ARL Statistics 2010-2011

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CENTER FOR RESEARCH LIBRARIES
Many figures for the 2010-2011 survey were marked as N/A due to a change in how we are gathering stats.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
All figures are as of 09/30/2011.
Library branches included: Library Services (national library functions) including 6 overseas offices Law Library of Congress.
Library branches NOT included: National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.
1.a 2009-2010 figure included 207,944 e-monographs, some purchased in earlier years, added to LC Electronic Resources Online
Catalog in 2010.
3 The Library of Congress purchased 193,031 monographs but also acquired monographs via exchange, gift, and copyright deposit.
Only purchase monographs are included here.
5.b.iii Includes gift, exchange, and copyright registration.
8 Chiefly technical reports, not to be cataloged.
17 Decreased from $1,474,505 in 2009-2010 because funds in 2009-2010 were augmented by "end of year" money that was allocated to
other contracts and unspent at end of year. Such funds were not available at end of fiscal 2011.
18, 18.a Includes salaries for National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.
20 The figure for other operating expenses is an estimate.
23 Also included in Question 16, Expenditures for library materials.
27 Includes all permanent Library of Congress employees whose work site is within the U.S. and the seven U.S. nationals who
manage the Library of Congress overseas offices. Does not include about 265 locally employed staff in those offices.
29 Includes reading room operational hours only. Excludes reading rooms in the Capitol that are open any hours that Congress is in
session. Also excludes hours that the LOC buildings are open to visitors (every day but Sundays, Christmas Day, Thanksgiving,
and New Year's Day).
30 Includes 7,904 tours or briefings by Visitor Services Office and additional symposia, lectures, research orientations, and briefings
by other LC units. Does not include 131 public film screenings 36 American Folklife Center concerts Music Division concert
series or courses taught to LC staff.
32 Does not include: 261,807 reference inquiries answered by U.S. Copyright Office 798 information inquiries answered by LC
Preservation Directorate 793,076 inquiries answered by Congressional Research Service or 1,328 special studies and research
reports prepared by Law Library of Congress for government agencies and/or the public.
33 Includes 29,956 items circulated to Congressional staff or Members.
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY
All figures are as of 09/30/2011.
Library branches included: DC Reference Center.
18-18.c Includes fringe benefits.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES
All figures are as of 09/30/2011.
Library branches included: Data from all relevant NARA facilities were included in the ARL statistics.
7 Government documents excluded from count.
8 This is primary a physical inventory, but a small percentage was estimated based on 1 foot =52 pieces.
10 Measurement is in cubic feet.
18, 27 Personnel paid from NARA's operating expenses (not paid from Records Center revolving fund, Electronic Records fund, gift
fund, trust fund or any other sources).
LIBRARY &ARCHIVES CANADA
All figures are as of 03/31/2011.
1.a Volumes held revised to 10,627,082. Library and Archives Canada is undergoing a significant re-examination of all of its
programs and many LAC activities are being affected. The budget solely dedicated to collection acquisition has been reduced for
this fiscal year.

