112 Footnotes
Question Number Footnote
TEXAS TECH cont.
10 Includes: Worker’s Compensation Insurance, Health Match, TRS Matching, ORP Matching, Opt
Out Health Matching, Lump Sum Vacation Pool, Retiree Insurance Pool, Medicaid, Medicare,
and FICA, Social Security.
11 Editor’s Note: Published figure reflects the official designated percent for the Health Sciences
Library (29%), as this is the maximum value entered for this question.
20 Increased due to new discovery systems in place. Trend is expected to continue.
TORONTO
All figures are as of 04/30/2015.
Library branches included: All 44 libraries in the University of Toronto Library system.
8.a–8.b A large number of positions were reclassified this year and moved from ‘support’ to the
‘professional staff’ category.
11 Expenditures as reported in Canadian dollars — Collections Expenditures: (7a) $12,030,176
(7b) $18,961,504 (7c) $457,455 (7) $31,449,135 Salary Expenditures: (8a) $19,224,346 (8b)
$16,054,937 (8c) $4,484,295 (8) $39,763,578 (10) $9,406,546 Overall Expenditures: (7)
$31,449,135 (8) $39,763,578 (9) $13,321,341 (6) $84,534,054 (12) NA/UA. NOTE: Total Salaries
and Wages (Q8) EXCLUDES Fringe Benefits Expenditures (Q10).
TULANE
All figures are as of 06/30/2015.
Library branches included: Figures from Tulane’s main library (Howard-Tilton Memorial
Library) include those from the Turchin Business Library and also the Vorhoff Library at the
Newcomb Center for Research on Women. Also Tulane’s Architecture Library, Math Library,
and the Amistad Research Center.
11 Editor’s Note: Published figure reflects the official designated percent for the Health Sciences
Library (23%), as this is the maximum value entered for this question.
17 Decrease due to main library building major renovation.
20 Increase due to configuration of a greater number of databases added to those searched.
UTAH
All figures are as of 06/30/2015.
Library branches included: Main, Health Sciences, and Law (all reported individually, then
aggregated).
19 The number of searches reported for this question increased due to the fact that in previous
years we did not count consortium database usage statistics. The figure reported for FY14–15
counts both Library and Consortium resources to calculate the overall searches (database)
totals.
VANDERBILT
All figures are as of 06/30/2015.
Library branches included: For MAIN: Central, Divinity, Peabody, Management, Music, Science
&Engineering.
1, 2, 4 Major e-book collections added in 2014–15: Ebsco e-books Academic Collection Sabin
Americana updates to Early English Books Online and other smaller collections.
8.c Budget cuts and the higher department distribution for Federal Work Study wages have
necessitated a reduction in student labor.
13.b Existing vacant positions were not filled to rebalance our staffing model, to support more
directly the implementation of the campus strategic plan, and to increase engagement with the
teaching and research mission.
Question Number Footnote
TEXAS TECH cont.
10 Includes: Worker’s Compensation Insurance, Health Match, TRS Matching, ORP Matching, Opt
Out Health Matching, Lump Sum Vacation Pool, Retiree Insurance Pool, Medicaid, Medicare,
and FICA, Social Security.
11 Editor’s Note: Published figure reflects the official designated percent for the Health Sciences
Library (29%), as this is the maximum value entered for this question.
20 Increased due to new discovery systems in place. Trend is expected to continue.
TORONTO
All figures are as of 04/30/2015.
Library branches included: All 44 libraries in the University of Toronto Library system.
8.a–8.b A large number of positions were reclassified this year and moved from ‘support’ to the
‘professional staff’ category.
11 Expenditures as reported in Canadian dollars — Collections Expenditures: (7a) $12,030,176
(7b) $18,961,504 (7c) $457,455 (7) $31,449,135 Salary Expenditures: (8a) $19,224,346 (8b)
$16,054,937 (8c) $4,484,295 (8) $39,763,578 (10) $9,406,546 Overall Expenditures: (7)
$31,449,135 (8) $39,763,578 (9) $13,321,341 (6) $84,534,054 (12) NA/UA. NOTE: Total Salaries
and Wages (Q8) EXCLUDES Fringe Benefits Expenditures (Q10).
TULANE
All figures are as of 06/30/2015.
Library branches included: Figures from Tulane’s main library (Howard-Tilton Memorial
Library) include those from the Turchin Business Library and also the Vorhoff Library at the
Newcomb Center for Research on Women. Also Tulane’s Architecture Library, Math Library,
and the Amistad Research Center.
11 Editor’s Note: Published figure reflects the official designated percent for the Health Sciences
Library (23%), as this is the maximum value entered for this question.
17 Decrease due to main library building major renovation.
20 Increase due to configuration of a greater number of databases added to those searched.
UTAH
All figures are as of 06/30/2015.
Library branches included: Main, Health Sciences, and Law (all reported individually, then
aggregated).
19 The number of searches reported for this question increased due to the fact that in previous
years we did not count consortium database usage statistics. The figure reported for FY14–15
counts both Library and Consortium resources to calculate the overall searches (database)
totals.
VANDERBILT
All figures are as of 06/30/2015.
Library branches included: For MAIN: Central, Divinity, Peabody, Management, Music, Science
&Engineering.
1, 2, 4 Major e-book collections added in 2014–15: Ebsco e-books Academic Collection Sabin
Americana updates to Early English Books Online and other smaller collections.
8.c Budget cuts and the higher department distribution for Federal Work Study wages have
necessitated a reduction in student labor.
13.b Existing vacant positions were not filled to rebalance our staffing model, to support more
directly the implementation of the campus strategic plan, and to increase engagement with the
teaching and research mission.
