43
FOOTNOTES TO THE ARL ACADEMIC HEALTH SCIENCES LIBRARY STATISTICS 2004‐05
Footnotes may also include errata and corrections to data not previously reported from prior years. Numbers in parentheses refer to columns in
Library Data Tables and to Questionnaire numbers.
QUESTION
NUMBER NOTES
ALABAMA
All figures are as of September 30, 2005.
15.c The library does not separate expenditures for audiovisual materials.
19 Includes bibliographic utilities and literature searching.
ALBERTA
All figures are as of March 31, 2005.
1 Includes 284 e‐books.
2 Precise number of monographs purchased from 2000‐01 onward is unavailable all monographs purchased are
included in gross volumes added (1.b.i.)
4 4, 8: John W. Scott Health Sciences Library is part of the larger University library system which is constantly moving
towards central purchasing and consortia purchase agreements for the whole Library System. Individual numbers
for JWS Health Sciences Library are not available.
6 Microform units figure remains the same, as no microform units were purchased in 2004‐05.
8 John W. Scott Health Sciences Library is part of the larger University library system which is constantly moving
towards central purchasing and consortia purchase agreements for the whole Library System. Individual numbers
for JWS Health Sciences Library are not available.
15‐25 Expenditures as reported in Canadian dollars: (15a) $293,522 (15b) $544,909 (15c) $0 (15d) $0 (15) $838,431 (16)
$19,022 (17a) $496,493 (17b) $367,042 (17c) $38,142 (17) $901,677 (19) UA/NA (20) $1,759,130 (21) $85,720 (22)
$339,878 (23a) UA/NA (23b) UA/NA (24) UA/NA (25) UA/NA.
19, 20 Figures for other operating expenses for the J.W. Scott Health Sciences Library are not available because they are
included as part of the larger University Library System.
26 Excludes 1 recurring term person who is .33 FTE.
26.c Figure of zero is a result of the library systemʹs move to integration, and the pooling of staff across the system.
29‐31 Instruction statistics are not available for 2004‐05 due to inconsistent methods of recording data. Statistics will be
reported for 2005‐06 and they will be based on sampling.
33 Decrease due to more and more journals and books becoming available electronically.
34, 35 This statistic is kept for the University of Alberta Library system as a whole, and, due to use of Relais for collecting
statistics, all requests funnel through one search queue, which makes it difficult to provide a break‐down by unit
library.
ARIZONA
27 Includes IS desk, Loan desk, CTS, LRC.
32, 33 Decrease due to previously *not* subtracting reserve and non‐collection items.
CALIFORNIA, DAVIS
1.b The Health Sciences Library canceled a number of titles which effectively reduced the number of volumes added to
the collection.
2 There was an increase in the number of monographic sets received for the Health Sciences Library.
15.b The Library prepaid serials for the Health Sciences in the amount of $539,058 in 2003‐04. Actual costs for this item for
FOOTNOTES TO THE ARL ACADEMIC HEALTH SCIENCES LIBRARY STATISTICS 2004‐05
Footnotes may also include errata and corrections to data not previously reported from prior years. Numbers in parentheses refer to columns in
Library Data Tables and to Questionnaire numbers.
QUESTION
NUMBER NOTES
ALABAMA
All figures are as of September 30, 2005.
15.c The library does not separate expenditures for audiovisual materials.
19 Includes bibliographic utilities and literature searching.
ALBERTA
All figures are as of March 31, 2005.
1 Includes 284 e‐books.
2 Precise number of monographs purchased from 2000‐01 onward is unavailable all monographs purchased are
included in gross volumes added (1.b.i.)
4 4, 8: John W. Scott Health Sciences Library is part of the larger University library system which is constantly moving
towards central purchasing and consortia purchase agreements for the whole Library System. Individual numbers
for JWS Health Sciences Library are not available.
6 Microform units figure remains the same, as no microform units were purchased in 2004‐05.
8 John W. Scott Health Sciences Library is part of the larger University library system which is constantly moving
towards central purchasing and consortia purchase agreements for the whole Library System. Individual numbers
for JWS Health Sciences Library are not available.
15‐25 Expenditures as reported in Canadian dollars: (15a) $293,522 (15b) $544,909 (15c) $0 (15d) $0 (15) $838,431 (16)
$19,022 (17a) $496,493 (17b) $367,042 (17c) $38,142 (17) $901,677 (19) UA/NA (20) $1,759,130 (21) $85,720 (22)
$339,878 (23a) UA/NA (23b) UA/NA (24) UA/NA (25) UA/NA.
19, 20 Figures for other operating expenses for the J.W. Scott Health Sciences Library are not available because they are
included as part of the larger University Library System.
26 Excludes 1 recurring term person who is .33 FTE.
26.c Figure of zero is a result of the library systemʹs move to integration, and the pooling of staff across the system.
29‐31 Instruction statistics are not available for 2004‐05 due to inconsistent methods of recording data. Statistics will be
reported for 2005‐06 and they will be based on sampling.
33 Decrease due to more and more journals and books becoming available electronically.
34, 35 This statistic is kept for the University of Alberta Library system as a whole, and, due to use of Relais for collecting
statistics, all requests funnel through one search queue, which makes it difficult to provide a break‐down by unit
library.
ARIZONA
27 Includes IS desk, Loan desk, CTS, LRC.
32, 33 Decrease due to previously *not* subtracting reserve and non‐collection items.
CALIFORNIA, DAVIS
1.b The Health Sciences Library canceled a number of titles which effectively reduced the number of volumes added to
the collection.
2 There was an increase in the number of monographic sets received for the Health Sciences Library.
15.b The Library prepaid serials for the Health Sciences in the amount of $539,058 in 2003‐04. Actual costs for this item for
