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Footnotes · 47 Footnotes Footnotes may also include errata and corrections to data from prior years not previously reported. Numbers refer to columns in Library Data Tables and to Questionnaire numbers. Unless otherwise stated all figures are as of 06/30/2014. Question Number Footnote ALABAMA All figures are as of 09/30/2014. 7.a Purchase of large online resources in 2012–2013 not repeated in 2013–2014. 7.c Increased expenses associated with online software support. 9 Computer hardware purchases in 2012–2013 not repeated in 2013–2014. 15 Not provided. ARIZONA STATE 1 Increase due to large record loads for new and updated e-book packages. E-book records newly loaded FY14 for Making of Modern Law, LoisLaw, and Hein Online packages. 2 Reduction in volume count is due to aggressive weeding in preparation for the Law Library’s move to new facility. 7.c Purchased MARC records for any new and some existing electronic databases from an outside vendor. 9 Installed new flooring and had some chutes built for the weeding project. Also purchased video equipment and new workstations. 10 Fringe benefits include medical, retirement, insurance. 13.b Last year two people left the library and their positions were not replaced. 15 Began reaching out to professors for seminars, volunteering to give presentations so this number increased. 16 We had fewer requests. 21 Due to changes in lending policies made last year. Expanded the types of libraries we would lend to and began lending articles from Hein. 22 Due to an increased number of requests from Law Journal. This may be as a result of the cancellation of print sources in the Law Library or could be just the types of articles they were working on. BOSTON 7.c Includes: Doc. Delivery/ILL (43,409), Coll. Mgt. Util. ($35,336), and binding ($8,325). 18 See counts on Main Library survey as it is for all Boston University libraries. BOSTON COLLEGE All figures are as of 05/31/2014. 1 Law Library “titles held” are reported in the aggregated totals reported by the Thomas P. O’Neill Library. 10 For all benefits eligible full-time professional and support staff employed by the Law Library, the fringe benefit rate was 38% in FY 2014. 12, 17, 18, 19, 20 The University Library reports this number for all libraries at Boston College. 21, 22 These figures reflect requests made and requests by the Law Library only.
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ARL Statistics 2013–2014 Worksheet · 45 CIRCULATION 17. Number of initial circulations (excluding reserves) (17) USE OF ELECTRONIC RESOURCES (following COUNTER definitions) 18. Number of successful full-text article requests (journals) (18) 19. Number of regular searches (databases) (19) 20. Number of federated searches (databases) (20) INTERLIBRARY LOANS 21. Total number of filled requests provided to other libraries (21) 22. Total number of filled requests received from other libraries or providers (22) DOCTOR’S DEGREES AND FACULTY 23. Number of Doctor’s Degrees awarded in FY2013-2014 (23) 24. Number of fields in which Doctor’s Degrees can be awarded (24) 25. Number of full-time instructional faculty in FY2013–2014 (25) ENROLLMENT – FALL 2013 26. Full-time students, undergraduate and graduate (26) 27. Part-time students, undergraduate and graduate (27) 28. Full-time graduate students (28) 29. Part-time graduate students (29) FOOTNOTES NOTE: Any large shifts in reported data compared to last year should be explained with a footnote. Submit the completed questionnaire By October 15, 2014 For assistance, please e-mail or Google chat: stats@arl.org Tel. (202) 296-2296 FAX (202) 872-0884