Footnotes · 107
Question
Number
Footnote
NORTH CAROLINA, cont.
8.c Increase in student wage budget reflects correction to previous year’s calculation.
9 Reduction in other operating expenditures results from significant purchases of furniture, shelving,
and carpet from library funds in 2010/2011.
10 The university designates 22.04% plus fixed health insurance of $5,192.
18–19 Total listed represents estimate because of incomplete collection statistics.
20 Federated search product launched in December 2011. Count only represents tracking from Oct. 2011
through end of FY.
25 Previous year’s total revised from 1,656 to 1,671 in order to reflect new counting procedures.
NORTH CAROLINA STATE
Library branches included: Design, Natural Resources, Textiles, and Veterinary Medical branches
African-American Cultural Center Reading Room and College of Education Media Center (affiliated).
4 Increase due to purchase of e-book collection and e-book preferred approval plan.
7.a Decrease due to less spending of endowment funds and reduction in purchases of media and
monographs.
7.c Includes bibliographic utilities, document delivery, association memberships, storage, and binding
expenditures.
8.c Several projects in anticipation of opening the new Hunt Library resulted in an increase in temporary
wages.
13.c Several projects in anticipation of opening the new Hunt Library resulted in an increase in the
number of student assistants.
14–15 The unit has been fully staffed and has introduced changes to orientation sessions to make them
more compelling for students.
18 Includes all measurable full-text article requests from electronic journals made accessible via the
catalog.
19 Includes all measurable searches from databases made accessible via the catalog. Excludes the
number of federated searches. More providers are making usage statistics available.
20 Includes vendor-supplied federated searches (58,019) plus local federated search engine (Summon)
searches (1,037,593).
21 Statewide system may be distributing requests more equitably last year’s data may have
inadvertently included some internal document delivery.
22 Will monitor to see is this is a temporary fluctuation or an upward trend.
NORTHWESTERN
All figures are as of 08/31/2012.
Library branches included: Seeley G. Mudd Library, Deering and Main Libraries on the Evanston
campus plus Health Sciences Library (Galter), Law Library (Pritzker), and Schaffner Library on the
Chicago campus.
Library branches NOT included: Qatar Library on the Doha campus.
Northwestern University Libraries fiscal year runs from September 1 through August 31.
2 For Main, this figure represents a count of bibliographic records in place of physical counts of past
years. The 10% increase for Main includes many online additions missed in past physical counts.
10 Includes dental care, vision care, medical care, life insurance, vacation, sick leave, long-term
disability, retirement, and tuition benefits.
Question
Number
Footnote
NORTH CAROLINA, cont.
8.c Increase in student wage budget reflects correction to previous year’s calculation.
9 Reduction in other operating expenditures results from significant purchases of furniture, shelving,
and carpet from library funds in 2010/2011.
10 The university designates 22.04% plus fixed health insurance of $5,192.
18–19 Total listed represents estimate because of incomplete collection statistics.
20 Federated search product launched in December 2011. Count only represents tracking from Oct. 2011
through end of FY.
25 Previous year’s total revised from 1,656 to 1,671 in order to reflect new counting procedures.
NORTH CAROLINA STATE
Library branches included: Design, Natural Resources, Textiles, and Veterinary Medical branches
African-American Cultural Center Reading Room and College of Education Media Center (affiliated).
4 Increase due to purchase of e-book collection and e-book preferred approval plan.
7.a Decrease due to less spending of endowment funds and reduction in purchases of media and
monographs.
7.c Includes bibliographic utilities, document delivery, association memberships, storage, and binding
expenditures.
8.c Several projects in anticipation of opening the new Hunt Library resulted in an increase in temporary
wages.
13.c Several projects in anticipation of opening the new Hunt Library resulted in an increase in the
number of student assistants.
14–15 The unit has been fully staffed and has introduced changes to orientation sessions to make them
more compelling for students.
18 Includes all measurable full-text article requests from electronic journals made accessible via the
catalog.
19 Includes all measurable searches from databases made accessible via the catalog. Excludes the
number of federated searches. More providers are making usage statistics available.
20 Includes vendor-supplied federated searches (58,019) plus local federated search engine (Summon)
searches (1,037,593).
21 Statewide system may be distributing requests more equitably last year’s data may have
inadvertently included some internal document delivery.
22 Will monitor to see is this is a temporary fluctuation or an upward trend.
NORTHWESTERN
All figures are as of 08/31/2012.
Library branches included: Seeley G. Mudd Library, Deering and Main Libraries on the Evanston
campus plus Health Sciences Library (Galter), Law Library (Pritzker), and Schaffner Library on the
Chicago campus.
Library branches NOT included: Qatar Library on the Doha campus.
Northwestern University Libraries fiscal year runs from September 1 through August 31.
2 For Main, this figure represents a count of bibliographic records in place of physical counts of past
years. The 10% increase for Main includes many online additions missed in past physical counts.
10 Includes dental care, vision care, medical care, life insurance, vacation, sick leave, long-term
disability, retirement, and tuition benefits.
