0 52,202.0

 


Number of audio items (records, audio disks, and other sound recordings)

Participation Minimum 25th percentile Median Mean 75th percentile Maximum
NonParticipants 0.0 199.0 639.0 3625.6 1,992.0 1,725,197.0
Participants 0.0 464.0 1334.5 5349.4 3,688.0 497,627.0

 


Number of video items (tapes, DVDs, videos, CD-ROMs, etc.)

Participation Minimum 25th percentile Median Mean 75th percentile Maximum
NonParticipants 0.0 346.0 881.5 3217.8 2,230.0 584,219.0
Participants 0.0 683.0 1609.5 5344.4 4,051.5 341,882.0

 


Number of databases

Participation Minimum 25th percentile Median Mean 75th percentile Maximum
NonParticipants 0.0 0.0 9.0 21.6 27.0 10,987.0
Participants 0.0 2.0 17.0 23.6 33.0 2,677.0

 


Number of current print serial subscriptions

Participation Minimum 25th percentile Median Mean 75th percentile Maximum
NonParticipants 0.0 19.0 48.0 163.8 110.0 95,099.0
Participants 0.0 40.0 86.0 232.1 186.0 15,018.0

 


Number of current electronic serial subscriptions

Participation Minimum 25th percentile Median Mean 75th percentile Maximum
NonParticipants 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.3 0.0 872.0
Participants 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.6 0.0 8,135.0

 


 

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