ARL Academic Health Sciences Library Statistics 2010-2011

Kyrillidou, Martha; Morris, Shaneka; Roebuck, Gary

62 · ARL Academic Health Sciences Library Statistics 2010–2011
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Number
Footnote
INDIANA, cont.
5.b.ii We are adding open access titles to our collection.
9 Our count in more accurate.
14 We have reduced the number of videocassettes.
16.a Moved budget to serials.
16.c Reduced our purchase of nonprint.
16.d We reduced our non-materials expenditures.
17 We no longer bind journals.
18, 18.b Our staff numbers have been reduced due to budget constraints.
18.a Several positions are no longer budgeted.
21 Our library budget has been reduced.
22 We purchased no databases in 2010-2011.
27.a-27.b Reduction due to budget.
27.c Reduction in student budget cuts.
30 More accurate count.
KANSAS
1, 1.b, 1.b.i In 2009-2010 added many items that were on our shelves but not listed in ongoing inventory.
1, 1.b, 1.b.ii 2010-2011 figure reflects results of weeding project.
16.a Decrease in 2010-2011 reflects the shift of a significant part of our budget away from monograph purchases in order to support
the journals budget.
34 Drop in circulation stats is the trend with increasing use of electronic resources and a concomitant drop in the use of print.
36 Less demand.
KENTUCKY
1.b Total represents the number of print volumes held. Medical Center Library e-books are included in the Main library's total.
3 Total includes 762 e-books: Access Medicine -68 Access Emergency Medicine -12 Ovid e-books -7 Springer -551 Life Science
Book Series &Methods in Enzymology -124.
5, 5.a.i Total does not include electronic serials for the Medical Center Library (MCL). Medical Center Library electronic serials are
included in the Main Library total. Unable to produce a separate total for MCL.
5.b.i, 5.b.ii Medical Center Library (MCL) total is included in the total for the Main Library. Unable to produce separate total for MCL.
12-14 Medical Center Library conducted a major weeding project in 2010-2011.
13 Total does not include audio CD's that accompany text.
14 Total does not include DVD's that accompany text.
16.d Includes for the Medical Center Library: Memberships -$3,050 Dialog -$216 OCLC -$11,816 document delivery -$22,252
University environmental tax -$3,242.
17 Medical Center library completed a major binding project in 2010-2011.
MCMASTER
All figures are as of 04/30/2011.
16-26 Expenditures as reported in Canadian dollars: (16a) $236,645 (16b) $1,148,270 (16c) $305,233 (16d) $79,371 (16) $1,769,519 (17)
$4,825 (18a) $529,509 (18b) $797,773 (18c) $93,749 (18) $1,421,031 (20) $107,257 (21) $3,302,632 (22) $39,242 (23) $1,435,860 (24a) $0
(24b) $1,269 (25) $57,612 (26) $16,301.

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62 · ARL Academic Health Sciences Library Statistics 2010–2011
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Number
Footnote
INDIANA, cont.
5.b.ii We are adding open access titles to our collection.
9 Our count in more accurate.
14 We have reduced the number of videocassettes.
16.a Moved budget to serials.
16.c Reduced our purchase of nonprint.
16.d We reduced our non-materials expenditures.
17 We no longer bind journals.
18, 18.b Our staff numbers have been reduced due to budget constraints.
18.a Several positions are no longer budgeted.
21 Our library budget has been reduced.
22 We purchased no databases in 2010-2011.
27.a-27.b Reduction due to budget.
27.c Reduction in student budget cuts.
30 More accurate count.
KANSAS
1, 1.b, 1.b.i In 2009-2010 added many items that were on our shelves but not listed in ongoing inventory.
1, 1.b, 1.b.ii 2010-2011 figure reflects results of weeding project.
16.a Decrease in 2010-2011 reflects the shift of a significant part of our budget away from monograph purchases in order to support
the journals budget.
34 Drop in circulation stats is the trend with increasing use of electronic resources and a concomitant drop in the use of print.
36 Less demand.
KENTUCKY
1.b Total represents the number of print volumes held. Medical Center Library e-books are included in the Main library's total.
3 Total includes 762 e-books: Access Medicine -68 Access Emergency Medicine -12 Ovid e-books -7 Springer -551 Life Science
Book Series &Methods in Enzymology -124.
5, 5.a.i Total does not include electronic serials for the Medical Center Library (MCL). Medical Center Library electronic serials are
included in the Main Library total. Unable to produce a separate total for MCL.
5.b.i, 5.b.ii Medical Center Library (MCL) total is included in the total for the Main Library. Unable to produce separate total for MCL.
12-14 Medical Center Library conducted a major weeding project in 2010-2011.
13 Total does not include audio CD's that accompany text.
14 Total does not include DVD's that accompany text.
16.d Includes for the Medical Center Library: Memberships -$3,050 Dialog -$216 OCLC -$11,816 document delivery -$22,252
University environmental tax -$3,242.
17 Medical Center library completed a major binding project in 2010-2011.
MCMASTER
All figures are as of 04/30/2011.
16-26 Expenditures as reported in Canadian dollars: (16a) $236,645 (16b) $1,148,270 (16c) $305,233 (16d) $79,371 (16) $1,769,519 (17)
$4,825 (18a) $529,509 (18b) $797,773 (18c) $93,749 (18) $1,421,031 (20) $107,257 (21) $3,302,632 (22) $39,242 (23) $1,435,860 (24a) $0
(24b) $1,269 (25) $57,612 (26) $16,301.

