ARL Academic Health Sciences Library Statistics 2014-2015

Morris, Shaneka; Roebuck, Gary

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Number
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FLORIDA STATE cont.
8.b, 13,
13.b We did not have to hire a temporary OPS assistant this year.
8.c, 13.c We hired one part-time GA for the 2014–2015 reporting period.
12 This includes payments to medical libraries’ consortia.
14 The library was involved in more faculty development instructional workshops this year.
15 This is a sample of the number of participants in group presentations this year.
16 This is a sample of our reference transactions for the 2014–2015 reporting period.
17 This figure includes our circulating reserve collection which is attached to the curriculum in the College
of Medicine.
18–20 We do not have a mechanism in place to report this information in a meaningful way.
21 We had a slight increase in interlibrary loan requests.
22 We provided increased access to e-resources this FY.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Library branches included: Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library at George Washington University.
2 More consistent in weeding older editions this year.
7.a Figure calculated incorrectly last year.
8.b Two staff positions were eliminated.
12 N/A Gelman has traditionally provided this figure.
13.c One position was defunded in 2014.
14 Librarians embedded in fewer courses this year and curricular changes in the medical school resulted in
less librarian participation.
16 Decrease possibly due to staff not recording all reference transactions.
20 Search tool increasingly promoted and popular.
22 Fewer requests received from library patrons for materials not owned by the library.
23 Decrease likely due to power outages, turnstile problems, and construction on the library during the
summer.
GEORGETOWN
2 Ongoing weeding.
6, 7 A significant one-time e-backfile investment project increased materials expenditures, and a salary
adjustment project increased salary expenditures.
13, 13.b Increase reflects increased FTE support for on-going projects.
21 Reflects significant increase in holdings via e-backfile.
22 Purchases and program support changes.
HARVARD
Library branches included: Countway Library of Medicine.
4 Included in total for MAIN.

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Footnote
FLORIDA STATE cont.
8.b, 13,
13.b We did not have to hire a temporary OPS assistant this year.
8.c, 13.c We hired one part-time GA for the 2014–2015 reporting period.
12 This includes payments to medical libraries’ consortia.
14 The library was involved in more faculty development instructional workshops this year.
15 This is a sample of the number of participants in group presentations this year.
16 This is a sample of our reference transactions for the 2014–2015 reporting period.
17 This figure includes our circulating reserve collection which is attached to the curriculum in the College
of Medicine.
18–20 We do not have a mechanism in place to report this information in a meaningful way.
21 We had a slight increase in interlibrary loan requests.
22 We provided increased access to e-resources this FY.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Library branches included: Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library at George Washington University.
2 More consistent in weeding older editions this year.
7.a Figure calculated incorrectly last year.
8.b Two staff positions were eliminated.
12 N/A Gelman has traditionally provided this figure.
13.c One position was defunded in 2014.
14 Librarians embedded in fewer courses this year and curricular changes in the medical school resulted in
less librarian participation.
16 Decrease possibly due to staff not recording all reference transactions.
20 Search tool increasingly promoted and popular.
22 Fewer requests received from library patrons for materials not owned by the library.
23 Decrease likely due to power outages, turnstile problems, and construction on the library during the
summer.
GEORGETOWN
2 Ongoing weeding.
6, 7 A significant one-time e-backfile investment project increased materials expenditures, and a salary
adjustment project increased salary expenditures.
13, 13.b Increase reflects increased FTE support for on-going projects.
21 Reflects significant increase in holdings via e-backfile.
22 Purchases and program support changes.
HARVARD
Library branches included: Countway Library of Medicine.
4 Included in total for MAIN.

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Number
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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.

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HARVARD cont.
6, 8.a-8.c,
9
Expenditures associated with the Center for Biomedical Informatics have been excluded. Staff costs
associated with circulation, preservation, and technical services are aggregated under MAIN as they are
part of the shared services administered by central administration of the library.
11 This is the amount for professional staff. Support staff is 45.5%.
14–16 Data unavailable.
18–20 Included in overall total in MAIN.
21 This is indicative of a continued decline in this category.
22 The increase represents increased demand for content currently unavailable.
HAWAII
10 Includes Social Security, Medicare, Workmans Comp, Unemployment Ins., Pension, and Healthfunds
(http://www.ors.hawaii.edu/index.php/rates/102-quick-links/rates/98-fringe-benefit-rates).
HOWARD
All figures are as of 07/31/2015.
Library branches included: Health Sciences Library.
Library branches NOT included: Main Library and Law Library.
The LSHSL weeded 34,755 monographs from the main, reference, and reserve collections in 2014–2015.
Print Journal titles and electronic journal titles recorded individually—some overlapping titles. Title
count for 2013–2014 is revised to 72,224. Electronic journal titles counted as one volume for each multi-
year subscription. Electronic Resources Counter figures are included in Main Library’s figures.
ILLINOIS, CHICAGO
Library branches included: Library of the Health Sciences-Chicago, Library of the Health Sciences-
Peoria, Library of the Health Sciences-Rockford, and Library of the Health Sciences-Urbana.
Library branches NOT included: Richard J. Daley Library (main).
4, 18–20 Reported in Richard J. Daley Library data.
10
Rate includes employee health, life, and dental termination vacation and sick workers compensation
retirement OASDI and Overseas Worker’s Compensation. Fringe benefits are paid by the university, not
by the library.
IOWA
9 Cannot separate out all costs for health sciences.
11 Rate for professional and scientific staff.
18–20 Number pulled from Serials Solution. Unable to break out separate health sciences data.
KANSAS
Library branches included: Dykes Medical Center Library.
2 We have engaged in significant weeding of our print collection over the past year.
6 Significant reduction in staff caused significant expenditure reduction.
8, 8.a–8.b,
13.b
Significant reduction in staff due to: 1) loss of staff 2) former library director held additional positions
and was CIO and non-MLS.
11 18.434% for all non-health insurance related expenses for unclassified staff PLUS a flat rate of $6,273.60
for the annual general health insurance expense.

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