88 · ARL Statistics 2011–2012
Question
Number
Footnote
CORNELL, cont.
14 Information transaction and presentations to groups counts include only those transactions staff
recorded in Count It, CUL’s locally built system for tracking public service transactions.
16 Part of the count is extrapolated from 12 random sampling weeks. See also the previous note.
17 Includes ILL lending transactions. For the first time, Ithaca/Geneva was able to subtract all staff
processing transactions.
18 The count is for calendar year 2011. Includes counts for users in Qatar for subscriptions shared
between campuses. Includes e-journal use (HTML and PDF) of resources of COUNTER-compliant
publishers/vendors and some non-COUNTER-compliant publishers/vendors CUL tracked in
previous years (included to retain consistency 2.4% of the total downloads). The count attempts to
remove any duplication between resources, and between campus subscriptions.
21 Traditional (vs. Borrow Direct) ILL counts include some of the requests submitted by CUL patrons for
items that were available at CUL.
23 With the definitional change, this count now includes MDs, JSDs (Doctors of the Science of Law)
and DMAs (Doctors of Musical Arts) MDs were not included in the past, and JSDs and DMAs were
excluded in the past few years. The NYC count includes 99 MDs.
24 The doctoral degree fields count is higher in 2011/12 because it now includes the three NYC Tri-
Institutional Programs (MD/PhD, Computational Biology &Medicine, and Chemical Biology) not
counted in the past.
25 This year marks a change in how Ithaca/Geneva is responding to this question. We are now
reporting the sum of Ithaca/Geneva and NYC counts for the NCES measure “Primarily instruction
+Instruction/research/public service” (IPEDS HR survey Part C). Previous Ithaca/Geneva counts
did not agree with IPEDS. The most significant resulting difference is the number of academic titles
included in the Ithaca/Geneva count. Previous counts included any staff with academic titles of:
[full/]Associate/Assistant Professor Clinical [full/]Associate/Assistant Professor Acting [full/]
Associate/Assistant Professor and Instructor, Lecturer, and Sr. Lecturer. The current and future
counts will additionally include the above titles modified with “Adjunct” or “Visiting” (where
applicable), and Teaching Associate.
27 Part-time students are employees participating in the Employee Degree Program.
DARTMOUTH
Library branches included: Baker-Berry Library, Feldberg Business &Engineering Library, Kresge
Physical Sciences Library, Paddock Music Library, Rauner Special Collections, Sherman Art Library,
and Storage Library.
Data from the Health Sciences Library are included in the figures reported.
8.a Staff changes and additions at the director and librarian levels.
15 Temporary staff reductions caused a reduction in presentations.
16 Fewer brief reference transactions but more 1-on-1 consultations.
23 Raw numbers are more accurate than percentages due to the nature of the raw data.
27, 29 Raw numbers are more accurate than percentages due to the nature of the raw data for the
Biomedical Libraries.
DELAWARE
10 For 2011/2012, the fringe benefits rate for professional staff (exempt employees) was 35.4% and for
support staff (non-exempt employees) was 61.9%. The University of Delaware offers an excellent
benefits package, part of which includes comprehensive health care coverage and educational
benefits, as well as a generous 403(b) retirement plan contribution. Detailed information about the
benefits program can be found at http://www.udel.edu/Benefits/menu/index.html.
Question
Number
Footnote
CORNELL, cont.
14 Information transaction and presentations to groups counts include only those transactions staff
recorded in Count It, CUL’s locally built system for tracking public service transactions.
16 Part of the count is extrapolated from 12 random sampling weeks. See also the previous note.
17 Includes ILL lending transactions. For the first time, Ithaca/Geneva was able to subtract all staff
processing transactions.
18 The count is for calendar year 2011. Includes counts for users in Qatar for subscriptions shared
between campuses. Includes e-journal use (HTML and PDF) of resources of COUNTER-compliant
publishers/vendors and some non-COUNTER-compliant publishers/vendors CUL tracked in
previous years (included to retain consistency 2.4% of the total downloads). The count attempts to
remove any duplication between resources, and between campus subscriptions.
21 Traditional (vs. Borrow Direct) ILL counts include some of the requests submitted by CUL patrons for
items that were available at CUL.
23 With the definitional change, this count now includes MDs, JSDs (Doctors of the Science of Law)
and DMAs (Doctors of Musical Arts) MDs were not included in the past, and JSDs and DMAs were
excluded in the past few years. The NYC count includes 99 MDs.
24 The doctoral degree fields count is higher in 2011/12 because it now includes the three NYC Tri-
Institutional Programs (MD/PhD, Computational Biology &Medicine, and Chemical Biology) not
counted in the past.
25 This year marks a change in how Ithaca/Geneva is responding to this question. We are now
reporting the sum of Ithaca/Geneva and NYC counts for the NCES measure “Primarily instruction
+Instruction/research/public service” (IPEDS HR survey Part C). Previous Ithaca/Geneva counts
did not agree with IPEDS. The most significant resulting difference is the number of academic titles
included in the Ithaca/Geneva count. Previous counts included any staff with academic titles of:
[full/]Associate/Assistant Professor Clinical [full/]Associate/Assistant Professor Acting [full/]
Associate/Assistant Professor and Instructor, Lecturer, and Sr. Lecturer. The current and future
counts will additionally include the above titles modified with “Adjunct” or “Visiting” (where
applicable), and Teaching Associate.
27 Part-time students are employees participating in the Employee Degree Program.
DARTMOUTH
Library branches included: Baker-Berry Library, Feldberg Business &Engineering Library, Kresge
Physical Sciences Library, Paddock Music Library, Rauner Special Collections, Sherman Art Library,
and Storage Library.
Data from the Health Sciences Library are included in the figures reported.
8.a Staff changes and additions at the director and librarian levels.
15 Temporary staff reductions caused a reduction in presentations.
16 Fewer brief reference transactions but more 1-on-1 consultations.
23 Raw numbers are more accurate than percentages due to the nature of the raw data.
27, 29 Raw numbers are more accurate than percentages due to the nature of the raw data for the
Biomedical Libraries.
DELAWARE
10 For 2011/2012, the fringe benefits rate for professional staff (exempt employees) was 35.4% and for
support staff (non-exempt employees) was 61.9%. The University of Delaware offers an excellent
benefits package, part of which includes comprehensive health care coverage and educational
benefits, as well as a generous 403(b) retirement plan contribution. Detailed information about the
benefits program can be found at http://www.udel.edu/Benefits/menu/index.html.
