46 Footnotes
Question
Number
Footnote
KANSAS cont.
13.c Increase in student use to cover staffing reduction.
16 Fewer staff, workstations, and telephones.
21 We have engaged in significant weeding of our print collection over the past year. With fewer staff to
adjust holdings displayed for other libraries, more requests were cancelled because we lacked items.
22
Received fewer requests from users that needed to be provided from outside library users may be
utilizing more open access resources rather than requesting via ILL users may be utilizing payment
options available direct from publishers rather than requesting via ILL.
KENTUCKY
1, 2, 4,
18–20
Medical Center Library total is included in the “Main Library’ total. (Unable to provide a separate total
for the Medical Center Library.)
10 Includes: retirement, health insurance, life insurance, and misc. fringe benefits (FICA and Social
Security).
LOUISVILLE
Library branches included: Kornhauser Health Sciences Library.
Library branches NOT included: Archives &Special Collections, Art, Ekstrom (Main), Law, Music.
2 The Kornhauser Health Sciences Library undertook a significant print retention project in 2014/15 to
repurpose existing physical collections space to user space.
4, 18–19 Included in Main Library survey.
10 Life Insurance, Health Insurance, Disability Insurance, Retirement, Tuition Remission, and Flexible
Spending Accounts.
MCMASTER
All figures are as of 04/30/2015.
Library branches included: Health Sciences Library.
Library branches NOT included: Mills Memorial Library, H.G. Thode Library of Science &Engineering,
Innis (Business) Library.
6–9, 10, 12
Expenditures as reported in Canadian dollars — Collections Expenditures: (7a) $337,968 (7b) $1,914,517
(7c) $8,751 (7) $2,261,236 Salary Expenditures: (8a) $614,973 (8b) $907,617 (8c) $59,194 (8) $1,581,784
(10) $415,127 Overall Expenditures: (7) $2,261,236 (8) $1,581,784 (9) $144,917 (6) $3,987,937 (12) $2,255.
NOTE: Total Salaries and Wages (Q8) EXCLUDES Fringe Benefits Expenditures (Q10).
10 Includes Statutory CPP, EI, EHT, WSIB Pension Dental Major Medical Life Insurance Surcharge
Post-Retirement surcharge WSIB NEER surcharge and Sick Leave Pool for permanent staff.
11
Percentages are based on pay group and salary range. This figure represents an average. Please note that
the university’s approach to charging departments for benefit costs changed effective May 1, 2014. The
change resulted in lower percentage costs for the departments.
MIAMI
All figures are as of 05/31/2015.
Library branches included: Calder Library and its branch UM Hospital Library are included in the
medical library survey report.
1 Previous years’ reporting omitted AV materials (CDs, DVDs, slides, films).
11 Professional =27% Support staff =43%
Question
Number
Footnote
KANSAS cont.
13.c Increase in student use to cover staffing reduction.
16 Fewer staff, workstations, and telephones.
21 We have engaged in significant weeding of our print collection over the past year. With fewer staff to
adjust holdings displayed for other libraries, more requests were cancelled because we lacked items.
22
Received fewer requests from users that needed to be provided from outside library users may be
utilizing more open access resources rather than requesting via ILL users may be utilizing payment
options available direct from publishers rather than requesting via ILL.
KENTUCKY
1, 2, 4,
18–20
Medical Center Library total is included in the “Main Library’ total. (Unable to provide a separate total
for the Medical Center Library.)
10 Includes: retirement, health insurance, life insurance, and misc. fringe benefits (FICA and Social
Security).
LOUISVILLE
Library branches included: Kornhauser Health Sciences Library.
Library branches NOT included: Archives &Special Collections, Art, Ekstrom (Main), Law, Music.
2 The Kornhauser Health Sciences Library undertook a significant print retention project in 2014/15 to
repurpose existing physical collections space to user space.
4, 18–19 Included in Main Library survey.
10 Life Insurance, Health Insurance, Disability Insurance, Retirement, Tuition Remission, and Flexible
Spending Accounts.
MCMASTER
All figures are as of 04/30/2015.
Library branches included: Health Sciences Library.
Library branches NOT included: Mills Memorial Library, H.G. Thode Library of Science &Engineering,
Innis (Business) Library.
6–9, 10, 12
Expenditures as reported in Canadian dollars — Collections Expenditures: (7a) $337,968 (7b) $1,914,517
(7c) $8,751 (7) $2,261,236 Salary Expenditures: (8a) $614,973 (8b) $907,617 (8c) $59,194 (8) $1,581,784
(10) $415,127 Overall Expenditures: (7) $2,261,236 (8) $1,581,784 (9) $144,917 (6) $3,987,937 (12) $2,255.
NOTE: Total Salaries and Wages (Q8) EXCLUDES Fringe Benefits Expenditures (Q10).
10 Includes Statutory CPP, EI, EHT, WSIB Pension Dental Major Medical Life Insurance Surcharge
Post-Retirement surcharge WSIB NEER surcharge and Sick Leave Pool for permanent staff.
11
Percentages are based on pay group and salary range. This figure represents an average. Please note that
the university’s approach to charging departments for benefit costs changed effective May 1, 2014. The
change resulted in lower percentage costs for the departments.
MIAMI
All figures are as of 05/31/2015.
Library branches included: Calder Library and its branch UM Hospital Library are included in the
medical library survey report.
1 Previous years’ reporting omitted AV materials (CDs, DVDs, slides, films).
11 Professional =27% Support staff =43%
