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D The ARL Library Index (Measure 12)
Pages 237-238

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... , 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. These 10 categories delineate an underlying dimension, or factor, of library size.
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... Thus,' the formula* for calculating a library's 1979-80 index score is as follows: .12108 (log of volumes held - 6.2916~/.2172 +.11940 (log of volumes added gross - 4.8412~/.2025 +.07509 (log of microforms - 6.0950~/.1763 +.12253 (log of current serials - 4.34321/.2341 +.12553 {log of expenditures for materials - 6.2333~/.1636 +.11266 (log of expenditures for binding - 5.0480~/.2475 +.12581 (log of total salaries - 6.46751/.2103 +.10592 (log of operating expenditures - 5.6773~/.2635 +.12347 (log of professional staff - 1.8281~/.1968 +.11297 {log of nonprofessional staff - 2.1512~/.2046 The index scores for the 99 academic libraries that were members of ARL during 1979-80 are shown on the following page.
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