89 ARL Statistics 2014–2015
Question Number Footnote
ILLINOIS, URBANA
All figures are as of 6/30/2015.
Law Library Statistics not included in Questions 1–17 and question 23.
12, 20 NA
INDIANA
All figures are as of 06/30/2015.
Library branches included: All IU Bloomington Libraries, IUB Law Library, and Special
Collections (includes Lilly Rare Books Library and University Archives).
Library branches NOT included: Ruth Lilly Medical Library.
4 Includes Congressional Serials Set: 381,127 volumes.
10 Covers Retirement, Health Insurance, Tuition Benefit, Life Insurance, and Workers
Compensation.
11 Official Designated Percent varies by employee type: 39.76% for professional staff, and 39.57%
for support staff.
16 Due to remodeling projects in IUB’s main library, several service desks were closed for
significant portions of 2014–2015.
18–20 Because of incompatibilities within our reporting systems for electronic resources, we do not
feel we can produce accurate use figures for this fiscal year. We are therefore not reporting data
for lines 18–20.
23 Does not include the IUB Law Library and the Lilly Rare Books Library.
IOWA
All figures are as of 06/30/2015.
Library branches included: Art, Business, Engineering, Music, and Sciences.
1 Deleted over 155,000 suppressed bib records that had been subtracted from our total title count
each year.
2 Increase due to over 153,000 volume records added to existing records this last year (i.e., Special
Collections).
11 Rate for professional and scientific staff.
18–20 Unable to break out separate health sciences data.
IOWA STATE
All figures are as of 06/30/2015.
Library branches included: 1) Iowa State University Library -Parks Library =Main Library 2)
Veterinary Medical Library =Branch Library 3) Special Collections data is also included in this
survey.
Library branches NOT included: None.
8.a, 13.a Professional staff salaries increased. This was due to more professional staff positions that were
created.
8.b, 13.b Support staff salaries decreased 13.94%. This was due to retirements/resignations.
11 Faculty 31.5% P&S Staff 37.8% Merit 51% Students 4.6%.
21 RAPID made some slight adjustments to decrease our overall lending volume while we were
short-staffed in the ILL department. Also, in April of this year, we tightened our deflection
policies to reject requests that were below the max cost of $12, to prevent the possibility of filling
requests for libraries without adequate charges. Finally, our in-state lending requests from Iowa
public libraries, along with other Regents libraries, have decreased for the 2nd year in a row,
likely due to an increase in state funding for public libraries.
Question Number Footnote
ILLINOIS, URBANA
All figures are as of 6/30/2015.
Law Library Statistics not included in Questions 1–17 and question 23.
12, 20 NA
INDIANA
All figures are as of 06/30/2015.
Library branches included: All IU Bloomington Libraries, IUB Law Library, and Special
Collections (includes Lilly Rare Books Library and University Archives).
Library branches NOT included: Ruth Lilly Medical Library.
4 Includes Congressional Serials Set: 381,127 volumes.
10 Covers Retirement, Health Insurance, Tuition Benefit, Life Insurance, and Workers
Compensation.
11 Official Designated Percent varies by employee type: 39.76% for professional staff, and 39.57%
for support staff.
16 Due to remodeling projects in IUB’s main library, several service desks were closed for
significant portions of 2014–2015.
18–20 Because of incompatibilities within our reporting systems for electronic resources, we do not
feel we can produce accurate use figures for this fiscal year. We are therefore not reporting data
for lines 18–20.
23 Does not include the IUB Law Library and the Lilly Rare Books Library.
IOWA
All figures are as of 06/30/2015.
Library branches included: Art, Business, Engineering, Music, and Sciences.
1 Deleted over 155,000 suppressed bib records that had been subtracted from our total title count
each year.
2 Increase due to over 153,000 volume records added to existing records this last year (i.e., Special
Collections).
11 Rate for professional and scientific staff.
18–20 Unable to break out separate health sciences data.
IOWA STATE
All figures are as of 06/30/2015.
Library branches included: 1) Iowa State University Library -Parks Library =Main Library 2)
Veterinary Medical Library =Branch Library 3) Special Collections data is also included in this
survey.
Library branches NOT included: None.
8.a, 13.a Professional staff salaries increased. This was due to more professional staff positions that were
created.
8.b, 13.b Support staff salaries decreased 13.94%. This was due to retirements/resignations.
11 Faculty 31.5% P&S Staff 37.8% Merit 51% Students 4.6%.
21 RAPID made some slight adjustments to decrease our overall lending volume while we were
short-staffed in the ILL department. Also, in April of this year, we tightened our deflection
policies to reject requests that were below the max cost of $12, to prevent the possibility of filling
requests for libraries without adequate charges. Finally, our in-state lending requests from Iowa
public libraries, along with other Regents libraries, have decreased for the 2nd year in a row,
likely due to an increase in state funding for public libraries.
