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43 Question 33, report total circulation for the fiscal year including initial transactions reported on line 32 and renewal transactions. Exclude reserve circulations these are no longer reported. Questions 34-35. Interlibrary Loans. Report the number of requests for material (both returnables and non- returnables) provided to other libraries on line 34 and the number of filled requests received from other libraries or providers on line 35. On both lines, include originals, photocopies, and materials sent by telefacsimile or other forms of electronic transmission. Include patron-initiated transactions. Exclude requests for materials locally owned and available on the shelves or electronically. Do not include transactions between libraries covered by this questionnaire. Questions 36. Ph.D. Degrees. Report the number awarded during the 2004-05 fiscal year. Please note that only the number of Ph.D. degrees are to be counted. Statistics on all other advanced degrees (e.g., D.Ed., D.P.A., M.D., J.D.) should not be reported in this survey. If you are unable to provide a figure for Ph.D.s only, please add a footnote. Question 37. Ph.D. Fields. For the purposes of this report, Ph.D. fields are defined as the specific discipline specialties enumerated in the U.S. Department of Education’s Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) “Completions” Survey. Although the IPEDS form requests figures for all doctoral degrees, only fields in which Ph.D.s are awarded should be reported on the ARL questionnaire. Any exceptions should be footnoted. Question 38. Instructional Faculty. Instructional faculty are defined by the U.S. Dept. of Education as members of the instruction/research staff who are employed full-time as defined by the institution, including faculty with released time for research and faculty on sabbatical leave. Full-time counts generally exclude faculty who are employed to teach fewer than two semesters, three quarters, two trimesters, or two four-month sessions replacements for faculty on sabbatical leave or leave without pay faculty for preclinical and clinical medicine faculty who are donating their services faculty who are members of military organizations and paid on a different pay scale from civilian employees academic officers, whose primary duties are administrative and graduate students who assist in the instruction of courses. Please be sure the number reported, and the basis for counting, are consistent with those for 2004-05 (unless in previous years faculty were counted who should have been excluded according to the above definition). Please footnote any discrepancies. Questions 39-42. Enrollment. U.S. libraries should use the Fall 2005 enrollment figures reported to the Department of Education on the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System survey. Please check these figures against the enrollment figures reported to ARL last year to ensure consistency and accuracy. Note: In the past, the number of part-time students reported was FTE the number now reported to IPEDS is a head count of part- time students. Canadian libraries should note that the category “graduate students” as reported here includes all post-baccalaureate students. FOOTNOTES Please consult the printed copy of the ARL Statistics 2004-05 for a copy of last year’s footnotes. A pdf version is available at: http://www.arl.org/stats/arlstat/. Explanatory footnotes will be included with the published statistics. Reporting libraries are urged to record in the footnote section any information that would clarify the figures submitted, e.g., the inclusion and exclusion of branch campus libraries (see the "General Instructions" for definition 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. Submit the completed questionnaire by January 30, 2006. 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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45 FOOTNOTES TO THE ARL ACADEMIC LAW LIBRARY STATISTICS, 2005-06 Footnotes may also include errata and corrections to data not previously reported from prior years. Numbers in parentheses refer to columns in Library Data Tables and to Questionnaire numbers. QUESTION NUMBER FOOTNOTE ALABAMA 19 Includes bibliographic utilities, memberships, and literature searching. BOSTON COLLEGE 15.d Includes NELLCO Legal scholarship Repository e‐mail notification service for items newly deposited in scholarly repository ($296), MARC records purchased for MOML ($15,000), and membership fees for LOCKSS and Portico ($3,082). 22 2004‐05 figure was erroneous, inadvertently double‐counting resource expenditures. Current figure reflects actual expenditures in this category. BRIGHAM YOUNG All figures are for the calendar year ending December 31, 2005. 12 This figure includes both audio and film/video items and cannot be separated. 39 All Law enrollment numbers are embedded in the Main Library figures. CALIFORNIA, DAVIS 1.b Figure reflects additional volumes purchased volumes withdrawn decreased due to less weeding of the collection. 2 Cancellation of added copies, little used sets last year allowed increased purchase of new titles. 4 Figure reflects additional volumes purchased volumes withdrawn decreased due to less weeding of the collection. 15.a Figure reflects funds from cancelled titles allocated to monographs. 17.c Figure reflects fewer vacancies and less temporary help needed. 22 Figure reflects increased electronic resources purchased. 24 Figure reflects a new server for online catalog. 25 Figure reflects greater use of intercampus free delivery services, Tricor. 34 Figure reflects more items requested this reporting period. 35 Figure reflects fewer items borrowed from others for this reporting period. CHICAGO 1.b Withdrew 77,494 volumes that were duplicative or available in electronic form and in the university library. 2, 15a Committed more money in 2005‐06 than 2004‐05, but did not receive the books before June 30 because the project work delayed book selection and orders. 12 Claimed outstanding orders. 17.c Figure reflects expenses related to Project, to select and process books for storage and to withdraw duplicative and out‐of‐scope volumes. 23.a Increase is the result of the Law Libraryʹs ability to now accurately reflect its expenditures. 24 Increase is the result of an overall upgrade in hardware. 26.b Figure reflects personnel related to Project to select and process books for storage and to withdraw duplicative and out‐of‐scope volumes. 26.c Figures reflect personnel related to Project to select and process books for storage and to withdraw duplicative and