146 · ARL Statistics 2010–2011
NORTH CAROLINA, cont.
16 Overall reduction in materials expenditures is result of 2010-2011 budget cuts and reduction in endowment spending.
16.a Accounting methodology for identifying e-book expenditures is more accurate than in 2009-2010, resulting in reported increase
for monographs expenditures.
16.c Decrease in expenditures for "other library materials" results from more accurate accounting methodology for monographs and
current serials, plus cuts to materials budget.
16.d Misc. library material expenditures include payments for CRL memberships. Increase in this category is result of increased CRL
costs.
17 Binding policies and practices were adjusted in 2010-2011 to reduce expenditures.
18 Includes 13 FTE professional and support staff on special grant funds. Excludes 3.25 FTE paid from funds contributed by Duke,
North Carolina State, and North Carolina Central universities for support of the Triangle Research Libraries Network.
20 Other operating expenditures include significant purchases of furniture, shelving, and carpet from library funds.
21 Includes $4,861,383 in grants, trust, and other special funds (excludes benefits) excludes $345,091 in expenditures for the Triangle
Research Libraries Network from funds contributed by Duke, North Carolina State, and North Carolina Central universities.
22 Reduction in one-time e-resource purchases reflects a reduction in available one-time funds for 2010-2011.
24 Increase in bibliographic utility costs reflects increase in grant funds for special projects that included funding of cataloging
activity.
25 Increased expenditures for computer hardware/software are mainly the result of significant grant funds received for technology
projects.
NORTH CAROLINA STATE
Library branches included: Includes the following libraries: Design, Natural Resources, Textiles, Veterinary Medical, African-
American Cultural Center Reading Room, and College of Education Media Center.
1 Includes 438,466 e-books.
1.b.i Reflects release of endowment funds and one-time funding from the Provost.
1.b.ii Several ongoing projects in anticipation of storage relocations.
3 Includes 5,780 e-books expenditures for monographs up due to release of endowment funds and one-time funding from Provost.
5.a.i, 5.a.ii Continuing trend of switching to electronic subscriptions and improving methodology for obtaining counts of titles.
5.b Adjustment due to more accurate methodology.
16 Reflects release of endowment funds and one-time funding from the Provost.
16.a Some monographic titles are paid from serials funds included in 16b reflects release of endowment funds and one-time funding
from Provost.
16.b Some monographic titles are paid from serials funds included in 16b.
16.c Increase due to one-time purchases.
17 Fewer physical volumes are being processed.
18.c, 27.c Effort made to restore some of the temporary wages funds cut in 2009-2010.
20 Reflects equipment/furniture purchases made to support new facility.
22 Purchases made possible by the release of endowment funds and one-time funding from the Provost.
23 Increase due to one-time purchases and continuing conversion to electronic subscriptions.
24 Reflects decreases in the number of physical volumes being processed.
31 Increase cannot be attributed to any one factor vacant position was filled and the collection of statistics related to number of
participants has improved.
33-34 In the course of gathering the 2010-2011, it was discovered that the system was including some categories that should have been
excluded past years' numbers were thus inflated.
35 Increase cannot be attributed to any one factor may reflect budget reductions at other institutions.
36 Discovery tools have improved, making it easier to find local resources.