ARL Statistics 2010-2011

Kyrillidou, Martha; Morris, Shaneka; Roebuck, Gary

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PITTSBURGH, cont.
5, 5.a, 5.a.i Large number of electronic serials purchased.
5.a.ii Weeded print journals.
5.b, 5.b.ii Number of freely accessible journals higher in 2010-2011 than in 2009-2010.
5.b.iv Several gov doc print journals weeded out in 2010-2011.
9 Higher number of electronic computer files purchased.
13 Small collection received.
16.a, 16.c-16.d,
20, 27.c
Budget cuts.
22 Budget cuts and not as many purchased.
26 Requests decreased.
35-36 Not as many requests.
PRINCETON
1.b.ii Due to a number of ongoing projects (reclassification and transfer to storage facility) more items identified for withdrawal.
5.b.ii Due to a huge increase in the enabling of free and open access electronic packages, titles available through SFX and Summon.
8 Continuing trend of previous years. Most government documents are now in Voyager.
17 Commercial binding policy changed 18 months ago, the library sends far less material to be bound.
18.b Library security guards transferred to University Public Safety.
24.a Joined Hathi Trust ($67,250).
40 2009-2010 enrollment reported in error: should have been 7,523, which results in a 2.76% increase in 2010-2011.
41, 43 Editor's Note: Figure changed from NA to 0 so that Princeton's Data would be included in the Analysis of Selected Variable chart
in the 2010-2011 ARL Statistics Publication.
42 2009-2010 graduate enrollment reported in error -should have been 2,479, which results in a 4.15% increase in 2010-2011.
PURDUE
Library branches included: Includes the library system on the West Lafayette campus, consisting of 11 subject-oriented libraries,
an undergraduate library, and a special collections research center.
1 Percentage increase due to more accurate system-generated count of volumes. Past years answers to Q1 did not include
cataloged and classified e-resources. Volumes held June 30, 2011, includes cataloged government documents. Includes e-books:
Cognet (541), Credo Reference (605), EEBO (125,000), ECCO (150,000), EngNet Base (1,678), Gale Virtual Reference (609), ACLS
Humanities (3,144), Knovel (2,753), Springer (28,699), Safari (1,227), Stat Ref (12), Alexander Street Press (2,578), ACS (1,292), Begell
House (12), Brill (1,995), Cambridge (149), CABI (584), ChemLibNetBase (855), EBSCO (3,297), eHRAF (255), Elsevier (3,008), Evans
(37,370), IEEE (558), IGI Global (1,183), Lyell Geological (359), Oxford Ref (228), RSC (1,116), Sabin (41,425), Sage (11), SIAM (377),
SourceOECD (5,000), Synthesis Digital (407), Wiley (7,704), World Scientific (408), and others.
1.a Volumes held June 30,2010 revised from 2,566,521 to 3,266,650 to include a more accurate system-generated count of volumes plus
110,171 e-book packages added during the 2009-2010 year.
1.b.ii Variance due to ongoing withdrawal projects.
3 Decrease reflects drop in monograph allocations due to overall materials budget review.
5.b Increase reflects cataloguing of additional titles.
16.a Reflects increase in expenditures for additional e-book resources.
16.d Includes additional fees not included in 2009-2010 for MARCIVE and CONTENTdm.
17 Binding expenditures continue to decline as fewer titles are purchased in print.
18-18.c Includes fringe benefits.
18.c Decrease largely due to reduction in weekend hours of several smaller libraries.

