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Footnotes
Footnotes may also include errata and corrections to data from prior years not previously reported. Numbers refer
to columns in Library Data Tables and to Questionnaire numbers. Unless otherwise stated all figures are as of
06/30/2012.
Question
Number
Footnote
ALABAMA
All figures are as of 09/30/2012.
Library branches included: Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library, Angelo Bruno Business Library,
McLure Education Library, Rodgers Science and Engineering Library, Hoole Special Collections,
Communications Reading Room, Social Work Reading Room, Women’s Resource Center, and The
University of Alabama Map Library.
Data from the Law and Health Sciences Libraries are included in the figures reported.
2 782,352 e-books are included in the volume count.
8 Disproportionate increases between professional and support staff due to the fact that several
support staff members were converted to professional staff during the past fiscal year.
16 Drop in reference transactions is likely due, in part, to a shift at UA Libraries away from sampled
statistics. Reference transactions are now reported as the total number of transactions recorded by
faculty and staff in real time.
22 The purchase of several new e-journal collections, along with UA Libraries’ implementation of EDS
has resulted in lower demand for ILL services.
ALBERTA
All figures are as of 03/31/2012.
Library branches included: Augustana Campus Library, Book and Record Depository (BARD),
Bibliotheque Saint Jean, Bruce Peel Special Collections Library, Cameron Science and Technology
Library, Data Library, Herbert T. Coutts Eduction and Physical Education Library, Rutherford
Humanities and Social Sciences Library, John A. Weir Memorial Law Library, John W. Scott Health
Sciences Library, Music Library, and Winspear Business Reference Library.
Library branches NOT included: Saint Joseph’s Library.
6–9, 10, 12 Expenditures as reported in Canadian dollars — Collections Expenditures: (7a) $5,718,901 (7b)
$12,350,707 (7c) $845,834 (7) $18,915,442 Salary Expenditures: (8a) $7,851,046 (8b) $8,477,995 (8c)
$721,124 (8) $17,050,165 (10) $3,504,496 Overall Expenditures: (7) $18,915,442 (8) $17,050,165 (9)
$7,791,278 (6) $43,756,885 (12) NA/UA. NOTE: Total Salaries and Wages (Q8) EXCLUDES Fringe
Benefits Expenditures (Q10).
10 Fringe benefits include long-term disability, Canada Employment Insurance, Canada Pension Plan
contributions, Workers Compensation Board contributions, pension plan, dental and supplementary
health benefits, life insurance, Employee and Family Assistance Program contributions and critical
illness insurance.
ARIZONA
Library branches included: Main Library, Science Engineering Library, and Fine Arts Library.
Data from the Law and Health Sciences Libraries are included in the figures reported.
11 Professional 29.80%, Classified 43.70%, Student 3.10% [Main Library]. 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.
Footnotes
Footnotes may also include errata and corrections to data from prior years not previously reported. Numbers refer
to columns in Library Data Tables and to Questionnaire numbers. Unless otherwise stated all figures are as of
06/30/2012.
Question
Number
Footnote
ALABAMA
All figures are as of 09/30/2012.
Library branches included: Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library, Angelo Bruno Business Library,
McLure Education Library, Rodgers Science and Engineering Library, Hoole Special Collections,
Communications Reading Room, Social Work Reading Room, Women’s Resource Center, and The
University of Alabama Map Library.
Data from the Law and Health Sciences Libraries are included in the figures reported.
2 782,352 e-books are included in the volume count.
8 Disproportionate increases between professional and support staff due to the fact that several
support staff members were converted to professional staff during the past fiscal year.
16 Drop in reference transactions is likely due, in part, to a shift at UA Libraries away from sampled
statistics. Reference transactions are now reported as the total number of transactions recorded by
faculty and staff in real time.
22 The purchase of several new e-journal collections, along with UA Libraries’ implementation of EDS
has resulted in lower demand for ILL services.
ALBERTA
All figures are as of 03/31/2012.
Library branches included: Augustana Campus Library, Book and Record Depository (BARD),
Bibliotheque Saint Jean, Bruce Peel Special Collections Library, Cameron Science and Technology
Library, Data Library, Herbert T. Coutts Eduction and Physical Education Library, Rutherford
Humanities and Social Sciences Library, John A. Weir Memorial Law Library, John W. Scott Health
Sciences Library, Music Library, and Winspear Business Reference Library.
Library branches NOT included: Saint Joseph’s Library.
6–9, 10, 12 Expenditures as reported in Canadian dollars — Collections Expenditures: (7a) $5,718,901 (7b)
$12,350,707 (7c) $845,834 (7) $18,915,442 Salary Expenditures: (8a) $7,851,046 (8b) $8,477,995 (8c)
$721,124 (8) $17,050,165 (10) $3,504,496 Overall Expenditures: (7) $18,915,442 (8) $17,050,165 (9)
$7,791,278 (6) $43,756,885 (12) NA/UA. NOTE: Total Salaries and Wages (Q8) EXCLUDES Fringe
Benefits Expenditures (Q10).
10 Fringe benefits include long-term disability, Canada Employment Insurance, Canada Pension Plan
contributions, Workers Compensation Board contributions, pension plan, dental and supplementary
health benefits, life insurance, Employee and Family Assistance Program contributions and critical
illness insurance.
ARIZONA
Library branches included: Main Library, Science Engineering Library, and Fine Arts Library.
Data from the Law and Health Sciences Libraries are included in the figures reported.
11 Professional 29.80%, Classified 43.70%, Student 3.10% [Main Library]. 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.
