61 ARL Academic Law Library Statistics 2014–2015
Question
Number
Footnote
VIRGINIA
23 Law Library no longer has a gate counter.
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS
6, 7, 7.a Reflects a decrease in expenditures in combination with our main library assuming some of our costs
in this area as part of our libraries’ merger.
8.b–8.c Reflects a decrease in expenditures for support staff.
13.a Reflects a reduction in number of student assistants.
18-20 Included in Olin (main).
21-22 We do not have any explanation for the difference in figures from last year.
23 Not available.
WESTERN
All figures are as of 04/30/2015.
Library branches included: John &Dotsa Bitove Family Law Library.
Library branches NOT included: Archives and Research Collections Centre C.B. “Bud” Johnston
Library (Business) Education Library Music Library Allyn &Betty Taylor Library The D.B. Weldon
Library and the Map &Data Centre.
9 2013–2014 had significant increase due to upgrading of facilities and furniture this year returns to
more typical levels.
10 Included was the actual benefit costs to Western Libraries. Western Libraries is charged benefits at a
rate of 27.5% for all full time permanent employees. Western Libraries is charged at a rate of 13% for
student assistants and contract support staff.
11 Expenditures as reported in Canadian dollars — Collections Expenditures: (7a) $124,048 (7b)
$738,842 (7c) $8,288 (7) $871,178 Salary Expenditures: (8a) $184,512 (8b) $155,120 (8c) $8,569 (8)
$348,201 (10) $94,513 Overall Expenditures: (7) $871,178 (8) $348,201 (9) $34,828 (6) $1,254,207
(12) NA/UA. NOTE: Total Salaries and Wages (Q8) EXCLUDES Fringe Benefits Expenditures (Q10).
17 Decrease could be attributed to multiple factors, including increase of e-book usage.
WISCONSIN
2 U/A Question includes number of electronic titles, which is impossible to determine as titles
contained in online subscriptions (Lexis/Westlaw) are constantly changing.
17 Provided by campus.
18–20 n/a
YALE
11 This is the fringe rate for the professional staff. It is much higher for the support staff. Salaried/
Professional Range: 27.9%–39%, Hourly/Support Range:61.7%–62.8%.
18–20 This is impossible for us, the law library, to separate out from the main Yale University Library. It
is also impossible for us to get this figure from our primary legal databases, Westlaw, Lexis, and
Bloomberg.
23 We cannot provide an accurate gate count.
YORK
All figures are as of 04/30/2015.
Library branches included: Osgoode Hall Law School Library.
Question
Number
Footnote
VIRGINIA
23 Law Library no longer has a gate counter.
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS
6, 7, 7.a Reflects a decrease in expenditures in combination with our main library assuming some of our costs
in this area as part of our libraries’ merger.
8.b–8.c Reflects a decrease in expenditures for support staff.
13.a Reflects a reduction in number of student assistants.
18-20 Included in Olin (main).
21-22 We do not have any explanation for the difference in figures from last year.
23 Not available.
WESTERN
All figures are as of 04/30/2015.
Library branches included: John &Dotsa Bitove Family Law Library.
Library branches NOT included: Archives and Research Collections Centre C.B. “Bud” Johnston
Library (Business) Education Library Music Library Allyn &Betty Taylor Library The D.B. Weldon
Library and the Map &Data Centre.
9 2013–2014 had significant increase due to upgrading of facilities and furniture this year returns to
more typical levels.
10 Included was the actual benefit costs to Western Libraries. Western Libraries is charged benefits at a
rate of 27.5% for all full time permanent employees. Western Libraries is charged at a rate of 13% for
student assistants and contract support staff.
11 Expenditures as reported in Canadian dollars — Collections Expenditures: (7a) $124,048 (7b)
$738,842 (7c) $8,288 (7) $871,178 Salary Expenditures: (8a) $184,512 (8b) $155,120 (8c) $8,569 (8)
$348,201 (10) $94,513 Overall Expenditures: (7) $871,178 (8) $348,201 (9) $34,828 (6) $1,254,207
(12) NA/UA. NOTE: Total Salaries and Wages (Q8) EXCLUDES Fringe Benefits Expenditures (Q10).
17 Decrease could be attributed to multiple factors, including increase of e-book usage.
WISCONSIN
2 U/A Question includes number of electronic titles, which is impossible to determine as titles
contained in online subscriptions (Lexis/Westlaw) are constantly changing.
17 Provided by campus.
18–20 n/a
YALE
11 This is the fringe rate for the professional staff. It is much higher for the support staff. Salaried/
Professional Range: 27.9%–39%, Hourly/Support Range:61.7%–62.8%.
18–20 This is impossible for us, the law library, to separate out from the main Yale University Library. It
is also impossible for us to get this figure from our primary legal databases, Westlaw, Lexis, and
Bloomberg.
23 We cannot provide an accurate gate count.
YORK
All figures are as of 04/30/2015.
Library branches included: Osgoode Hall Law School Library.