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PITTSBURGH, cont.
5, 5.a, 5.a.i Large number of electronic serials purchased.
5.a.ii Weeded print journals.
5.b, 5.b.ii Number of freely accessible journals higher in 2010-2011 than in 2009-2010.
5.b.iv Several gov doc print journals weeded out in 2010-2011.
9 Higher number of electronic computer files purchased.
13 Small collection received.
16.a, 16.c-16.d,
20, 27.c
Budget cuts.
22 Budget cuts and not as many purchased.
26 Requests decreased.
35-36 Not as many requests.
PRINCETON
1.b.ii Due to a number of ongoing projects (reclassification and transfer to storage facility) more items identified for withdrawal.
5.b.ii Due to a huge increase in the enabling of free and open access electronic packages, titles available through SFX and Summon.
8 Continuing trend of previous years. Most government documents are now in Voyager.
17 Commercial binding policy changed 18 months ago, the library sends far less material to be bound.
18.b Library security guards transferred to University Public Safety.
24.a Joined Hathi Trust ($67,250).
40 2009-2010 enrollment reported in error: should have been 7,523, which results in a 2.76% increase in 2010-2011.
41, 43 Editor's Note: Figure changed from NA to 0 so that Princeton's Data would be included in the Analysis of Selected Variable chart
in the 2010-2011 ARL Statistics Publication.
42 2009-2010 graduate enrollment reported in error -should have been 2,479, which results in a 4.15% increase in 2010-2011.
PURDUE
Library branches included: Includes the library system on the West Lafayette campus, consisting of 11 subject-oriented libraries,
an undergraduate library, and a special collections research center.
1 Percentage increase due to more accurate system-generated count of volumes. Past years answers to Q1 did not include
cataloged and classified e-resources. Volumes held June 30, 2011, includes cataloged government documents. Includes e-books:
Cognet (541), Credo Reference (605), EEBO (125,000), ECCO (150,000), EngNet Base (1,678), Gale Virtual Reference (609), ACLS
Humanities (3,144), Knovel (2,753), Springer (28,699), Safari (1,227), Stat Ref (12), Alexander Street Press (2,578), ACS (1,292), Begell
House (12), Brill (1,995), Cambridge (149), CABI (584), ChemLibNetBase (855), EBSCO (3,297), eHRAF (255), Elsevier (3,008), Evans
(37,370), IEEE (558), IGI Global (1,183), Lyell Geological (359), Oxford Ref (228), RSC (1,116), Sabin (41,425), Sage (11), SIAM (377),
SourceOECD (5,000), Synthesis Digital (407), Wiley (7,704), World Scientific (408), and others.
1.a Volumes held June 30,2010 revised from 2,566,521 to 3,266,650 to include a more accurate system-generated count of volumes plus
110,171 e-book packages added during the 2009-2010 year.
1.b.ii Variance due to ongoing withdrawal projects.
3 Decrease reflects drop in monograph allocations due to overall materials budget review.
5.b Increase reflects cataloguing of additional titles.
16.a Reflects increase in expenditures for additional e-book resources.
16.d Includes additional fees not included in 2009-2010 for MARCIVE and CONTENTdm.
17 Binding expenditures continue to decline as fewer titles are purchased in print.
18-18.c Includes fringe benefits.
18.c Decrease largely due to reduction in weekend hours of several smaller libraries.

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PURDUE, cont.
20 The 40% increase in 2010-2011 was preceded by a 21% decrease in 2009-2010, due to year end timing. Supply price increases also
contributed to the variance.
22 Increase due to purchase of archives, backfiles, and e-book collections.
24.a Increase reflects greater OCLC costs for 2010-2011.
27.b Decrease due to staff accepting early retirement incentives, consolidation of some vacancies, and some vacancies not yet filled.
27.c Decrease largely due to reduction in weekend hours of several smaller libraries.
30 Increase due to strategic initiative focus on Information Literacy.
31 Decrease in total participants in spite of an increase in presentations is due to more accurate recording.
33-34 Decrease due to trend toward electronic resources.
36 Decrease reflects fewer requests due to focus on patron-driven acquisition.
43 Increase in graduate student enrollment, both full and part-time, due to increased national rankings.
QUEEN'S
All figures are as of 04/30/2011.
Library branches included: Stauffer Humanities and Social Sciences Douglas Engineering/Sciences WD Jordan Special
Collections Music Education Library.
Data from the Law and Health Sciences Library also included in the figures reported.
1.b.i Reduced reliance on print materials.
1.b.ii Completion of weeding projects.
3 Reduced reliance on print materials.
5, 5.a, 5.a.i Includes ALL Library locations including Law and Health Sciences libraries. Increase in the number of electronic serials available
through packages.
5.a.ii Includes ALL Library locations including Law and Health Sciences libraries.
16-26 Expenditures as reported in Canadian dollars: (16a) $1,353,526 (16b) $7,646,544 (16c) $132,066 (16d) $659,781 (16) $9,791,917 (17)
$56,003 (18a) $3,961,481 (18b) $3,719,888 (18c) $377,466 (18) $8,058,835 (20) $2,336,499 (21) $20,243,254 (22) $0 (23) $6,100,990 (24a)
$0 (24b) $560,309 (25) $330,276 (26) $7,294.
17 Increase emphasis on electronic serials means a reduction in print serials that require binding.
20 Now includes Fringe Benefits.
37-38, 40-43 As at November 2010.
39 As at October 2010.
RICE
Library branches included: Fondren, Business Information Center.
1 Includes 24,273 Texshare e-books, 54,617 government document e-books and 9,775 commercial e-books.
1.b Includes 7,100 government document e-books and 1,552 commercial e-books.
5 Increase due to some increases in paid titles and large increases in the number of free serials (described below).
5.b Increase due to strengthened commitment to representing free serials in catalog.
10 Manuscripts and archives reported in cubic feet.
12 Increase due to heightened demand for images to illustrate university centennial.
16.c Decrease due to lower microform acquisitions levels.
16.d Includes memberships ($168,064), ILL ($32,341), in-house binding supplies ($12,329) and bibliographic utilities ($209,860).
17 Decrease due to declining print subscriptions.
18 One FTE professional and 1 FTE student grant-funded.
18.c Special projects and staff losses in some areas have increased dependence on student assistants.
23 Increase due to uneven impact of budget cuts.
24.a Some of increase due to previous overage and record enhancements.

