58 Footnotes
Question
Number
Footnote
RUTGERS cont.
7 Available book budget was reduced for fiscal year ending June 2015. As a result it was necessary to
significantly reduce our materials expenditure. [Camden Law Library]
8.a–8.b A member of the support staff was reclassified as professional staff. The vacant support staff position
was not filled which explains the drop in value for support staff salaries and wages. [Camden Law
Library]
8.b Increased due to a union negotiating initiative. [Newark Law Library]
8.c This past year very few work study students were assigned to the library. Combined with the overall
budget reduction, there simply was less money available to hire student assistants. [Camden Law
Library]
8.c Decreased because fewer work-study students were assigned to the library. Because of the overall
increase in professional and staff salaries, we were unable to hire as many students using library funds.
[Newark Law Library]
10 Fringe benefits paid for staff salaries included in the figures for Q8a and 8b. [Newark Law Library]
13.a Declined because one librarian left to take a position as director of a public library. [Newark Law
Library]
13.a–13.b One of our support staff was reclassified as professional staff. In addition, a member of the support staff
retired. Neither vacant support staff positions were filled. [Camden Law Library]
13.b At mid-year the library took over administration of the law school IT department. This increased
overall non-professional staff count by two. [Newark Law Library]
13.c Due to the lack of work-study students, we had to increase the number of student assistants. [Newark
Law Library]
14 In an effort to reach an even greater audience, the librarians offered a series of instructional
presentations at a variety of times. [Camden Law Library]
17 In mid-year the library changed ILS platforms. The merger of previously acquired data into the new
system was not entirely successful and some of the older circulation data was lost. The figure of 1,236
is the number of circulation transactions that we could justify reporting using figures from both the old
and the new systems after the merger occurred. [Newark Law Library]
21 ILL lending is based on demand from other libraries. We have no way to tell why fewer requests were
made to this library this year. [Camden Law Library], [Newark Law Library].
22 During the 2013–2014 academic year, the Law Library requested a high volume of materials from other
libraries to accommodate two large faculty research projects, as well as several discrete projects from
the law school’s journals. There were no comparable periods of high demand during the 2014–2015
academic year. In addition, the merger of the Rutgers law libraries in Newark and Camden in May,
2015, has obviated a significant portion of our need to request materials from outside sources. [Camden
Law Library]
22 ILL borrowing is based on demand from our students and faculty. We have no way to tell why fewer
requests were made to the library this year. [Newark Law Library]
SOUTH CAROLINA
10 Health, dental &vision insurance, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, annual leave, sick leave,
and worker’s compensation.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
18–20 All resources considered for this section rely exclusively on COUNTER data.