78 · ARL Statistics 2011–2012
Question
Number
Footnote
ARIZONA STATE
Library branches included: ASU Tempe, ASU West, ASU Polytechnic, ASU Downtown Phoenix,
Special Collections, and Law Library.
4 Increased e-book preferred and PDA purchases also 34,398 vendor records loaded to growing and
previously uncataloged e-book packages.
9 Large purchases and roll over balances from FY2011.
16 Continuing trend of fewer in-person reference transactions perhaps under-reported.
17 Increased use of e-books, e-resources.
19 Increased use of electronic databases.
27 Fewer part time students.
AUBURN
All figures are as of 09/30/2012.
Library branches included: Architecture, Design, and Construction Library, Charles Cary Veterinary
Medical Library.
2 Includes all formats.
4 EBSCO E-books (was Netlibrary): 9,454 ECCO: 136,061 Electronic Theses and Dissertations: 3,300
National Academies Press: 2,800 Office of Scientific and Technical Information docs: 89,013 Serial Set
docs: 230,097 Springer: 1,634, Misc (mostly US Govt Docs): 348,724.
6, 8 This decrease is mainly due to the temporary decrease (vacancies) in the professional staff salaries
reported in question 8a.
7.a Decrease in one-time expenditures due to large journal backfile purchases in previous year.
7.c Bindery plus a small amount of ILL from materials budget
8.a Decrease due to vacancies -several positions not filled until late in this fiscal year. No positions were
lost.
9 Decrease mainly in administrative operating expenses -monies transferred to collections.
10 a) On-the-Job Injury, b) FICA, c) Unemployment, d) Mandatory Retirement, e) Voluntary
Retirement Matching, f) Retiree Insurance (PEEHIP), g) Life insurance, h) Long-Term Disability, i)
Health Insurance, j) Employee Tuition Reimbursement, k) Termination Payments, l) Professional
Improvement Leave Payments.
12 State academic consortium purchase of shared e-book collections and ILL courier service, state
virtual library support for Alabama Virtual Library and Ala. Publ. Lib. Service purchase of statewide
databases. Previous years’ reports may have misreported payments for OCLC and consortia
membership, rather than benefits received.
13.a Increase due to several positions unfilled in late FY11 but filled during FY12.
16 Number of ref transactions 2010–11 revised to 90,116.
18 In previous years non-COUNTER data were also entered.
22 Full implementation of Rapid and ILLIAD upgrade -more automated and patron-driven process
seems to account for much of the increase.
25 FT instructional faculty 2010–11 revised to 1,196.
26 FT students 2010–11 revised to 21,343.
27 PT students 2010–11 revised to 3,735.
28 FT grad students 2010–2011 revised to 2,616.
Question
Number
Footnote
ARIZONA STATE
Library branches included: ASU Tempe, ASU West, ASU Polytechnic, ASU Downtown Phoenix,
Special Collections, and Law Library.
4 Increased e-book preferred and PDA purchases also 34,398 vendor records loaded to growing and
previously uncataloged e-book packages.
9 Large purchases and roll over balances from FY2011.
16 Continuing trend of fewer in-person reference transactions perhaps under-reported.
17 Increased use of e-books, e-resources.
19 Increased use of electronic databases.
27 Fewer part time students.
AUBURN
All figures are as of 09/30/2012.
Library branches included: Architecture, Design, and Construction Library, Charles Cary Veterinary
Medical Library.
2 Includes all formats.
4 EBSCO E-books (was Netlibrary): 9,454 ECCO: 136,061 Electronic Theses and Dissertations: 3,300
National Academies Press: 2,800 Office of Scientific and Technical Information docs: 89,013 Serial Set
docs: 230,097 Springer: 1,634, Misc (mostly US Govt Docs): 348,724.
6, 8 This decrease is mainly due to the temporary decrease (vacancies) in the professional staff salaries
reported in question 8a.
7.a Decrease in one-time expenditures due to large journal backfile purchases in previous year.
7.c Bindery plus a small amount of ILL from materials budget
8.a Decrease due to vacancies -several positions not filled until late in this fiscal year. No positions were
lost.
9 Decrease mainly in administrative operating expenses -monies transferred to collections.
10 a) On-the-Job Injury, b) FICA, c) Unemployment, d) Mandatory Retirement, e) Voluntary
Retirement Matching, f) Retiree Insurance (PEEHIP), g) Life insurance, h) Long-Term Disability, i)
Health Insurance, j) Employee Tuition Reimbursement, k) Termination Payments, l) Professional
Improvement Leave Payments.
12 State academic consortium purchase of shared e-book collections and ILL courier service, state
virtual library support for Alabama Virtual Library and Ala. Publ. Lib. Service purchase of statewide
databases. Previous years’ reports may have misreported payments for OCLC and consortia
membership, rather than benefits received.
13.a Increase due to several positions unfilled in late FY11 but filled during FY12.
16 Number of ref transactions 2010–11 revised to 90,116.
18 In previous years non-COUNTER data were also entered.
22 Full implementation of Rapid and ILLIAD upgrade -more automated and patron-driven process
seems to account for much of the increase.
25 FT instructional faculty 2010–11 revised to 1,196.
26 FT students 2010–11 revised to 21,343.
27 PT students 2010–11 revised to 3,735.
28 FT grad students 2010–2011 revised to 2,616.
