74 Footnotes
Question Number Footnote
AUBURN cont.
16 Increased number may be due to more diligent counting.
BOSTON
All figures are as of 06/30/2015.
Library branches included: Main, Law and Health Sciences.
7.c Collection support includes Memberships ($114,187), Binding ($53,340) and Document delivery
($19,730).
18–20 Relevant COUNTER reports have been gathered from as many publishers and platforms as
possible, reporting use of journal frontlists, backfiles and archives, and aggregated databases and
indexes.
26 This figure includes the Charles River Campus and the Medical Campus. Last year only the
Charles River Campus was reported. The number for fall 2014 including both is 2,487.
BOSTON COLLEGE
All figures are as of 05/31/2015.
Library branches included: Bapst, School of Social Work Library, Educational Resource Center,
Theology and Ministry Library, John J. Burns Library of Rare Books and Special Collections,
and the Catherine B. O’Connor/Weston Observatory.
1 113,375 electronic government documents are included in the title count. This figure also
includes titles from the Law Library.
2 26,295 electronic volumes added this year. This figure includes 1,741 individual titles, 869 locally
digitized, 173 eTDs, and 23,512 added for the following packages: ACLS Humanities Ebook
Project, Blackwell Reference Online, Cambridge Histories Online, Early English Books Online,
GeoScience World, Harvard University Press, Knowledge Unlatched, Human Rights Studies
Online, Loeb Classical Library, NBER working papers, Oxford Handbooks Online: Psychology,
Oxford Handbooks Online: Religion, Past Masters, PsycBooks, Royal Society of Chemistry
Complete, Sage Research Methods, Springer E-book Collections, and Translated texts for
historians. This figure also includes physical government documents: 134,268 (previously
counted separately).
10 Includes tuition remission, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, TIAA-CREF and
Fidelity retirement plans, medical insurance, dental insurance, adoption benefit, sick leave,
vacation time, and paid holidays.
12 Boston College has access to a number of databases through the Massachusetts Board of Library
Commissioners. Costs are not based on FTE, but rather the libraries and the overall population
of Massachusetts. The figure represents an estimate based on list prices from vendors involved.
13.a Vacant positions have not been included in the statistical reporting in recent years. No new
positions have been added to the libraries, although there have been upgrades from support to
professional levels. The increase in numbers reflects a number of vacant positions now being
filled.
20 Federated searching has diminished with the implementation of new tools.
24 Last year’s (2013–2014) submission included 14 LL.M. degrees, which inflated the total.
BRIGHAM YOUNG
All figures are as of 12/31/2014.
7.b The 2014 expenditures reflect several double payments (2013 invoices that were carried over
and paid in 2014). The 2013 payments, which were paid in 2014, inflated the 2014 Serials
Expenditure number by approximately $1,267,436.
11 BYU benefit rates dropped from 60.7% in 2013 to 53.3% in 2014 due to improved market
conditions, which reduced the amount needed to fund the pension program. [Main Library]
Editor’s Note: Published figure reflects the official designated percent for the Law Library
(55.35%), as this is the maximum value entered for this question.
Question Number Footnote
AUBURN cont.
16 Increased number may be due to more diligent counting.
BOSTON
All figures are as of 06/30/2015.
Library branches included: Main, Law and Health Sciences.
7.c Collection support includes Memberships ($114,187), Binding ($53,340) and Document delivery
($19,730).
18–20 Relevant COUNTER reports have been gathered from as many publishers and platforms as
possible, reporting use of journal frontlists, backfiles and archives, and aggregated databases and
indexes.
26 This figure includes the Charles River Campus and the Medical Campus. Last year only the
Charles River Campus was reported. The number for fall 2014 including both is 2,487.
BOSTON COLLEGE
All figures are as of 05/31/2015.
Library branches included: Bapst, School of Social Work Library, Educational Resource Center,
Theology and Ministry Library, John J. Burns Library of Rare Books and Special Collections,
and the Catherine B. O’Connor/Weston Observatory.
1 113,375 electronic government documents are included in the title count. This figure also
includes titles from the Law Library.
2 26,295 electronic volumes added this year. This figure includes 1,741 individual titles, 869 locally
digitized, 173 eTDs, and 23,512 added for the following packages: ACLS Humanities Ebook
Project, Blackwell Reference Online, Cambridge Histories Online, Early English Books Online,
GeoScience World, Harvard University Press, Knowledge Unlatched, Human Rights Studies
Online, Loeb Classical Library, NBER working papers, Oxford Handbooks Online: Psychology,
Oxford Handbooks Online: Religion, Past Masters, PsycBooks, Royal Society of Chemistry
Complete, Sage Research Methods, Springer E-book Collections, and Translated texts for
historians. This figure also includes physical government documents: 134,268 (previously
counted separately).
10 Includes tuition remission, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, TIAA-CREF and
Fidelity retirement plans, medical insurance, dental insurance, adoption benefit, sick leave,
vacation time, and paid holidays.
12 Boston College has access to a number of databases through the Massachusetts Board of Library
Commissioners. Costs are not based on FTE, but rather the libraries and the overall population
of Massachusetts. The figure represents an estimate based on list prices from vendors involved.
13.a Vacant positions have not been included in the statistical reporting in recent years. No new
positions have been added to the libraries, although there have been upgrades from support to
professional levels. The increase in numbers reflects a number of vacant positions now being
filled.
20 Federated searching has diminished with the implementation of new tools.
24 Last year’s (2013–2014) submission included 14 LL.M. degrees, which inflated the total.
BRIGHAM YOUNG
All figures are as of 12/31/2014.
7.b The 2014 expenditures reflect several double payments (2013 invoices that were carried over
and paid in 2014). The 2013 payments, which were paid in 2014, inflated the 2014 Serials
Expenditure number by approximately $1,267,436.
11 BYU benefit rates dropped from 60.7% in 2013 to 53.3% in 2014 due to improved market
conditions, which reduced the amount needed to fund the pension program. [Main Library]
Editor’s Note: Published figure reflects the official designated percent for the Law Library
(55.35%), as this is the maximum value entered for this question.
