86 Footnotes
Question Number Footnote
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Library branches included: Eckles Library, Virginia Science and Technology Campus Library.
1 GW Libraries acquired the collections of the Corcoran School of Art &Design Library.
7.a FY14 numbers included an unusual number of purchases from the previous year as was noted in
last year’s data. This figure is more in line with our normal purchasing pattern.
7.b More money was moved from one-time to continuation purchases as more resources are digital
and require ongoing commitments.
13.a Includes 3 full-time contract archivists.
13.c Reflects a change in counting this year. FTE =.375x headcount (Average=15 hours/week.)In
prior years, FTE=.5x headcount.
18 Non COUNTER stats for Summon, ArtStor, Britannica and LexisNexis
19 There was a dramatic decline in Summon Discovery layer statistics. Some of this may be
attributable to our use of a BentoBox “All” search added in this time frame. However, we have
included numbers from that interface as appropriate and the number is still a sharp decline.
Non COUNTER stats from LexisNexis and Britannica
21 The number of ILL requests other libraries submitted to us declined 6.7%, while consortium
requests submitted to us declined 12.7%.
24 GW has experienced decline in graduate student enrollment.
30 GW experienced a downturn in part-time graduate student enrollment.
GEORGETOWN
All figures are as of 06/20/2015.
Library branches included: ARL Statistics include all Georgetown University Libraries. Main
Library includes Blommer Science Library (Main Campus), School of Continuing Studies
Library (SCS Campus), Joseph Mark Lauinger Memorial Library (Main Campus), Georgetown
University School of Foreign Service in Qatar Library (Doha Campus), Woodstock Theological
Library (Main Campus), and the Bioethics Research Library (Main Campus). Health Science
Library includes Dahlgren Memorial Library. Law Library includes the Edward Bennett
Williams Law Library and the John Wolff International &Comparative Law Library.
Library branches NOT included: No libraries were excluded.
8.b Main Library survey has increased because more positions were filled in FY15.
13.c Main Library survey has increased because the Bioethics Library began new evening and
weekend hours staffed by students.
15 Main Library survey has increased because more library departments were asked to provide
their headcounts for group presentations. This is a more inclusive figure than was previously
reported.
16 Main Library survey has decreased because we switched from sampling to actual counts to
gather our reference statistics.
22 The institution-level, aggregated total has decreased due to a decrease for Main Library.
Georgetown patrons using the Main Library submitted fewer requests in FY15 than in FY14. We
believe this was due to the poor performance of one of our Article delivery platforms.
GEORGIA
13.c This number is based on the total number of hours worked by student assistants in the 2014–
2015 fiscal year, divided by the number of hours a full time staff would work in that year.
24 In previous years the UGA Libraries did not include professional degrees in this part of the Main
Library survey. However, per ARL instructions we have submitted the total number of general
doctoral degrees, plus professional degrees of Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.), and Doctor of
Veterinary Medicine (DVM). These two professional degrees make up 425 of the total degrees
awarded the more general degrees, PhD, etc., make up 467 of this number.
Question Number Footnote
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Library branches included: Eckles Library, Virginia Science and Technology Campus Library.
1 GW Libraries acquired the collections of the Corcoran School of Art &Design Library.
7.a FY14 numbers included an unusual number of purchases from the previous year as was noted in
last year’s data. This figure is more in line with our normal purchasing pattern.
7.b More money was moved from one-time to continuation purchases as more resources are digital
and require ongoing commitments.
13.a Includes 3 full-time contract archivists.
13.c Reflects a change in counting this year. FTE =.375x headcount (Average=15 hours/week.)In
prior years, FTE=.5x headcount.
18 Non COUNTER stats for Summon, ArtStor, Britannica and LexisNexis
19 There was a dramatic decline in Summon Discovery layer statistics. Some of this may be
attributable to our use of a BentoBox “All” search added in this time frame. However, we have
included numbers from that interface as appropriate and the number is still a sharp decline.
Non COUNTER stats from LexisNexis and Britannica
21 The number of ILL requests other libraries submitted to us declined 6.7%, while consortium
requests submitted to us declined 12.7%.
24 GW has experienced decline in graduate student enrollment.
30 GW experienced a downturn in part-time graduate student enrollment.
GEORGETOWN
All figures are as of 06/20/2015.
Library branches included: ARL Statistics include all Georgetown University Libraries. Main
Library includes Blommer Science Library (Main Campus), School of Continuing Studies
Library (SCS Campus), Joseph Mark Lauinger Memorial Library (Main Campus), Georgetown
University School of Foreign Service in Qatar Library (Doha Campus), Woodstock Theological
Library (Main Campus), and the Bioethics Research Library (Main Campus). Health Science
Library includes Dahlgren Memorial Library. Law Library includes the Edward Bennett
Williams Law Library and the John Wolff International &Comparative Law Library.
Library branches NOT included: No libraries were excluded.
8.b Main Library survey has increased because more positions were filled in FY15.
13.c Main Library survey has increased because the Bioethics Library began new evening and
weekend hours staffed by students.
15 Main Library survey has increased because more library departments were asked to provide
their headcounts for group presentations. This is a more inclusive figure than was previously
reported.
16 Main Library survey has decreased because we switched from sampling to actual counts to
gather our reference statistics.
22 The institution-level, aggregated total has decreased due to a decrease for Main Library.
Georgetown patrons using the Main Library submitted fewer requests in FY15 than in FY14. We
believe this was due to the poor performance of one of our Article delivery platforms.
GEORGIA
13.c This number is based on the total number of hours worked by student assistants in the 2014–
2015 fiscal year, divided by the number of hours a full time staff would work in that year.
24 In previous years the UGA Libraries did not include professional degrees in this part of the Main
Library survey. However, per ARL instructions we have submitted the total number of general
doctoral degrees, plus professional degrees of Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.), and Doctor of
Veterinary Medicine (DVM). These two professional degrees make up 425 of the total degrees
awarded the more general degrees, PhD, etc., make up 467 of this number.
