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Library Statistics, 2001-2012                                  
                                     
  2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012              
Volumes Held 7,400,416 7,557,346 7,697,488 8,650,258 9,277,042 9,455,312 9,455,312 10,449,223 11,189,036 11,900,693 12,311,766              
Total Current Serials 48,777 54,958 56,974 65,650 89,452 117,264 133,831 144,787 168,812 167,884 -              
Microforms 5,520,179 5,592,973 5,658,581 5,886,769 6,176,325 6,245,400 6,345,302 6,379,196 6,412,185 6,420,227 -              
Government Documents 188,370 190,029 191,584 192,821 193,534 194,156 175,665 174,032 174,272 170,156 -              
Manuscripts and Archives 213,367 214,875 216,773 228,271 232,205 236,640 243,114 245,118 247,409 249,750 251,344              
Cartographic Materials 133,522 134,476 135,296 135,769 138,281 138,695 139,128 140,021 140,199 142,568 144,996              
Graphic Materials 634,075 638,156 638,423 776,781 780,832 814,224 864,228 871,581 879,369 889,791 895,696              
Total Circulation 917,385 1,087,450 1,227,620 1,052,546 1,134,681 1,132,643 922,081 882,708 868,400 728,692 -              
Total Staff 533 535 521 574 602 698 701 657 620 619 614              
Total Library Expenditures $36,415,091 $39,114,107 $41,507,277 $46,200,379 $50,451,496 $56,938,255 $61,949,877 $63,320,237 $61,469,803 $61,997,374 $61,869,272              
                                     
-Source: Association of Research Libraries                                  
-Prepared by: Office of Planning and Institutional Research                              
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/opir                                  
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Date: 03-05-13