116 Footnotes
Question Number Footnote
WESTERN
All figures are as of 04/30/2015.
Library branches included: Archives and Research Collections Centre C.B. “Bud” Johnston
Library (Business) Education Library John &Dotsa Bitove Family Law Library Music Library
Allyn &Betty Taylor Library The D.B. Weldon Library and Map &Data Centre.
6–9, 10, 12 Expenditures as reported in Canadian dollars — Collections Expenditures: (7a) $2,013,987
(7b) $11,706,492 (7c) $882,454 (7) $14,602,933 Salary Expenditures: (8a) $5,262,038 (8b)
$3,952,130 (8c) $364,900 (8) $9,579,068 (10) $2,536,707 Overall Expenditures: (7) $14,602,933
(8) $9,579,068 (9) $911,663 (6) $25,093,664 (12) NA/UA. NOTE: Total Salaries and Wages (Q8)
EXCLUDES Fringe Benefits Expenditures (Q10).
7.c Includes binding, memberships, bibliographic utilities, access, and software.
8.c Student assistants provided more hours towards desk shifts and projects.
9 2013–2014 saw significant increase due to upgrading of facilities and furniture this year returns
to more typical levels.
10 Included was the actual benefit costs to Western Libraries. Western Libraries is charged
benefits at a rate of 27.5% for all full time permanent employees. Western Libraries is charged at
a rate of 13% for student assistants and contract support staff.
13.c Student assistants provided more hours towards desk shifts and projects.
17 Decrease could be attributed to multiple factors, including increase of e-book usage.
18–20 Unavailable. Western Libraries has purchased software to assist in collecting usage data and
hopes to be able to contribute this data in future surveys.
22 Fewer interlibrary loan requests from Western students/staff/faculty.
WISCONSIN
Library branches included: Main (GLS) (General Library System): Archives, Art, Astronomy,
Business, Chemistry, Undergraduate (College), Geography, Geology &Geophysics, Math,
Memorial, Music, Physics, School of Library &Information Science (SLIS), Social Science,
Social Work, Special Collections, Agriculture &Life Sciences (Steenbock), and Engineering
(Wendt). Affiliate libraries: Education (MERIT), Health (Ebling), Law, Map, and Wisconsin
Historical Society (American history).
Library branches NOT included: African American Studies, American Indian Studies Program,
Arboretum, Center for Demography &Ecology, Chican@ &Latin@ Studies, Cooperative
Children’s Book Center (CCBC), Journalism Reading Room, Max Kade German-American
Institute, Limnology Reading Room, Learning Support Services, Morgridge Center Library,
Space Science, Trout Lake Collection, University Communications Library, and the Wisconsin’s
Water Library.
7 The School of Education library (MERIT) is an affiliate library. Its expenditures are included
within Main’s totals. MERIT is a merged service unit of the School of Education. The reported
Library Expenditures—$1,576,103—covers the entire MERIT budget, including IT and media
services for the School of Education broadly.
12 In FY14, expenditures for Share Electronic Collections included up-front payments of five-year
subscriptions for ACS, IEEE, Wiley e-book packages and WorldCat subscriptions. The reported
expenditures are specific to UW-Madison. Subsequently, FY15 expenditures are significantly
less.
13 The current reported figures represent an adjustment in the process for determining staff
FTEs from previous annual reports. We assessed all staff positions directly assigned to perform
campus library services vs. unique FTEs that service agency/site specific work at affiliate
libraries.
Question Number Footnote
WESTERN
All figures are as of 04/30/2015.
Library branches included: Archives and Research Collections Centre C.B. “Bud” Johnston
Library (Business) Education Library John &Dotsa Bitove Family Law Library Music Library
Allyn &Betty Taylor Library The D.B. Weldon Library and Map &Data Centre.
6–9, 10, 12 Expenditures as reported in Canadian dollars — Collections Expenditures: (7a) $2,013,987
(7b) $11,706,492 (7c) $882,454 (7) $14,602,933 Salary Expenditures: (8a) $5,262,038 (8b)
$3,952,130 (8c) $364,900 (8) $9,579,068 (10) $2,536,707 Overall Expenditures: (7) $14,602,933
(8) $9,579,068 (9) $911,663 (6) $25,093,664 (12) NA/UA. NOTE: Total Salaries and Wages (Q8)
EXCLUDES Fringe Benefits Expenditures (Q10).
7.c Includes binding, memberships, bibliographic utilities, access, and software.
8.c Student assistants provided more hours towards desk shifts and projects.
9 2013–2014 saw significant increase due to upgrading of facilities and furniture this year returns
to more typical levels.
10 Included was the actual benefit costs to Western Libraries. Western Libraries is charged
benefits at a rate of 27.5% for all full time permanent employees. Western Libraries is charged at
a rate of 13% for student assistants and contract support staff.
13.c Student assistants provided more hours towards desk shifts and projects.
17 Decrease could be attributed to multiple factors, including increase of e-book usage.
18–20 Unavailable. Western Libraries has purchased software to assist in collecting usage data and
hopes to be able to contribute this data in future surveys.
22 Fewer interlibrary loan requests from Western students/staff/faculty.
WISCONSIN
Library branches included: Main (GLS) (General Library System): Archives, Art, Astronomy,
Business, Chemistry, Undergraduate (College), Geography, Geology &Geophysics, Math,
Memorial, Music, Physics, School of Library &Information Science (SLIS), Social Science,
Social Work, Special Collections, Agriculture &Life Sciences (Steenbock), and Engineering
(Wendt). Affiliate libraries: Education (MERIT), Health (Ebling), Law, Map, and Wisconsin
Historical Society (American history).
Library branches NOT included: African American Studies, American Indian Studies Program,
Arboretum, Center for Demography &Ecology, Chican@ &Latin@ Studies, Cooperative
Children’s Book Center (CCBC), Journalism Reading Room, Max Kade German-American
Institute, Limnology Reading Room, Learning Support Services, Morgridge Center Library,
Space Science, Trout Lake Collection, University Communications Library, and the Wisconsin’s
Water Library.
7 The School of Education library (MERIT) is an affiliate library. Its expenditures are included
within Main’s totals. MERIT is a merged service unit of the School of Education. The reported
Library Expenditures—$1,576,103—covers the entire MERIT budget, including IT and media
services for the School of Education broadly.
12 In FY14, expenditures for Share Electronic Collections included up-front payments of five-year
subscriptions for ACS, IEEE, Wiley e-book packages and WorldCat subscriptions. The reported
expenditures are specific to UW-Madison. Subsequently, FY15 expenditures are significantly
less.
13 The current reported figures represent an adjustment in the process for determining staff
FTEs from previous annual reports. We assessed all staff positions directly assigned to perform
campus library services vs. unique FTEs that service agency/site specific work at affiliate
libraries.
