97 ARL Statistics 2014–2015
Question Number Footnote
NEW YORK cont.
8 Increased personnel costs due to Abu Dhabi and Shanghai growth and moves from interim to
permanent campuses.
8.a Increased staffing due to Abu Dhabi and Shanghai growth and moves from interim to
permanent campuses.
10 Increased fringe expenses related to increased staffing for Abu Dhabi’s and Shanghai’s move to
permanent campuses.
11 Editor’s Note: Published figure reflects the official designated percent for the Health Sciences
Library (35.4%), as this is the maximum value entered for this question.
13.c Increase due to the addition of student workers in FY15 for Dibner and Shanghai libraries.
14–15 Increase due to the addition of Shanghai and Dibner data collected in FY15.
16 Variance due to modification of data reporting methodology.
18 Increased COUNTER compliant vendor data available, growth in full text availability.
19 Decrease in COUNTER compliant data reported due to fewer vendors reporting.
20 Comparable data not being reported by vendors.
24–27, 29 Increase due to Tandon School of Engineering statistics reported for the first time.
NORTH CAROLINA
All figures are as of 06/30/2015.
13 Increase due to revised statistical procedures.
NORTH CAROLINA STATE
Library branches included: Library Branches Included: Main campus libraries D.H. Hill and
James B. Hunt Jr. Design, Natural Resources, Veterinary Medicine, African-American Cultural
Center, and College of Education Media and Educational Technology and Research Center.
4 Increase due to addition of ECCO records.
7.a Increase due to receipt of $1,400,000 one-time university funds in FY2014/15.
7.c Includes bibliographic utilities, document delivery, association memberships, storage, and
binding expenditures.
8.b Decrease due to personnel reduction-in-force resulting from State budget cuts.
9 Increase due to early buy-out of technology infrastructure leases of $900,000.
11 Faculty/staff fringe benefits rate is 30% Graduate assistants 15% Undergraduates .80%.
14 Decrease due to drop in first-year undergraduate course sections and reclassifying graduate
research workshops with one person as consultations starting this FY.
17 Initial circulations have continued to decrease at a steady pace every year since a large decline in
FY2010.
19 Database searches have increased every year over the last five years, a total of 113% since FY2011.
20 Decrease in federated searches possibly due to some of the Summon searches going to other
databases directly (i.e., being picked up in regular searches due to a new referral mechanism).
21 Increase due to NCSU Libraries becoming a full lending partner with RapidILL in September
2014.
26 Reported the same data as last year, i.e., fall 2014, due to change in the UNC System census date
for personnel head counts.
NORTHWESTERN
All figures are as of 08/31/2015.
1, 4 Northwestern migrated to a new library system that perhaps has better counting options than
the previous system.
Question Number Footnote
NEW YORK cont.
8 Increased personnel costs due to Abu Dhabi and Shanghai growth and moves from interim to
permanent campuses.
8.a Increased staffing due to Abu Dhabi and Shanghai growth and moves from interim to
permanent campuses.
10 Increased fringe expenses related to increased staffing for Abu Dhabi’s and Shanghai’s move to
permanent campuses.
11 Editor’s Note: Published figure reflects the official designated percent for the Health Sciences
Library (35.4%), as this is the maximum value entered for this question.
13.c Increase due to the addition of student workers in FY15 for Dibner and Shanghai libraries.
14–15 Increase due to the addition of Shanghai and Dibner data collected in FY15.
16 Variance due to modification of data reporting methodology.
18 Increased COUNTER compliant vendor data available, growth in full text availability.
19 Decrease in COUNTER compliant data reported due to fewer vendors reporting.
20 Comparable data not being reported by vendors.
24–27, 29 Increase due to Tandon School of Engineering statistics reported for the first time.
NORTH CAROLINA
All figures are as of 06/30/2015.
13 Increase due to revised statistical procedures.
NORTH CAROLINA STATE
Library branches included: Library Branches Included: Main campus libraries D.H. Hill and
James B. Hunt Jr. Design, Natural Resources, Veterinary Medicine, African-American Cultural
Center, and College of Education Media and Educational Technology and Research Center.
4 Increase due to addition of ECCO records.
7.a Increase due to receipt of $1,400,000 one-time university funds in FY2014/15.
7.c Includes bibliographic utilities, document delivery, association memberships, storage, and
binding expenditures.
8.b Decrease due to personnel reduction-in-force resulting from State budget cuts.
9 Increase due to early buy-out of technology infrastructure leases of $900,000.
11 Faculty/staff fringe benefits rate is 30% Graduate assistants 15% Undergraduates .80%.
14 Decrease due to drop in first-year undergraduate course sections and reclassifying graduate
research workshops with one person as consultations starting this FY.
17 Initial circulations have continued to decrease at a steady pace every year since a large decline in
FY2010.
19 Database searches have increased every year over the last five years, a total of 113% since FY2011.
20 Decrease in federated searches possibly due to some of the Summon searches going to other
databases directly (i.e., being picked up in regular searches due to a new referral mechanism).
21 Increase due to NCSU Libraries becoming a full lending partner with RapidILL in September
2014.
26 Reported the same data as last year, i.e., fall 2014, due to change in the UNC System census date
for personnel head counts.
NORTHWESTERN
All figures are as of 08/31/2015.
1, 4 Northwestern migrated to a new library system that perhaps has better counting options than
the previous system.
