Penn State University Libraries again ranked among top research libraries in North America

By: Steve Borrelli

Penn State’s University Libraries again have been recognized among the top research university libraries in North America, according to the recently released 2017-18 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Library Investment Index Rankings. Among the top ten are Harvard, Yale, Toronto, Columbia, Michigan, New York University, Princeton, UC Berkeley, UCLA, and Penn State.

The Investment Index ranking is based on the four variables of total library expenditures, salaries and wages of professional staff, total library materials expenditures and the number of
professional plus support staff employees.