118 · ARL Statistics 2008–2009
Question
Number
Footnote
CHICAGO, cont.
3 Fewer electronic monographs were purchased.
5.a.i The increase in this category over 2007-2008 reflects a thorough recounting of paid electronic subscriptions and changes to
the deduping procedure.
5.a.ii--5.b.iv Includes switching many subscriptions to online-only from print subscriptions. Figure also reflects a more accurate
deduping and counting of free titles.
9-14 Excludes unprocessed and partially processed items.
22 Reflects reduced budget for one-time purchases.
23 Includes switching many subscriptions to online-only from print subscriptions. Figure also reflects a more accurate
deduping and counting of free titles.
24.a Includes standard ongoing operating costs only. Also, credits used for payment have been incorporated.
24.b This figure is an estimate.
36 Includes 443 requests filled by the Center for Research Libraries.
CINCINNATI
Library branches included: all University of Cincinnati Libraries located on its central campus.
Two branch libraries on two-year college campuses, Raymond Walters College and Clermont College, are not included in the
ARL statistics.
Data from the Law and Health Sciences Library are also included in the figures reported.
1.a Volumes held June 30, 2008 revised to 3,695,648 which includes 3,103,861 volumes from the Main Library, 288,947 volumes
from the Law Library, and 302,840 volumes from the Health Sciences Library. This figure reflects net adjustments plus the
addition of 63,991 volumes, which include the following: a 1,539 Net Government Documents adjustment (1,931 volumes
added for retro cataloging minus 392 volumes subtracted for retro cleanup) 0 volumes added for other retro 0 volumes
subtracted for other retro and 62,452 volumes added for batch load electronic resources.
4 Historical is based on bibliographic count. Additions and withdraws based on physical count.
5 The serial count is by title, deduped, in a “cascading hierarchy”. (1)Paid (first electronic, then other formats) -A large
majority of the number of serial titles received via our consortium are paid via index figures based upon titles owned when
the relationships with the publishers began. Therefore, all are considered Paid. (2)The Not-Purchased titles in the Freely-
accessible and Government documents categories have very little overlap, because of the strategy used to construct the
serials list, and then were deduped however, numbers here are only the titles that have not already been included in the
Paid category. (3)The Freely accessible titles include the titles marked as “free” from Serials Solutions, so long as those same
titles had not already been recorded among the paid Serials Solutions titles. (4)Some Government document titles are also
included in Paid Serials Solutions aggregates, and not-purchased Government document titles could also be included in the
free Serials Solutions titles.
8 Government documents not counted elsewhere is smaller than the number reported for 2007-2008 because of retrospective
cataloging of documents.
32.a Main and Law reference transactions figures based on sampling. Med figures based on physical count.
37 For questions 37 through 43: PhD degrees, faculty, and enrollment numbers reported here are the total university counts.
COLORADO
Library branches included: Business, Earth Sciences, Engineering, Math/Physics, and Music.
1.a Volumes held June 30, 2008 revised to 4,274,324. This number has been adjusted to reflect the 2008-2009 addition (via batch
loading) of 317,573 Congressional Serial Set Records 6,983 other free online resources and 21,337 purchased online resources
(including 16,054 Springer e-books).
Question
Number
Footnote
CHICAGO, cont.
3 Fewer electronic monographs were purchased.
5.a.i The increase in this category over 2007-2008 reflects a thorough recounting of paid electronic subscriptions and changes to
the deduping procedure.
5.a.ii--5.b.iv Includes switching many subscriptions to online-only from print subscriptions. Figure also reflects a more accurate
deduping and counting of free titles.
9-14 Excludes unprocessed and partially processed items.
22 Reflects reduced budget for one-time purchases.
23 Includes switching many subscriptions to online-only from print subscriptions. Figure also reflects a more accurate
deduping and counting of free titles.
24.a Includes standard ongoing operating costs only. Also, credits used for payment have been incorporated.
24.b This figure is an estimate.
36 Includes 443 requests filled by the Center for Research Libraries.
CINCINNATI
Library branches included: all University of Cincinnati Libraries located on its central campus.
Two branch libraries on two-year college campuses, Raymond Walters College and Clermont College, are not included in the
ARL statistics.
Data from the Law and Health Sciences Library are also included in the figures reported.
1.a Volumes held June 30, 2008 revised to 3,695,648 which includes 3,103,861 volumes from the Main Library, 288,947 volumes
from the Law Library, and 302,840 volumes from the Health Sciences Library. This figure reflects net adjustments plus the
addition of 63,991 volumes, which include the following: a 1,539 Net Government Documents adjustment (1,931 volumes
added for retro cataloging minus 392 volumes subtracted for retro cleanup) 0 volumes added for other retro 0 volumes
subtracted for other retro and 62,452 volumes added for batch load electronic resources.
4 Historical is based on bibliographic count. Additions and withdraws based on physical count.
5 The serial count is by title, deduped, in a “cascading hierarchy”. (1)Paid (first electronic, then other formats) -A large
majority of the number of serial titles received via our consortium are paid via index figures based upon titles owned when
the relationships with the publishers began. Therefore, all are considered Paid. (2)The Not-Purchased titles in the Freely-
accessible and Government documents categories have very little overlap, because of the strategy used to construct the
serials list, and then were deduped however, numbers here are only the titles that have not already been included in the
Paid category. (3)The Freely accessible titles include the titles marked as “free” from Serials Solutions, so long as those same
titles had not already been recorded among the paid Serials Solutions titles. (4)Some Government document titles are also
included in Paid Serials Solutions aggregates, and not-purchased Government document titles could also be included in the
free Serials Solutions titles.
8 Government documents not counted elsewhere is smaller than the number reported for 2007-2008 because of retrospective
cataloging of documents.
32.a Main and Law reference transactions figures based on sampling. Med figures based on physical count.
37 For questions 37 through 43: PhD degrees, faculty, and enrollment numbers reported here are the total university counts.
COLORADO
Library branches included: Business, Earth Sciences, Engineering, Math/Physics, and Music.
1.a Volumes held June 30, 2008 revised to 4,274,324. This number has been adjusted to reflect the 2008-2009 addition (via batch
loading) of 317,573 Congressional Serial Set Records 6,983 other free online resources and 21,337 purchased online resources
(including 16,054 Springer e-books).