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Footnotes · 163
CENTER FOR RESEARCH LIBRARIES
Many figures for the 2010-2011 survey were marked as N/A due to a change in how we are gathering stats.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
All figures are as of 09/30/2011.
Library branches included: Library Services (national library functions) including 6 overseas offices Law Library of Congress.
Library branches NOT included: National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.
1.a 2009-2010 figure included 207,944 e-monographs, some purchased in earlier years, added to LC Electronic Resources Online
Catalog in 2010.
3 The Library of Congress purchased 193,031 monographs but also acquired monographs via exchange, gift, and copyright deposit.
Only purchase monographs are included here.
5.b.iii Includes gift, exchange, and copyright registration.
8 Chiefly technical reports, not to be cataloged.
17 Decreased from $1,474,505 in 2009-2010 because funds in 2009-2010 were augmented by "end of year" money that was allocated to
other contracts and unspent at end of year. Such funds were not available at end of fiscal 2011.
18, 18.a Includes salaries for National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.
20 The figure for other operating expenses is an estimate.
23 Also included in Question 16, Expenditures for library materials.
27 Includes all permanent Library of Congress employees whose work site is within the U.S. and the seven U.S. nationals who
manage the Library of Congress overseas offices. Does not include about 265 locally employed staff in those offices.
29 Includes reading room operational hours only. Excludes reading rooms in the Capitol that are open any hours that Congress is in
session. Also excludes hours that the LOC buildings are open to visitors (every day but Sundays, Christmas Day, Thanksgiving,
and New Year's Day).
30 Includes 7,904 tours or briefings by Visitor Services Office and additional symposia, lectures, research orientations, and briefings
by other LC units. Does not include 131 public film screenings 36 American Folklife Center concerts Music Division concert
series or courses taught to LC staff.
32 Does not include: 261,807 reference inquiries answered by U.S. Copyright Office 798 information inquiries answered by LC
Preservation Directorate 793,076 inquiries answered by Congressional Research Service or 1,328 special studies and research
reports prepared by Law Library of Congress for government agencies and/or the public.
33 Includes 29,956 items circulated to Congressional staff or Members.
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY
All figures are as of 09/30/2011.
Library branches included: DC Reference Center.
18-18.c Includes fringe benefits.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES
All figures are as of 09/30/2011.
Library branches included: Data from all relevant NARA facilities were included in the ARL statistics.
7 Government documents excluded from count.
8 This is primary a physical inventory, but a small percentage was estimated based on 1 foot =52 pieces.
10 Measurement is in cubic feet.
18, 27 Personnel paid from NARA's operating expenses (not paid from Records Center revolving fund, Electronic Records fund, gift
fund, trust fund or any other sources).
LIBRARY &ARCHIVES CANADA
All figures are as of 03/31/2011.
1.a Volumes held revised to 10,627,082. Library and Archives Canada is undergoing a significant re-examination of all of its
programs and many LAC activities are being affected. The budget solely dedicated to collection acquisition has been reduced for
this fiscal year.

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LIBRARY &ARCHIVES CANADA, cont.
1.b.i This figure for Volumes added -Gross, includes physical "copies," not titles. The reduced number of volumes is due to a reduction
in the collection acquisition budget for this fiscal year.
2 This calculation was based on the 2009-2010 figure for question 2 (2,874,872) plus the total number of monographic purchases
reported in 2009-2010 for question 3 (3,368) plus total number of serial titles reported in 2009-2010 for question 5 (512,228).
3, 5.a.i Library and Archives Canada is undergoing a significant re-examination of all of its programs and many LAC activities are being
affected. The budget solely dedicated to collection acquisition has been reduced for 2010-2011.
5.b.ii This figure includes the total number of digital series titles.
7 140 units were added to the 2009-2010 total of 8,198,630. The reduced number is due to a re-examination of the institution's
acquisition programs and the reduction of the collection acquisition budget for this fiscal year.
8 14,813 documents were added to the 2009-2010 total. This figure represents only a rough estimate for government documents. In
2010-2011, LAC acquired 560 accessions of federal government records, which represents an extent of 1,802 linear meters.
9 250 computer files were added to the 2009-2010 total of 226. 354 megabytes of electronic records in all media were added to LAC's
collection.
10 63 linear meters were added to the 2009-2010 total 5,607 items were added to LAC's music collection (i.e.: LPs, 45s, 78s, cylinders,
music programs, etc.).
11 Only 15 units were added to the 2009-2010 total of 2,968,328. The reduced number is due to a re-examination of the institution's
acquisition programs and the reduction of the collection acquisition budget for 2010-2011.
12 7,684 art, photos, objects and philatelic items were added to the 2009-2010 totals. The reduced number is due to a re-examination
of the institution's acquisition programs and the reduction of the collection acquisition budget for 2010-2011.
13 281 pieces of audio materials were added to the 2009-2010 totals. The reduced number is due to a re-examination of the
institution's acquisition programs and the reduction of the collection acquisition budget for 2010-2011.
14 902 pieces of films and videos were added to the 2009-2010 totals. The reduced number is due to a re-examination of the
institution's acquisition programs and the reduction of the collection acquisition budget for 2010-2011.
16-26 Expenditures as reported in Canadian dollars: (16a) $148,951 (16b) $266,578 (16c) $55,856 (16d) $0 (16) $471,385 (17) $0 (18a)
$57,161,207 (18b) $26,065,341 (18c) $439,013 (18) $83,665,561 (20) $24,340,184 (21) $108,477,130 (22) $0 (23) $39,162 (24a) $0 (24b)
$17,053 (25) $8,628,573 (26) $10,306.
16-16.c, 24.b Library and Archives Canada is continuing to re-examine many of its programs and activities, and the budget solely dedicated to
collection acquisition has been reduced for 2010-2011.
25 The figure includes computer hardware and software expenditures for all of LAC. The decrease in this expenditure was due to
the completion of special funding for the AMICAN/Trusted Digital Repository project.
32 Genealogy accounts for 10,622 transactions. While this reported figure is in variance with the 2009-2010, it is consistent with the
number of transactions that were recorded for the period from 2005 to 2009.
34 There is a decrease in total number of circulations as more documents are digitized.
35 This decrease is probably linked to the growth of digitization, electronic publishing and well-developed regional sharing
networks among Canadian libraries.
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
All figures are as of 09/30/2011.
18-18.a Includes fringe benefits.
18.b-c Due to budget constraints, not filling some vacancies. Includes fringe benefits.
20 Accounting change to include expenditures for Department of Health and Human Service health information technology
support not previously reported.
22-23 Decreased due to budget constraints.
27.b Due to budget constraints, not filling some vacancies.
36 Demand from other libraries was down.

