49 ARL Academic Health Sciences Library Statistics 2014–2015
Question
Number
Footnote
PENNSYLVANIA
7.c The collection support data for 2013–14 was related to flood remediation and was a one-time expense
that was not repeated in 2014–15.
14 Penn Libraries (not including law) transitioned to a new mechanism for counting instructional sessions.
Due to this transition, we believe there was some data loss.
PENNSYLVANIA STATE
4 This includes StatRef, individually subscribed (e.g., Harrisons), OVID, and NRC titles. Increase in 2015
due to ClinicalKey titles—all but McGraw-Hill dup PSU data.
20 Journal data moved to Serials Solutions and will be counted with PSU-wide data.
ROCHESTER
Library branches included: Edward G. Miner Library and the Basil G. Bibby Library.
1, 4 These data included in response from main campus library.
2 We did a significant amount of weeding to make more space for historical collections and manuscripts.
7.a Expenses for rare books and historical ephemera can vary from year to year, depending on the
availability of these materials on the market. Fewer historical materials were purchased in 2014–15.
7.c
ILL postage: 1,712 Copyright Clearance: 6,255 EFTS (net) expenditures: 1,028 ILLiad Maintenance:
750 OCLC Cataloging: 2,011 Collection management supplies: 1,828 ExLibris +Backstage: 9,637 Serials
Solutions 360 Link: 2,314 Contract binding: 3,527.
8.c, 13.c Beginning 1/5/15, the library’s hours were reduced by 24 per week hours for student employees were
reduced accordingly.
9
In FY15 Medical Center funds (exceeding $127,000 in FY14) supporting the shared Blackboard learning
management system infrastructure no longer are included as a line item in our e-Learning operating
budget. Instead, the appropriate Medical Center share is transferred by means of a centralized, inter-
campus allocation process.
13.a, 13.b There were several retirements, resignations, and open positions in 2014–15.
14-15 Higher number is due to new education sessions taught by bioinformatics specialist who began work in
May 2014.
16 Higher number is due to new Bioinformatics Consulting and Education Service which began in May
2014.
17
We note that declines in “initial circulations” have been continuous since the 2008–09 reporting
period. While there may be no single factor to explain the decline, certainly the increased availability
of electronic resources and the continued growth of iPads in the Medical School curriculum are strong
influences.
18 In previous years, full-text article requests from only a subset of our journals were included in this
number. With a new methodology, we can now count all of the journal article requests.
21
Significant decrease in requests is due to the use of IDS (Information Delivery Services) by many local
and regional libraries as they seek medical materials. We do not participate in IDS, so other medical
libraries (IDS members) end up receiving and filling these requests.
SOUTH CAROLINA
1, 2 Decrease due to monograph weeding project.
19 Did not include usage for HAPI database due to errors in statistical data collected.
Question
Number
Footnote
PENNSYLVANIA
7.c The collection support data for 2013–14 was related to flood remediation and was a one-time expense
that was not repeated in 2014–15.
14 Penn Libraries (not including law) transitioned to a new mechanism for counting instructional sessions.
Due to this transition, we believe there was some data loss.
PENNSYLVANIA STATE
4 This includes StatRef, individually subscribed (e.g., Harrisons), OVID, and NRC titles. Increase in 2015
due to ClinicalKey titles—all but McGraw-Hill dup PSU data.
20 Journal data moved to Serials Solutions and will be counted with PSU-wide data.
ROCHESTER
Library branches included: Edward G. Miner Library and the Basil G. Bibby Library.
1, 4 These data included in response from main campus library.
2 We did a significant amount of weeding to make more space for historical collections and manuscripts.
7.a Expenses for rare books and historical ephemera can vary from year to year, depending on the
availability of these materials on the market. Fewer historical materials were purchased in 2014–15.
7.c
ILL postage: 1,712 Copyright Clearance: 6,255 EFTS (net) expenditures: 1,028 ILLiad Maintenance:
750 OCLC Cataloging: 2,011 Collection management supplies: 1,828 ExLibris +Backstage: 9,637 Serials
Solutions 360 Link: 2,314 Contract binding: 3,527.
8.c, 13.c Beginning 1/5/15, the library’s hours were reduced by 24 per week hours for student employees were
reduced accordingly.
9
In FY15 Medical Center funds (exceeding $127,000 in FY14) supporting the shared Blackboard learning
management system infrastructure no longer are included as a line item in our e-Learning operating
budget. Instead, the appropriate Medical Center share is transferred by means of a centralized, inter-
campus allocation process.
13.a, 13.b There were several retirements, resignations, and open positions in 2014–15.
14-15 Higher number is due to new education sessions taught by bioinformatics specialist who began work in
May 2014.
16 Higher number is due to new Bioinformatics Consulting and Education Service which began in May
2014.
17
We note that declines in “initial circulations” have been continuous since the 2008–09 reporting
period. While there may be no single factor to explain the decline, certainly the increased availability
of electronic resources and the continued growth of iPads in the Medical School curriculum are strong
influences.
18 In previous years, full-text article requests from only a subset of our journals were included in this
number. With a new methodology, we can now count all of the journal article requests.
21
Significant decrease in requests is due to the use of IDS (Information Delivery Services) by many local
and regional libraries as they seek medical materials. We do not participate in IDS, so other medical
libraries (IDS members) end up receiving and filling these requests.
SOUTH CAROLINA
1, 2 Decrease due to monograph weeding project.
19 Did not include usage for HAPI database due to errors in statistical data collected.
