ARL Statistics 2005–06 Now Online
136 pages; PDF.

From the introduction:

The ARL Statistics 2005–06 describe a familiar picture for research libraries in North America. The rising cost of serials is outpacing general inflation, the cost of monographs is hovering close to inflation, and salaries are increasing moderately more quickly than inflation. As seen in Table 1 and Graph 1, the numbers of reference and circulation transactions have fallen from their levels of 10 years ago, but more users participated in instructional services offered by the library. Librarians are becoming more involved in the instructional process and are increasingly an integral part of the teaching and learning infrastructure at their institutions.

Source: Association of Research Libraries

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