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PAGE FIVE – PUBLIC SERVICES AND LOCAL CHARACTERISTICS
CIRCULATION
32. Number of initial circulations (excluding reserves) (32) ___________________
33. Total circulations (initial and renewals, excluding reserves) (33) ___________________
INTERLIBRARY LOANS
34. Total number of filled requests provided to other libraries
(34) ___________________
35. Total number of filled requests received from other libraries or providers
(35) ___________________
Ph.D. DEGREES AND FACULTY
36. Number of Ph.D.s awarded in FY2004-05 (36) ___________________
37. Number of fields in which Ph.D.s can be awarded (37) ___________________
38. Number of full-time instructional faculty in FY2004-05 (38) ___________________
ENROLLMENT – FALL 2004
(Line numbers refer to IPEDS survey form.)
39. Full-time students, undergraduate and graduate (39) ___________________
(Add line 8, columns 15 &16, and line 14, columns 15 &16.)
40. Part-time students, undergraduate and graduate (40) ___________________
(Add line 22, columns 15 &16, and line 28, columns 15 &16.)
41. Full-time graduate students (Line 14, columns 15 &16.) (41) ___________________
42. Part-time graduate students (Line 28, columns 15 &16.) (42) ___________________
FOOTNOTES
On the web form, you will be able to add footnotes to individual questions, as well as footnotes that apply to your
entire institution. Please provide any information which would clarify the figures submitted, e.g., the inclusion of
branch campus libraries or special projects which cause radical increases or decreases from the 2003-04 data. The
form will not be able to provide your institution’s 2003-04 footnotes. Please make an effort to word your
footnotes in a manner consistent with notes appearing in the published report, so that the ARL Office can interpret
your footnotes correctly.
Submit the completed questionnaire by December 20, 2005.
For assistance, please e-mail Martha Kyrillidou (martha@arl.org) or Mark Young (stats-ra@arl.org)
Tel. (202) 296-2296.

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ARL STATISTICS QUESTIONNAIRE, 2004-05
INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING THE QUESTIONNAIRE
General Instructions
Definitions of statistical categories can be found in NISO Z39.7-2004, Information Services and Use:
Metrics &statistics for libraries and information providers--Data Dictionary
(http://www.niso.org/emetrics/current/index.html). ARL has been modifying the interpretation of the standard
definitions to address questions posed by by the library staff at various member institutions that complete the survey
and with feedback from the ARL Statistics and Assessment Committee
(http://www.arl.org/stats/program/meeting.html).
Please do not use decimals. All figures should be rounded to the nearest whole number.
Please respond to every question. If an exact figure cannot be provided, use NA/UA to indicate that the figure is
either unavailable or not applicable. If the appropriate answer is zero or none, use 0.
Although the form allows for data to be entered from both main and branch campuses, an effort should be made to
report figures for the main campus only. (The U.S. National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated
Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) defines a branch institution as “a campus or site of an educational
institution that is not temporary, is located in a community beyond a reasonable commuting distance from its parent
institution, and offers organized programs of study, not just courses.”) If figures for libraries at branch campuses are
reported, please specify which branch libraries are included and which ones are excluded in the notes below.
A branch library is defined as an auxiliary library service outlet with quarters separate from the central library of
an institution, which has a basic collection of books and other materials, a regular staffing level, and an established
schedule. A branch library is administered either by the central library or (as in the case of some law and medical
libraries) through the administrative structure of other units within the university. Departmental study/reading
rooms are not included.
The questionnaire assumes a fiscal year ending June 30, 2005. If your fiscal year is different, please indicate this in
the notes below by adjusting the reporting period.
Footnotes. Explanatory footnotes will be included with the published statistics. Provide any notes you may have in
the footnotes area at the end of the survey. Reporting libraries are urged to record there any information that would
clarify the figures submitted in that line, e.g., the inclusion and exclusion of branch campus libraries. Please make an
effort to word your footnotes in a manner consistent with notes appearing in the published report, so that the ARL
Office can interpret your footnotes correctly.
Specific Instructions
Question 1. Volumes in Library. Use the ANSI/NISO Z39.7-2004 definition for volume as follows:
a single physical unit of any printed, typewritten, handwritten, mimeographed,
or processed work, distinguished from other units by a separate binding,
encasement, portfolio, or other clear distinction, which has been cataloged,
classified, and made ready for use, and which is typically the unit used to charge
circulation transactions. Either a serial volume is bound, or it comprises the
serial issues that would be bound together if the library bound all serials.
Include duplicates and bound volumes of periodicals. For purposes of this questionnaire, unclassified bound serials
arranged in alphabetical order are considered classified. Exclude microforms, maps, nonprint materials, and
uncataloged items. If any of these items cannot be excluded, please provide an explanatory footnote