64 · ARL Academic Health Sciences Library Statistics 2010–2011
Question
Number
Footnote
NEW YORK, cont.
27.b Includes new casual positions.
27.c Reduced number of student workers due to increase in support staff.
28 Reference Desk Service discontinued and one Consumer Health service point eliminated.
32 Significant increase in IM and TTX tickets.
33-34 Fewer books and fewer circulations.
NORTH CAROLINA
1.a Volumes held June 30, 2010 revised to 344,129. Decreased from 349,881 to correct internal reporting error from previous years.
3 Reduction in print monographic volumes purchased is result of 2010-2011 budget cuts.
5 Increase in overall serials title count is due to changes in some licensing agreements, a better ability to identify in-scope titles in
serials packages, and the addition this year of titles available through consortial agreements or purchases.
5.a Reduction in titles purchased (5ai and 5aii) is due to budget cuts.
5.b Serials not purchased now includes titles available through some consortial agreements for which we do not pay and a better
ability to identify in-scope titles within these packages.
5.b.iii Have stopped accepting some free print titles due to low usage.
13 Reduction in holdings due to decisions to withdraw many low-use and out-of-date non-print titles.
14 Reduction in holdings due to decisions to withdraw many low-use and out-of-date non-print titles.
16, 16.b Reduction in expenditures due to budget cuts.
16.c Increase due to database cost increases.
17 Reduction in binding expenditures due to holding fewer print titles that duplicate electronic titles.
20 Reduction in operating expenditures due to budget cuts, and in order to minimize cuts to materials and personnel budgets.
27.c Student FTE reduced due to budget cuts and reduced workload for re-shelving.
30-31 Decrease in instruction sessions and participants because two large class series formerly taught face-to-face were converted to
participant-paced asynchronous online instruction.
35-36 Does not include intra-campus provision of materials available in campus libraries. Such materials were included in 2009-2010 if
omitted, then the percent change would have been -17.2% (from revised total of 23,999).
37-43 Institutional total for questions 37-43 reported as part of the University Library report.
NORTHWESTERN
All figures are as of 08/31/2011.
1.b Continues a two-year deaccession project.
1.b.i Allocation adjustment.
1.b.ii Decrease in number of withdrawn items due to deacession project closure.
5 Reporting data is in accordance with ARL instructions.
9 Continues a two-year adjustment in targeted collections.
13-14 Reflects a project to update collections.
16.a, 16.c Adjustment in allocations budget.
17 No longer binding serials.
20 Computer replacement cycle completed in 2010-2011.
25 Replacement cycle for public computers in effect for 2010-2011.
26 Includes IFM charges.
33-34 2009-2010 data included scanning projects
Question
Number
Footnote
NEW YORK, cont.
27.b Includes new casual positions.
27.c Reduced number of student workers due to increase in support staff.
28 Reference Desk Service discontinued and one Consumer Health service point eliminated.
32 Significant increase in IM and TTX tickets.
33-34 Fewer books and fewer circulations.
NORTH CAROLINA
1.a Volumes held June 30, 2010 revised to 344,129. Decreased from 349,881 to correct internal reporting error from previous years.
3 Reduction in print monographic volumes purchased is result of 2010-2011 budget cuts.
5 Increase in overall serials title count is due to changes in some licensing agreements, a better ability to identify in-scope titles in
serials packages, and the addition this year of titles available through consortial agreements or purchases.
5.a Reduction in titles purchased (5ai and 5aii) is due to budget cuts.
5.b Serials not purchased now includes titles available through some consortial agreements for which we do not pay and a better
ability to identify in-scope titles within these packages.
5.b.iii Have stopped accepting some free print titles due to low usage.
13 Reduction in holdings due to decisions to withdraw many low-use and out-of-date non-print titles.
14 Reduction in holdings due to decisions to withdraw many low-use and out-of-date non-print titles.
16, 16.b Reduction in expenditures due to budget cuts.
16.c Increase due to database cost increases.
17 Reduction in binding expenditures due to holding fewer print titles that duplicate electronic titles.
20 Reduction in operating expenditures due to budget cuts, and in order to minimize cuts to materials and personnel budgets.
27.c Student FTE reduced due to budget cuts and reduced workload for re-shelving.
30-31 Decrease in instruction sessions and participants because two large class series formerly taught face-to-face were converted to
participant-paced asynchronous online instruction.
35-36 Does not include intra-campus provision of materials available in campus libraries. Such materials were included in 2009-2010 if
omitted, then the percent change would have been -17.2% (from revised total of 23,999).
37-43 Institutional total for questions 37-43 reported as part of the University Library report.
NORTHWESTERN
All figures are as of 08/31/2011.
1.b Continues a two-year deaccession project.
1.b.i Allocation adjustment.
1.b.ii Decrease in number of withdrawn items due to deacession project closure.
5 Reporting data is in accordance with ARL instructions.
9 Continues a two-year adjustment in targeted collections.
13-14 Reflects a project to update collections.
16.a, 16.c Adjustment in allocations budget.
17 No longer binding serials.
20 Computer replacement cycle completed in 2010-2011.
25 Replacement cycle for public computers in effect for 2010-2011.
26 Includes IFM charges.
33-34 2009-2010 data included scanning projects
