105 ARL Statistics 2014–2015
Question Number Footnote
ROCHESTER cont.
11 Professional staff is 28.60 percent. Support staff is 35.30 percent.
14.a Count of 294 presentations based on sampling.
15.a Count of 2,257 participants not based on sampling.
16.a Count of 1,555 reference transactions not based on sampling.
18 Includes: American Chemical Society, Cambridge, Highwire, IEEE, Informaworld, IOP, JSTOR,
OUP, Project Muse, ScienceDirect, Springer, and Wiley.
19 Includes: Proquest, EBSCOhost, Gale Cengage, and Web of Science.
RUTGERS
All figures are as of 06/30/2015.
Library branches included: Institution-level aggregated totals shown in this publication include
Newark Law Library, Camden Law Library, and libraries at universities in Camden, Newark,
and New Brunswick and Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences.
6 Significant permanent budget cut due to decrease in state appropriation.
9 Significant permanent budget cut due to decrease in state appropriation while at the same time
increasing permanent costs like inflation and contractual salary increases required reallocation
elsewhere.
10 Fringe benefits paid for professional staff and support staff.
11 Editor’s Note: Published figure reflects the official designated percent for Rutgers’ two Law
Libraries (40.45%), as this is the maximum value entered for this question.
13, 13.b Positions were held unfilled due to budget concerns and pending arrival of new leadership.
20 Statistics reported are for EDS (discovery) for January–December 2014.
24 Preliminary counts for degrees conferred October 2014, January 2015, May 2015.
25 14 PhD fields duplicated in Newark, Camden, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, and
New Brunswick.
SASKATCHEWAN
All figures are as of 04/30/2015.
Library branches included: All 7 library branches: Education &Music, Engineering, Health
Sciences, Law, Murray (Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Business), Science, and
Veterinary Medicine. Also includes Special Collections.
Library branches NOT included: Theological College libraries on campus that are not part of the
library system.
6–9, 10, 12 Expenditures as reported in Canadian dollars — Collections Expenditures: (7a) $1,692,012 (7b)
$11,389,586 (7c) $429,692 (7) $13,511,290 Salary Expenditures: (8a) $5,924,870 (8b) $3,495,720
(8c) $319,126 (8) $9,739,716 (10) $1,568,971 Overall Expenditures: (7) $13,511,290 (8) $9,739,716
(9) $1,636,046 (6) $24,887,052 (12) NA/UA. NOTE: Total Salaries and Wages (Q8) EXCLUDES
Fringe Benefits Expenditures (Q10).
6 The increase in costs over the prior year is due to the growth in library acquisitions of $976k and
is offset by lower salary costs of $209k and other operating costs of $335k.
7 Increase due to purchasing more ongoing resources during the year, which is detailed below.
7.a Subject funds expenditures decreased mainly to offset the overspending on serials.
7.b This year much of the budget’s increase went towards serial purchases accounting for about
$1M in growth and overspent by about $300k.
7.c Support costs remained relatively the same and went down slightly due to more GST rebates.
Question Number Footnote
ROCHESTER cont.
11 Professional staff is 28.60 percent. Support staff is 35.30 percent.
14.a Count of 294 presentations based on sampling.
15.a Count of 2,257 participants not based on sampling.
16.a Count of 1,555 reference transactions not based on sampling.
18 Includes: American Chemical Society, Cambridge, Highwire, IEEE, Informaworld, IOP, JSTOR,
OUP, Project Muse, ScienceDirect, Springer, and Wiley.
19 Includes: Proquest, EBSCOhost, Gale Cengage, and Web of Science.
RUTGERS
All figures are as of 06/30/2015.
Library branches included: Institution-level aggregated totals shown in this publication include
Newark Law Library, Camden Law Library, and libraries at universities in Camden, Newark,
and New Brunswick and Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences.
6 Significant permanent budget cut due to decrease in state appropriation.
9 Significant permanent budget cut due to decrease in state appropriation while at the same time
increasing permanent costs like inflation and contractual salary increases required reallocation
elsewhere.
10 Fringe benefits paid for professional staff and support staff.
11 Editor’s Note: Published figure reflects the official designated percent for Rutgers’ two Law
Libraries (40.45%), as this is the maximum value entered for this question.
13, 13.b Positions were held unfilled due to budget concerns and pending arrival of new leadership.
20 Statistics reported are for EDS (discovery) for January–December 2014.
24 Preliminary counts for degrees conferred October 2014, January 2015, May 2015.
25 14 PhD fields duplicated in Newark, Camden, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, and
New Brunswick.
SASKATCHEWAN
All figures are as of 04/30/2015.
Library branches included: All 7 library branches: Education &Music, Engineering, Health
Sciences, Law, Murray (Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Business), Science, and
Veterinary Medicine. Also includes Special Collections.
Library branches NOT included: Theological College libraries on campus that are not part of the
library system.
6–9, 10, 12 Expenditures as reported in Canadian dollars — Collections Expenditures: (7a) $1,692,012 (7b)
$11,389,586 (7c) $429,692 (7) $13,511,290 Salary Expenditures: (8a) $5,924,870 (8b) $3,495,720
(8c) $319,126 (8) $9,739,716 (10) $1,568,971 Overall Expenditures: (7) $13,511,290 (8) $9,739,716
(9) $1,636,046 (6) $24,887,052 (12) NA/UA. NOTE: Total Salaries and Wages (Q8) EXCLUDES
Fringe Benefits Expenditures (Q10).
6 The increase in costs over the prior year is due to the growth in library acquisitions of $976k and
is offset by lower salary costs of $209k and other operating costs of $335k.
7 Increase due to purchasing more ongoing resources during the year, which is detailed below.
7.a Subject funds expenditures decreased mainly to offset the overspending on serials.
7.b This year much of the budget’s increase went towards serial purchases accounting for about
$1M in growth and overspent by about $300k.
7.c Support costs remained relatively the same and went down slightly due to more GST rebates.