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OREGON, cont.
22 E-book packages.
23 Better tracking of electronic expenses.
24.a-b Cost increase.
24.b Cost based on University enrollment, which is rapidly increasing.
28 Excludes the Math Library, which was closed in 2010-2011.
30 Expanded audiences, such as orientations/tours for parents of new students.
31 Expanded audiences.
32 Reflects downward trend in traditional reference.
35 Intentionally achieved a better lending-to-borrowing ratio.
36 This continues to be a heavily used service, reflects increased enrollment and increased reliance on partner libraries.
38 The 2009-2010 figure was incorrect.
43 This reduction is a campus-wide concern.
OTTAWA
All figures are as of 04/30/2011.
Library branches included: Law and Health Sciences.
1.b.i In recent years we have tended to decline the purchase of monographs, what we have attempted to correct during the course of
2010-2011 and years to come.
16 We had an increase of our Collection Budget of 10%.
16-26 Expenditures as reported in Canadian dollars: (16a) $6,774,137 (16b) $6,299,785 (16c) $326,795 (16d) $0 (16) $13,400,717 (17) $32,720
(18a) $4,334,202 (18b) $5,303,686 (18c) $280,200 (18) $9,918,088 (20) $1,682,254 (21) $25,033,779 (22) $0 (23) $5,452,397 (24a) $0 (24b)
$0 (25) $219,804 (26) $0.
16.a In recent years we have tended to decline the purchase of monographs, what we have attempted to correct during the course of
this year and years to come.
18.a Increase of 11%, explained by wage increases of approximately 6% and severance payments for retirement.
18.c We try to keep hiring the minimum required to maintain operations and avoid having grievances from the Union.
20 After an exercise of optimization with the University, we try to keep our costs at the minimum. Less special projects in 2010-2011.
39 2009-2010 figure revised to 1,268.
PENNSYLVANIA STATE
Library branches included: Survey includes all University Park Libraries, as well as the Campus Libraries. Campus Library
locations are as follows: Abington, Altoona, Behrend, Berks, Beaver, Brandywine, DuBois, Fayette, Great Valley, Greater
Allegheny, Harrisburg, Hazleton, Lehigh Valley, Mont Alto, New Kensington, Schuylkill, Shenango Valley, Wilkes-Barre,
Worthington-Scranton, and York.
Data from the Law and Health Sciences Library also included in the figures reported.
1.a Volumes held June 30, 2010 revised to 5,787,835.
16.d Miscellaneous Library Materials consists of the following: $359,095 -OCLC Annual Activity Fees $100,195 -Serials Solutions -
Summon $29,452 -Authority Control $15,594 -Content DM $6,800 -Olive Software Annual Maintenance $4,447 -Self Check
Units Annual Maintenance $3,600 -GOBI 2 (Full Service and Subscription Fees) $2,400 -Lyrasis E-Z Borrow.
24.a In the 2009-2010 Survey, PSU included the annual OCLC activity fee as an operating expenditure and reported in question 24a. In
the 2010-2011 Survey, PSU is reporting the OCLC annual activity fee as a collections expense -question 16d, per the instructions,
resulting in the 100% decrease.
29 Monday -Friday -open 24 hours per day Saturday -open 10 am to midnight (14 hours) Sunday -open 10 am to midnight (14
hours).
PITTSBURGH
Library branches included: All ULS libraries &regionals, as well as Health Sciences and Law.
1.b.ii Not as many withdrawn in 2010-2011.

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