Footnotes · 127 Question Number Footnote SMITHSONIAN cont. 7.a Budget Sequestration reductions affected Federal buying power of monographs and other one-time resources in FY13. 7.b The overall cost of electronic resources increased, and Elsevier misquoted on the prior year’s package causing SIL to have to pay the balance of what should have been FY12 expenses in FY13. 7.c Budget Sequestration reductions affected Federal buying power in FY13 in binding and contract cataloging. 9 Budget Sequestration reductions affected Federal buying power in FY13 causing reduction of other library operating expenditures. 15 Although the number of presentations to groups was up by 15.9% over last year, the number of participants decreased by 26.8%. We do not have evidence of why, but in this year of sequestration reductions and furloughs, possibly it relates to cuts in travel and staff’s ability to attend. 16 Reference is down by 10.2% from last year, possibly reflecting a shift to self/online searches by patrons. 17 Initial circulations are down by 10.5%, possibly due to the trend toward electronic research. 18 Requests for full-text articles increased by 13.8% over last year, possibly reflecting the trend toward more self/online research. 19 Number of database searches increased by 25.3% over last year, possibly reflecting the trend toward more self/online research. 22 ILL borrowing was up 48.6% (1,675) in part due to Elsevier’s cutting off service because of their FY12 quote error and lateness of their FY13 quote and subsequent PO’s and payments thereof.
ARL Member Libraries as of January 1, 2013 · 129 ARL Member Libraries as of January 1, 2013 The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) represents the interests of 126 libraries that serve major North American research institutions. The ARL Statistics and Measurement program is organized around identifying, collecting, analyzing, and distributing quantifiable information describing the characteristics of research libraries. Institution Category Full Name of Institution Location Alabama S University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama Alberta C University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta Arizona S University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona Arizona State S Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona Auburn S Auburn University Auburn, Alabama Boston P Boston University Boston, Massachusetts Boston College P Boston College Boston, Massachusetts Brigham Young P Brigham Young University Provo, Utah British Columbia C University of British Columbia Vancouver, British Columbia Brown P Brown University Providence, Rhode Island Berkeley, California S University of California, Berkeley California, Berkeley Calgary C University of Calgary Calgary, Alberta California, Davis S University of California, Davis Davis, California California, Irvine S University of California, Irvine Irvine, California California, Los Angeles S University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California California, Riverside S University of California, Riverside Riverside, California California, San Diego S University of California, San Diego La Jolla, California California, Santa Barbara S University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, California Case Western Reserve P Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio Chicago P University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois Cincinnati S University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio Colorado S University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado Colorado State S Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colorado Columbia P Columbia University New York, New York Connecticut S University of Connecticut Storrs, Connecticut Cornell P Cornell University Ithaca, New York Dartmouth P Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire Delaware S University of Delaware Newark, Delaware Duke P Duke University Durham, North Carolina Emory P Emory University Atlanta, Georgia Florida S University of Florida Gainesville, Florida Florida State S Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida George Washington P George Washington University Washington, DC Georgetown P Georgetown University Washington, DC Georgia S University of Georgia Athens, Georgia Georgia Tech S Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia Guelph C University of Guelph Guelph, Ontario Harvard P Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts Hawaii S University of Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii