79 ARL Statistics 2014–2015
Question Number Footnote
CHICAGO cont.
Library branches included: All library facilities are included in this submission. Biomedical
statistics primarily from the John Crerar Library are also reported on the Health Sciences
Library survey. D’Angelo Law Library statistics are also reported on the Law Library survey.
Special Collections Research Center statistics are also reported on the Special Collections
survey.
7.a Much of the decrease in FY15 reflects higher than normal expenditures following early order
placement in FY14 in anticipation of system migration.
14 Changes to the instruction program resulted in fewer instruction sessions. Additionally, fewer
tours of Mansueto were conducted.
16 More library staff utilized our reference transaction tracking systems, and more provided virtual
reference via chat and web based forms, resulting in a greater number and more reliable count
of reference transactions.
17 Transition to a new ILS resulted in decreased circulation during migration.
18 FY2013 successful full-text article requests revised to 8,561,203. FY2014 successful full-text
article requests revised to 8,150,198. For these two years, the numbers of searches from one
platform provider were mistakenly reported as the number of full-text article requests.
21–22 Transition to a new ILS resulted in decreased lending during migration.
23 Gate count includes use of the following facilities: the Joseph Regenstein Library and the John
Crerar Library. We do not have gate counts for the D’Angelo Law Library, Eckhart Library, or
the Social Services Administration Library. Additionally, entries into the Joe and Rika Mansueto
Library are not counted separately from the Joseph Regenstein Library.
28, 30 This increase is due to the way our Executive MBA students were registered in autumn 2014.
Although there were relatively the same number as in autumn 2013, the majority of them
registered as part-time students in 2014 where they had mostly been full-time in 2013.
CINCINNATI
All figures are as of 06/30/2015.
Library branches included: Overall survey statistics include all University of Cincinnati
Libraries including the main library health sciences library law library eight college and
departmental libraries (Archives and Rare Books, Chemistry-Biology, Classics, Design
Architecture, Art and Planning, Education, Criminal Justice and Human Services, Engineering
and Applied Science, Geology-Mathematics-Physics, and Music) and two regional campus
libraries (Clermont College and Blue Ash College).
4 The following e-books are included in collection packages:
657 ABC-Clio e-books. OCU
4,098 ACLS History e-books. OCU
1,222 ACS Symposium Series. OCU
192 African writers series (Online). OCU
118 Alexander Street Press. LGBT thought and culture, OCU
1,057 Alexander Street Press. Women and social movements, international. OCU
1,167 Alexander Street Press. Women and social movements: scholar’s edition. OCU
4,106 APA PsychBOOKS. OCU
16,131 Chadwyck-Healey Literature online. OCU
1,207 ClinicalKey. OCU
9,372 CRCnetBASE. OCU
827 Credo reference. OCU
220 Digital Loeb Classical Library. OCU
1,226 Directory of open access books. OCU
37,370 Early American imprints (Online). First series, Evans. OCU
38,093 Early American imprints (Online). Second series, Shaw-Shoemaker. OCU
Question Number Footnote
CHICAGO cont.
Library branches included: All library facilities are included in this submission. Biomedical
statistics primarily from the John Crerar Library are also reported on the Health Sciences
Library survey. D’Angelo Law Library statistics are also reported on the Law Library survey.
Special Collections Research Center statistics are also reported on the Special Collections
survey.
7.a Much of the decrease in FY15 reflects higher than normal expenditures following early order
placement in FY14 in anticipation of system migration.
14 Changes to the instruction program resulted in fewer instruction sessions. Additionally, fewer
tours of Mansueto were conducted.
16 More library staff utilized our reference transaction tracking systems, and more provided virtual
reference via chat and web based forms, resulting in a greater number and more reliable count
of reference transactions.
17 Transition to a new ILS resulted in decreased circulation during migration.
18 FY2013 successful full-text article requests revised to 8,561,203. FY2014 successful full-text
article requests revised to 8,150,198. For these two years, the numbers of searches from one
platform provider were mistakenly reported as the number of full-text article requests.
21–22 Transition to a new ILS resulted in decreased lending during migration.
23 Gate count includes use of the following facilities: the Joseph Regenstein Library and the John
Crerar Library. We do not have gate counts for the D’Angelo Law Library, Eckhart Library, or
the Social Services Administration Library. Additionally, entries into the Joe and Rika Mansueto
Library are not counted separately from the Joseph Regenstein Library.
28, 30 This increase is due to the way our Executive MBA students were registered in autumn 2014.
Although there were relatively the same number as in autumn 2013, the majority of them
registered as part-time students in 2014 where they had mostly been full-time in 2013.
CINCINNATI
All figures are as of 06/30/2015.
Library branches included: Overall survey statistics include all University of Cincinnati
Libraries including the main library health sciences library law library eight college and
departmental libraries (Archives and Rare Books, Chemistry-Biology, Classics, Design
Architecture, Art and Planning, Education, Criminal Justice and Human Services, Engineering
and Applied Science, Geology-Mathematics-Physics, and Music) and two regional campus
libraries (Clermont College and Blue Ash College).
4 The following e-books are included in collection packages:
657 ABC-Clio e-books. OCU
4,098 ACLS History e-books. OCU
1,222 ACS Symposium Series. OCU
192 African writers series (Online). OCU
118 Alexander Street Press. LGBT thought and culture, OCU
1,057 Alexander Street Press. Women and social movements, international. OCU
1,167 Alexander Street Press. Women and social movements: scholar’s edition. OCU
4,106 APA PsychBOOKS. OCU
16,131 Chadwyck-Healey Literature online. OCU
1,207 ClinicalKey. OCU
9,372 CRCnetBASE. OCU
827 Credo reference. OCU
220 Digital Loeb Classical Library. OCU
1,226 Directory of open access books. OCU
37,370 Early American imprints (Online). First series, Evans. OCU
38,093 Early American imprints (Online). Second series, Shaw-Shoemaker. OCU
