Footnotes · 119
Question
Number
Footnote
TEXAS, cont.
2 The volume count includes e-books such as EBL, MyILibrary, ebrary, Gale Virtual Reference, ARTFL,
CIAO, LION, Evans Early American Imprints, Making of Modern Law, Sabin Americana, Making
of America, Oxford Reference Books online, Gerritsen, History e-Book (now Humanities), OECD,
World Bank eLibrary, Annual Reviews, Si Ku Quan Shu, Old English Corpus, Heritage Quest, Stat
Reference, Thesaurus Linguae Graecae, and CHANT -Chinese Ancient Texts.
7 Includes total expenditures for library materials of $14,861,536 by the University Libraries, $1,713,630
by the Tarlton Law Library, and $1,773,689 by the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center.
8.c Includes federal work-study funds.
10 $6,028,997 fringe for salaried staff and $81,144 fringe for wage staff.
11 32% is the official designated percent for salaried staff. 8.4% is the official designated percent for wage
staff.
16.a There is a mixture of sampling and non-sampling that was used to generate this figure.
18–20 This information is not currently available.
TEXAS A&M
All figures are as of 08/31/2012.
Library branches included: Sterling C. Evans Library, Library Annex, Cushing Memorial Library,
Policy Sciences and Economics Library, West Campus Library, Medical Sciences Library at College
Station, Map and GIS Library, Technical Reference Center (Architecture Library), Jack K. Williams
Library (Galveston Library), and Texas A&M University Library at Qatar.
Library branches NOT included: Recent additions to the Texas A&M University Libraries statistics
are not included in this year’s data (data is not available). These libraries will be included in next
year’s data: Medical Sciences Library at Bryan, Medical Sciences Library at Round Rock, Medical
Sciences Library at Temple, and the Medical Sciences Library at Kingsville.
16 Increase in reference transactions is the result of use of a new software tracking system (easier to
use and thus more entries are being made) and the involvement of the Medical Sciences Library
personnel in the Libraries’ virtual reference program.
22 Percentage difference between 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 reported data is outside of ARL thresholds.
This category has been highly variable over the years even as the Libraries’ budget grew. As the
Libraries’ budget and funding changes due to economic conditions, this statistic will be closely
monitored to determine if any action should be necessitated.
TEXAS TECH
All figures are as of 08/31/2012.
Library branches included: Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library Geosciences,
Education Architecture Vietnam Archives Museum Library Harrington Library, TTUHSC/
Amarillo Montes-Gallo Library of the Health Sciences, TTUHSC/El Paso Library of the Health
Sciences, TTTUHSC/Odessa and Preston Smith HSC Library.
Data from the Law Library are included in the figures reported.
1 Southwest Collection/Special Collections reports 67,934, Law reports 160,088, HSC reports 126,529.
10 Includes workers compensation insurance, health match, TRS matching, ORP matching, opt out
health matching, lump sum vacation pool, and retiree insurance pool.
11 Main and Law report 18%, HSC reports 28%. Editor’s Note: Published figure reflects the official
designated percent for the Health Sciences Library, as this is the maximum value entered for this
question.
12 Increase reported by HSC.
Question
Number
Footnote
TEXAS, cont.
2 The volume count includes e-books such as EBL, MyILibrary, ebrary, Gale Virtual Reference, ARTFL,
CIAO, LION, Evans Early American Imprints, Making of Modern Law, Sabin Americana, Making
of America, Oxford Reference Books online, Gerritsen, History e-Book (now Humanities), OECD,
World Bank eLibrary, Annual Reviews, Si Ku Quan Shu, Old English Corpus, Heritage Quest, Stat
Reference, Thesaurus Linguae Graecae, and CHANT -Chinese Ancient Texts.
7 Includes total expenditures for library materials of $14,861,536 by the University Libraries, $1,713,630
by the Tarlton Law Library, and $1,773,689 by the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center.
8.c Includes federal work-study funds.
10 $6,028,997 fringe for salaried staff and $81,144 fringe for wage staff.
11 32% is the official designated percent for salaried staff. 8.4% is the official designated percent for wage
staff.
16.a There is a mixture of sampling and non-sampling that was used to generate this figure.
18–20 This information is not currently available.
TEXAS A&M
All figures are as of 08/31/2012.
Library branches included: Sterling C. Evans Library, Library Annex, Cushing Memorial Library,
Policy Sciences and Economics Library, West Campus Library, Medical Sciences Library at College
Station, Map and GIS Library, Technical Reference Center (Architecture Library), Jack K. Williams
Library (Galveston Library), and Texas A&M University Library at Qatar.
Library branches NOT included: Recent additions to the Texas A&M University Libraries statistics
are not included in this year’s data (data is not available). These libraries will be included in next
year’s data: Medical Sciences Library at Bryan, Medical Sciences Library at Round Rock, Medical
Sciences Library at Temple, and the Medical Sciences Library at Kingsville.
16 Increase in reference transactions is the result of use of a new software tracking system (easier to
use and thus more entries are being made) and the involvement of the Medical Sciences Library
personnel in the Libraries’ virtual reference program.
22 Percentage difference between 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 reported data is outside of ARL thresholds.
This category has been highly variable over the years even as the Libraries’ budget grew. As the
Libraries’ budget and funding changes due to economic conditions, this statistic will be closely
monitored to determine if any action should be necessitated.
TEXAS TECH
All figures are as of 08/31/2012.
Library branches included: Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library Geosciences,
Education Architecture Vietnam Archives Museum Library Harrington Library, TTUHSC/
Amarillo Montes-Gallo Library of the Health Sciences, TTUHSC/El Paso Library of the Health
Sciences, TTTUHSC/Odessa and Preston Smith HSC Library.
Data from the Law Library are included in the figures reported.
1 Southwest Collection/Special Collections reports 67,934, Law reports 160,088, HSC reports 126,529.
10 Includes workers compensation insurance, health match, TRS matching, ORP matching, opt out
health matching, lump sum vacation pool, and retiree insurance pool.
11 Main and Law report 18%, HSC reports 28%. Editor’s Note: Published figure reflects the official
designated percent for the Health Sciences Library, as this is the maximum value entered for this
question.
12 Increase reported by HSC.
