Press release: “The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) announces the availability of the ARL Academic Law Library Statistics 2004–05. This publication presents compilations and rankings of data that describe collections, expenditures, personnel, and services in 77 law libraries at ARL member institutions throughout North America. In 2004–05, the reporting law libraries held a median of 313,574 volumes, had total expenditures of $200,223,137, and employed 2,259 FTE staff. Expenditures for materials and staff accounted for the bulk of total expenditures, at 46% and 45% respectively. Respondents reported spending a total of $11,858,683 for electronic materials; this includes a total of $10,235,586 for electronic serials.”