43 ARL Academic Health Sciences Library Statistics 2014–2015
Question
Number
Footnote
DUKE cont.
4 New titles purchased and one package went from 910 titles to 1,161 titles.
7.a No back files were purchased this year (compared to last year).
7.c LSC storage expenses included here. These were not included last year.
12 Elements expenses (paid to Perkins) included here this year.
13.a Should have been 19 not 6. (Used the ALS200 number which doesn’t include the other professionals.)
13.c Should have been 0 last year. We do NOT have students we have 6 paraprofessionals.
14–15 Second for-credit course was taught by librarians in 2014-15.
21 We received fewer requests, therefore fewer were filled.
23 No gate count available for medical center library.
EMORY
All figures are as of 08/31/2015.
1, 2 Figure declined due to collection weeding and withdrawal of materials from the HMA and Storage
Library.
4 The increase in electronic books supports the continued demand for electronic resources.
8.a, 13.b Increase in professional staff salaries is the result of retirements and staff restructuring that involved the
promotion of some support staff to professional staff.
18–20 Reported at the system level for all libraries on the MAIN library form.
FLORIDA
Library branches included: Borland and Veterinary Medicine.
12, 18 Figures for this number included in UF Smathers Libraries counts.
FLORIDA STATE
Library branches included: Medical only.
Library branches NOT included: All other branches: Main, Music, Communication and Information
(Goldstein), Panama City Beach, FL Republic of Panama, Dirac Science Library, Ringling, Law, and
Engineering.
1, 7.a We attribute this change to e-resource spending.
2 Extensive weeding was conducted in the 2014–2015 reporting period.
3 We adjusted the counting method for the 2014–2015 reporting period.
4 We included additional counts from invoices for the 2014–2015 reporting period that may not have been
in included in the last reporting period.
6 We had an increase in library expenditures for the 2014–2015 reporting period.
7 Library materials expenditures remained steady for the 2014–2015 reporting period.
7.b
Subscribed to a new database that had the electronic books that we had been purchasing last year,
and more money spent on subscriptions rather than outright purchases in order to keep up with new
editions.
7.c Started a deposit account with OCLC, so some funds rolled over into the new budget year.
8, 13.a We reclassified a staff position into a librarian position for the 2014–2015 reporting period.
8.a We filled two librarian positions for the 2014–2015 reporting period.
Question
Number
Footnote
DUKE cont.
4 New titles purchased and one package went from 910 titles to 1,161 titles.
7.a No back files were purchased this year (compared to last year).
7.c LSC storage expenses included here. These were not included last year.
12 Elements expenses (paid to Perkins) included here this year.
13.a Should have been 19 not 6. (Used the ALS200 number which doesn’t include the other professionals.)
13.c Should have been 0 last year. We do NOT have students we have 6 paraprofessionals.
14–15 Second for-credit course was taught by librarians in 2014-15.
21 We received fewer requests, therefore fewer were filled.
23 No gate count available for medical center library.
EMORY
All figures are as of 08/31/2015.
1, 2 Figure declined due to collection weeding and withdrawal of materials from the HMA and Storage
Library.
4 The increase in electronic books supports the continued demand for electronic resources.
8.a, 13.b Increase in professional staff salaries is the result of retirements and staff restructuring that involved the
promotion of some support staff to professional staff.
18–20 Reported at the system level for all libraries on the MAIN library form.
FLORIDA
Library branches included: Borland and Veterinary Medicine.
12, 18 Figures for this number included in UF Smathers Libraries counts.
FLORIDA STATE
Library branches included: Medical only.
Library branches NOT included: All other branches: Main, Music, Communication and Information
(Goldstein), Panama City Beach, FL Republic of Panama, Dirac Science Library, Ringling, Law, and
Engineering.
1, 7.a We attribute this change to e-resource spending.
2 Extensive weeding was conducted in the 2014–2015 reporting period.
3 We adjusted the counting method for the 2014–2015 reporting period.
4 We included additional counts from invoices for the 2014–2015 reporting period that may not have been
in included in the last reporting period.
6 We had an increase in library expenditures for the 2014–2015 reporting period.
7 Library materials expenditures remained steady for the 2014–2015 reporting period.
7.b
Subscribed to a new database that had the electronic books that we had been purchasing last year,
and more money spent on subscriptions rather than outright purchases in order to keep up with new
editions.
7.c Started a deposit account with OCLC, so some funds rolled over into the new budget year.
8, 13.a We reclassified a staff position into a librarian position for the 2014–2015 reporting period.
8.a We filled two librarian positions for the 2014–2015 reporting period.