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Footnotes · 61
Question
Number
Footnote
FLORIDA STATE, cont.
31 Correlates to the fact that student recruitment orientations are no longer provided by the library.
33-34 The print collection is of decreasing value to users, since the majority rely on electronic resources.
35 The research agenda of the college is evolving as the college matures, and increases in interlibrary loan usage may reflect an
increased emphasis on research.
37 Numbers are too small to be significant in this context.
42 Fall 2009 enrollment should have been reported as 31 and Fall 2010 as 33.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
1.a Volumes held June 30, 2010 revised to 99,189.
1.b Note this is a negative number due to a large number of individual journals removed during the year.
3 Combination of print and electronic book purchases.
5.b.ii Many previously unknown free titles were identified.
5.b.iii Two formerly gift titles were converted to electronic access.
16.c These purchases include journal backfiles and additional DVD materials.
27.c Library is open all night.
29 Access service desk staffed more hours in 2010-2011
30 Librarians were imbedded in more distance ed groups 2010-2011.
31 Number of groups receiving presentations increased.
GEORGETOWN
5.b.i Editor's Note: The total for question 5.b (current serials received but not purchased) was copied to question 5.b.i (consortial) so
that the subparts would add to the total for question 5.b in the ARL Statistics publication.
HARVARD
1.a Volumes held June 30, 2010 revised to 695,415.
2 The method we are using to count titles and volumes is the same.
5.a.i Since many electronic packages are purchased through shares among Harvard Libraries, this figure cannot be reported with any
accuracy.
18.a Staff Costs do not count expenses related to the Center for BioInformatics. Only the Countway Library Organization is counted.
HAWAII
5.b.ii We are on a proxy server with the Main library and these numbers are reported there.
HOWARD
5.a Increase is due to the use of SFX knowledgebase in acquiring the 2010-2011 count.
ILLINOIS, CHICAGO
1.a Volumes held June 30, 2010 revised to 781,514.
25, 37-43 Included in Daley Library report.
INDIANA
1.b We are reducing our print collection.
1.b.i We are not adding print volumes to our collection at the rate we have in the past.
1.b.ii We withdrew fewer volumes than last year when we withdrew a substantial number of our print volumes.
5, 5.b We are adding open access journals to our collection.
5.a.ii We have canceled print subscriptions.
5.b.i Ruth Lilly Medical Library has access to Wiley-Blackwell CIC package titles via University Library participation.

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Footnotes · 63
Question
Number
Footnote
MINNESOTA
Library branches included: BioMedical Library and Veterinary Medical Library.
1.a Volumes held June 30, 2010 revised to 546,928.
2 Unique title count for Main ARL statistics comes from the shared ILS and includes all Twin Cities libraries. Separate attribution
of titles to branch libraries is not available.
5, 5.a, 5.b Electronic titles are acquired with access for the entire Twin Cities campus, so breakdown of title count by location is not
possible.
12-14 Breakdown by media type is not available. Total for audiovisual media excluding maps is 4,147.
MONTREAL
All figures are as of 04/30/2011.
At the request of the Quebec government, the fiscal year at the University of Montreal will start on May 1 and ends April 30. As a
result, data from the libraries of the University of Montreal for 2010-2011 are spread over eleven months rather than twelve.
16-26 Expenditures as reported in Canadian dollars: (16a) $149,907 (16b) $1,820,030 (16c) $0 (16d) $0 (16) $1,969,937 (17) $27,353 (18a)
$702,141 (18b) $960,751 (18c) $0 (18) $1,662,892 (20) $24,688 (21) $3,684,870 (22) $49,772 (23) $1,759,709 (24a) $0 (24b) $0 (25) $0 (26)
$0.
NEW MEXICO
1.a Volumes held June 30, 2010 revised to 156,176.
17 Binding costs included as part of total expenditures for serials per AAHSL survey.
18.a, 27.a Calculated using new formula to separate library from IT. Includes all library administrators and faculty.
18.b, 27.b Calculated using new formula to separate library from IT. Includes all library staff.
20 Figure extrapolated from AAHSL survey. 2009-2010 figure should have read $645,657.
22 Figure extrapolated from AAHSL survey. 2009-2010 figure should have read $122,631.
25 Figure extrapolated from AAHSL survey. Combines costs of Q24b and Q25.
37 Includes physical therapy and biomedical sciences. Prior year reports reported only biomedical sciences.
40 Includes undergraduate nursing, graduate medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and diagnostic and therapeutic sciences, and doctoral
physical therapy and biomedical sciences. In 2009-2010, we reported only medicine.
42 Includes graduate medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and diagnostic and therapeutic sciences. In 2009-2010, we reported only
medicine.
NEW YORK
All figures are as of 08/31/2011.
Library branches included: Medical and Dental Library.
1.a Volumes held August 31, 2010 revised to 228,647.
1.b.ii Removed large portion of collection.
3 2009-2010 included a large one-time purchase of consumer health books. Current trend is purchase of fewer monographs.
13-14 Decrease due to elimination of unnecessary materials.
16.a Increased e-book purchases.
16.c Increased expenditures for backfiles and memberships.
18.a Loss of Regional Medical Library contract and funding transfer for four IT positions from Library to ITS.
20 Loss of Regional Medical Library contract.
23 Increase in collection budget for e-resources.
26 Increase due to computer upgrades.

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