Footnotes · 113
Question
Number
Footnote
PITTSBURGH, cont.
Data from the Law and Health Sciences Libraries are included in the figures reported.
8.b, 13.b Staff reduction due to early retirement offered for long-time staff.
8.c, 13.c Fewer student assistants were needed.
9 Additional building projects done to update services provided to patrons.
15 Larger classes were offered.
16 Decrease in actual patron questions requested.
17 Fewer requests. More in-library study.
21 Fewer requests from other institutions
23 More doctoral degrees this year.
PRINCETON
Library branches included: East Asian, Marquand Art, Stokes Public &International Affairs, Music,
Architecture, Mudd Archives, Lewis Science, Engineering, and Furth Plasma Physics.
10 Retirement plan benefits, the University’s share of FICA taxes, medical insurance, life insurance, long-
term disability insurance, worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance, occupational medicine
services provided through University Health Services, staff educational assistance, subsidized
employee cafeterias, childcare subsidies, and mass transit subsidies.
18 This figure is not based on COUNTER. It was extracted from our Link Resolver (SFX) and represents
the number of click-throughs to full text materials.
PURDUE
Library branches included: Includes the library system on the West Lafayette campus, consisting of 11
subject-oriented libraries, an undergraduate library, and an archives and special collections research
center.
2 Volumes held June 30, 2012, 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 (611), ACLS Humanities (3,144), Knovel (2,806), Springer (29,295), Safari (1,227), Stat Ref
(12), Alexander Street Press (2,578), ACS (1,292), Begell House (12), Brill (1,995), Cambridge (149),
ChemLibNetBase (859), EBSCO (3,928), eHRAF (255), Elsevier (3,029), Evans (37,370), IEEE (572), IGI
Global (1,183), Lyell Geological (359), Oxford Ref (228), RSC (1,117), Sabin (43,643), Sage (12), SIAM (377),
SourceOECD (5,008), Synthesis Digital (410), Wiley (7,722), World Scientific (408), Foundations and
Trends (67), and others.
7.a Includes backfile purchases (Elsevier, Wiley, OSA) and funds for CIC Large Scale Acquisition
resources.
7.c Includes bibliographic utilities expenditures (OCLC, GPO, and cataloging tools) and memberships
(including ARL, CIC, LOCKSS, BioMed Central, CRL, arXiv, ALI, ICPSR, CLOCKSS, COUNTER,
Lyrasis, and Portico) and binding.
8–8.b FY 12 does not include fringe benefits prior years do.
10–11 Types of benefits included in rate: health/medical, group life insurance, retirement, Social Security,
long-term disability, worker’s compensation, unemployment, liability and fidelity, and staff tuition
fee remission.
14 Presentations are less often lecture-based as more librarians are embedded in courses.
17 Decrease due to trend toward electronic resources.
18, 22 Decrease reflects fewer requests due to focus on patron-driven acquisitions.
23–24 Increase is due to change in instructions to include professional degrees.
Question
Number
Footnote
PITTSBURGH, cont.
Data from the Law and Health Sciences Libraries are included in the figures reported.
8.b, 13.b Staff reduction due to early retirement offered for long-time staff.
8.c, 13.c Fewer student assistants were needed.
9 Additional building projects done to update services provided to patrons.
15 Larger classes were offered.
16 Decrease in actual patron questions requested.
17 Fewer requests. More in-library study.
21 Fewer requests from other institutions
23 More doctoral degrees this year.
PRINCETON
Library branches included: East Asian, Marquand Art, Stokes Public &International Affairs, Music,
Architecture, Mudd Archives, Lewis Science, Engineering, and Furth Plasma Physics.
10 Retirement plan benefits, the University’s share of FICA taxes, medical insurance, life insurance, long-
term disability insurance, worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance, occupational medicine
services provided through University Health Services, staff educational assistance, subsidized
employee cafeterias, childcare subsidies, and mass transit subsidies.
18 This figure is not based on COUNTER. It was extracted from our Link Resolver (SFX) and represents
the number of click-throughs to full text materials.
PURDUE
Library branches included: Includes the library system on the West Lafayette campus, consisting of 11
subject-oriented libraries, an undergraduate library, and an archives and special collections research
center.
2 Volumes held June 30, 2012, 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 (611), ACLS Humanities (3,144), Knovel (2,806), Springer (29,295), Safari (1,227), Stat Ref
(12), Alexander Street Press (2,578), ACS (1,292), Begell House (12), Brill (1,995), Cambridge (149),
ChemLibNetBase (859), EBSCO (3,928), eHRAF (255), Elsevier (3,029), Evans (37,370), IEEE (572), IGI
Global (1,183), Lyell Geological (359), Oxford Ref (228), RSC (1,117), Sabin (43,643), Sage (12), SIAM (377),
SourceOECD (5,008), Synthesis Digital (410), Wiley (7,722), World Scientific (408), Foundations and
Trends (67), and others.
7.a Includes backfile purchases (Elsevier, Wiley, OSA) and funds for CIC Large Scale Acquisition
resources.
7.c Includes bibliographic utilities expenditures (OCLC, GPO, and cataloging tools) and memberships
(including ARL, CIC, LOCKSS, BioMed Central, CRL, arXiv, ALI, ICPSR, CLOCKSS, COUNTER,
Lyrasis, and Portico) and binding.
8–8.b FY 12 does not include fringe benefits prior years do.
10–11 Types of benefits included in rate: health/medical, group life insurance, retirement, Social Security,
long-term disability, worker’s compensation, unemployment, liability and fidelity, and staff tuition
fee remission.
14 Presentations are less often lecture-based as more librarians are embedded in courses.
17 Decrease due to trend toward electronic resources.
18, 22 Decrease reflects fewer requests due to focus on patron-driven acquisitions.
23–24 Increase is due to change in instructions to include professional degrees.
