Footnotes · 109
Question
Number
Footnote
NOTRE DAME, cont.
10 “Fringe Benefits” include employer’s share of government taxes (SS, SSI, unemployment, worker’s
comp, etc.) as well as health insurance and retirement benefits for regular employees. [Main Library
and University Archives]
11 Editor’s Note: Published figure reflects the official designated percent for the University Archives, as
this is the maximum value entered for this question.
The percentage for the majority of professionals is 25%. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012, the
weighted average (FTE) fringe benefit percentage was 32.2% based upon official individual fringe
benefit rates by Eclass of 25% for full-time library faculty, 41.7% for non-exempt staff, 27.8% for full-
time exempt staff, 19.4% for visiting faculty, 15.3% for part-time faculty and part-time exempt staff,
and 7.6% for part-time non-exempt hourly and on-call staff. [Main Library]
“Official designated percents” are 27.1% for professional staff, 41.7% for support staff, 7.9% for on-call
staff, and 1.3% for student workers. [University Archives]
16 The “Number of reference transactions” figure is based half on counts and half on extrapolation.
[University Archives]
23 Due to the definitions provided by the Department of Education, JD’s were not included in the prior
year but are included in the statistic for Doctor’s degrees awarded in 2012. [Main Library]
OHIO
Library branches included: Includes the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine Learning Resource
Center and regional campuses (Chillicothe, Zanesville, Eastern, Southern, Lancaster).
Hourly employees (support staff and part-time students) received a 27th biweekly pay in FY2011–12.
1 New definitions.
4 Includes e-books from various collections, including but not limited to: ProQuest Congressional
(approximately 505,000 titles), Eighteenth Century Collections Online (184,000), United States federal
government documents (125,000), Early American Imprints (42,000), OhioLINK Electronic Book
Center (37,000), NetLibrary (15,000), Safari Books Online (13,000), ebrary (13,000), SpringerLINK (9,000),
Alexander Street Press (4,000), ACLS Humanities E-Book (3,000), CRCNetBase (1,800), Adam Matthew
(900), and LearningExpressLibrary (900).
10 Health insurance -$949,484 ($10,625/employee excludes PT student employees), retirement -$644,184
(14% student employees are exempted when actively enrolled in coursework), worker’s compensation
-$37,663 (0 .739% for all employees), Medicare -$55,686 (1.45% for employees hired after March 31,
1986. In FY2011–12, one professional and seven support staff were exempt.)
11 Percentage for professional staff only. Retirement -14% (student employees are exempted when
actively enrolled in coursework), worker’s compensation -0.739%, Medicare -1.45% (Employees hired
before March 31, 1986 are exempt. In FY2011–12, one professional staff was exempt), health insurance -
18% calculated (billed at a flat rate of $10,625/employee).
18 Includes counts for Highwire, Ovid, JSTOR, EBSCOhost, Elsevier, Springer, CSA, ISI, Wiley and
OhioLINK EJC all numbers COUNTER compliant except EJC (206,430).
19 Includes counts for CSA, ebrary, Elsevier (Compendex/Geobase/ScienceDirect), EBSCOhost,
Highwire, ISI, JSTOR, LexisNexis, Newsbank, Ovid, Springer, and Wiley. Significant increase due to
large increase in EBSCOhost searches all numbers are COUNTER compliant.
20 First 12 months of newly acquired EDS platform expect numbers to continue to increase EDS
numbers are not COUNTER compliant.
23 Includes 113 O.D. and 133 PhD. Did not include O.D. degrees in previous years.
Question
Number
Footnote
NOTRE DAME, cont.
10 “Fringe Benefits” include employer’s share of government taxes (SS, SSI, unemployment, worker’s
comp, etc.) as well as health insurance and retirement benefits for regular employees. [Main Library
and University Archives]
11 Editor’s Note: Published figure reflects the official designated percent for the University Archives, as
this is the maximum value entered for this question.
The percentage for the majority of professionals is 25%. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012, the
weighted average (FTE) fringe benefit percentage was 32.2% based upon official individual fringe
benefit rates by Eclass of 25% for full-time library faculty, 41.7% for non-exempt staff, 27.8% for full-
time exempt staff, 19.4% for visiting faculty, 15.3% for part-time faculty and part-time exempt staff,
and 7.6% for part-time non-exempt hourly and on-call staff. [Main Library]
“Official designated percents” are 27.1% for professional staff, 41.7% for support staff, 7.9% for on-call
staff, and 1.3% for student workers. [University Archives]
16 The “Number of reference transactions” figure is based half on counts and half on extrapolation.
[University Archives]
23 Due to the definitions provided by the Department of Education, JD’s were not included in the prior
year but are included in the statistic for Doctor’s degrees awarded in 2012. [Main Library]
OHIO
Library branches included: Includes the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine Learning Resource
Center and regional campuses (Chillicothe, Zanesville, Eastern, Southern, Lancaster).
Hourly employees (support staff and part-time students) received a 27th biweekly pay in FY2011–12.
1 New definitions.
4 Includes e-books from various collections, including but not limited to: ProQuest Congressional
(approximately 505,000 titles), Eighteenth Century Collections Online (184,000), United States federal
government documents (125,000), Early American Imprints (42,000), OhioLINK Electronic Book
Center (37,000), NetLibrary (15,000), Safari Books Online (13,000), ebrary (13,000), SpringerLINK (9,000),
Alexander Street Press (4,000), ACLS Humanities E-Book (3,000), CRCNetBase (1,800), Adam Matthew
(900), and LearningExpressLibrary (900).
10 Health insurance -$949,484 ($10,625/employee excludes PT student employees), retirement -$644,184
(14% student employees are exempted when actively enrolled in coursework), worker’s compensation
-$37,663 (0 .739% for all employees), Medicare -$55,686 (1.45% for employees hired after March 31,
1986. In FY2011–12, one professional and seven support staff were exempt.)
11 Percentage for professional staff only. Retirement -14% (student employees are exempted when
actively enrolled in coursework), worker’s compensation -0.739%, Medicare -1.45% (Employees hired
before March 31, 1986 are exempt. In FY2011–12, one professional staff was exempt), health insurance -
18% calculated (billed at a flat rate of $10,625/employee).
18 Includes counts for Highwire, Ovid, JSTOR, EBSCOhost, Elsevier, Springer, CSA, ISI, Wiley and
OhioLINK EJC all numbers COUNTER compliant except EJC (206,430).
19 Includes counts for CSA, ebrary, Elsevier (Compendex/Geobase/ScienceDirect), EBSCOhost,
Highwire, ISI, JSTOR, LexisNexis, Newsbank, Ovid, Springer, and Wiley. Significant increase due to
large increase in EBSCOhost searches all numbers are COUNTER compliant.
20 First 12 months of newly acquired EDS platform expect numbers to continue to increase EDS
numbers are not COUNTER compliant.
23 Includes 113 O.D. and 133 PhD. Did not include O.D. degrees in previous years.