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YALE
Library branches included: Haas Arts Library, Bass Library, Beinecke Rare book &Manuscript Library, Chemistry Library,
Classics, Divinity, Engineering &Applied Science, Geology, Law Library, Lewis Walpole Library, Mathematics Library, Medical
Library, Mud, Music, Kline Science Library, Social Science Library, Sterling Memorial Library, Yale Center for British Art.
Library branches NOT included: Library Shelving Facility.
1.b.ii Libraries consolidated -material was discarded.
5 2009-2010 figure should have been 27 not 57.
5.b, 5.b.ii The library reviewed and activated most Open Access or Free serial sources via our Open URL link resolver during the course of
the past year.
5.b.iv Many government documents were canceled because of budgetary and availability elsewhere.
9 Purchased more computer files.
16.b The Yale Library has experienced budget cuts and has been reporting all electronic purchases under "other materials" so the cost
of serials/title appears understated. In 2010-2011, we reduced the number of print serials significantly so our serials unit cost is
much less in 2010-2011 than it was in 2009-2010.
17 Binding less materials.
22 Tracking not done well in the past.
23 All ongoing electronic resource purchases have been recorded under other collection expenses (Q16.c).
25 Purchased a tape system in 2010-2011.
26 Document Delivery service increased.
28 Figure inputted incorrectly in 2009-2010.
30 Changing how it was recorded.
32-33 New tracking system incorporated in 2010-2011.
YORK
All figures are as of 04/30/2011.
Library branches included: Peter F. Bronfman Business Library Leslie Frost Library Scott Library Steacie Science &Engineering
Library.
Data from the Law Library are also included in the figures reported.
1 Includes 656,023 e-books.
1.a Volumes held revised to 3,309,671. Our count now includes 333,543 scholars portal e-books added to our 2009-2010 count of
2,617,902.
2 Our title count includes Monographs bound, serials bound, gov docs (serials and monographs) bound, plus e-books (as stated
above).
16-26 Expenditures as reported in Canadian dollars: (16a) $2,557,872 (16b) $7,474,646 (16c) $172,374 (16d) $138,146 (16) $10,343,038
(17) $97,934 (18a) $6,754,311 (18b) $5,409,386 (18c) $1,010,329 (18) $13,174,026 (20) $2,638,428 (21) $26,253,426 (22) $1,775,241 (23)
$5,961,076 (24a) $157,385 (24b) $0 (25) $436,939 (26) $15,905.
16.d, 24.a This is reflective of the Libraries goal to purchase more shelf-ready materials.
32 In 2010-2011 we began a reference statistics project, changing the way reference statistics are kept. This resulted in weeding out
non-reference questions and therefore the overall number of what are considered "reference" questions has gone down.
BOSTON PUBLIC
Due to reporting capacity issues, note that the 2010-2011 reported data are the same as the 2009-2010 data.
1 Volumes held June 30, 2011 is identical to volumes held June 30, 2010.
CANADA INSTITUTE OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
All figures are as of 03/31/2011.
16-26 Expenditures as reported in Canadian dollars: (16a) $187,740 (16b) $6,068,592 (16c) $1,560 (16d) $0 (16) $6,257,892 (17) $0 (18a)
$8,549,795 (18b) $1,980,094 (18c) $0 (18) $10,529,889 (20) $12,676,107 (21) $29,463,888 (22) $108,267 (23) $6,027,071 (24a) $0 (24b) $0
(25) $0 (26) $67,570.

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