This report is designed to (1) educate non-librarians as to how Virginia libraries are funded, (2) inform librarians of funding outside their particular specialty, (3) suggest the adequacy and inadequacy of such funding and its dependability, and (4) outline the formulas by which funds are distributed. Section I, a short outline of factors…

The data presented on the activities of 74 academic libraries in Virginia have been compiled by the Council of Higher Education, primarily from the Higher Education General Information Surveys ("College and University Libraries" and "Financial Statistics for Institutions of Higher Education for Fiscal Year Ending 1980"). The…

The Virginia Council of Higher Education annually collects a variety of data on the activities of academic institutions in the state. This report presents data on the activities of Virginia's academic libraries during the 1990-91 academic year. Data are reported on collections, staff, expenditures, costs for monographs and periodicals, services…