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Appendix D: The ARL Library Index (Measure 12)
Pages 213-214

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... These are: volumes held, volumes added (gross) , microform units held, current serials received, expenditures for library materials, expenditures for binding, total salary and wage expenditures, other operating expenditures, number of professional staff, and number of nonprofessional staff.
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... The data for each of the 10 variables are converted to standard normal form and multiplied by the appropriate weight. The resulting scores are expressed in terms of the number of standard deviations above or below the mean index score for ARL academic libraries.
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  • arl libraries
  • library size
  • academic libraries
  • volumes held
  • arl academic

  • volumes added
  • operating expenditures
  • nonprofessional staff
  • professional staff
  • current serials

  • arl library
  • library materials
  • serials received
  • index score
  • quantitative comparisons

  • rank order
  • standard deviations
  • units held
  • tables provide
  • overall dimension

  • determined based
  • loan activity
  • display figures
  • total salary
  • library index

  • summary description
  • statistics display
  • total sallies
  • mean index
  • order tables


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