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[edit] ARL Rankings

Using a variety of metrics such as accessibility, materials expenditures, volumes held, and staff size, the Association for Research Libraries [[1]] has consistently ranked the Michigan library system among the top ten in the nation. Rankings, holdings and expenditures for recent years are depicted in the table below.

Year	Volumes Held	Volumes Added Gross	Current Series	Total Expenditures	Total Staff	Index Score	Index Rank
1986	5920576	145349	66106	17526414	451	0.99	9
1987	6019919	135011	67115	18851310	406	0.93	9
1988	6133171	130358	67530	20472160	444	0.96	10
1989	6237521	119296	68299	21111158	444	0.89	10
1990	6369490	141606	69937	22394006	429	0.94	10
1991	6579152	128783	70157	25759418	474	0.98	7
1992	6598574	129997	69745	25519992	420	0.89	11
1993	6699359	128765	70691	27842689	408	0.92	10
1994	6664081	164908	70336	30252302	435	1.05	6
1995	6774515	146313	70118	29959778	432	0.96	8
1996	6874648	140853	69566	33101829	448	0.98	7
1997	6973162	141820	69165	34273593	446	0.95	8
1998	7071842	141359	69280	34747186	449	0.93	9
1999	7195097	151140	69170	39310808	461	0.99	7
2000	7348360	179392	68798	41368972	459	1.06	6
2001	7484343	172287	68684	43558787	501	1.05	6
2002	7643203	182670	69218	43357616	514	1.05	6
2003	7800389	173081	74664	48193379	497	1.13	5
2004	7958145	171154	67554	46737671	475	0.98	8
2005	8133917	189373	124809	47113239	473	1.24	5

Wolvve85 16:38, 27 January 2007 (UTC)