144 Representative Documents: Sharing Collection Data
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
Programs and Services Fiscal Year 2014 (excerpts)
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/ocpl/anreports/fy2014.pdf
Library Operations
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Table 2: Collection Activities
Acquisitions and Processing FY2014 FY2013 FY2012
Active Serial Subscriptions 17,439 18,343 19,184
Items Processed11
Serial Pieces 94,738 99,891 101,294
Monographs (pre-1914)12 1,218 336 715
Monographs (1914- )19,367 16,530 17,012
Audiovisuals13 241 683 1,335
Prints and Photographs 1,364 1,397 47,982
Total 134,367 137,180 168,338
Archival Materials Acquired
Modern Manuscripts (in linear feet) 157 120 497
Expenditures
Publications $11,571,597 $11,033,522 $10,207,330
Rare Books, Manuscripts, and other Historical
Materials $299,841 $299,948 $299,584
Total14 $11,871,438 $11,333,470 $10,506,914
Preservation
Volumes Bound 14,516 14,903 15,000
Volumes Repaired Onsite15 685 994 2,346
Audiovisuals Preserved 811 632 534
Historical Volumes Conserved 583 375 997
Pages Digitized16 413,550 540,830 643,372
11 Items processed: Serial issues, monographs and nonprint receipts processed.
12 Monographs (pre-1914) includes historical manuscripts (those written prior to the year 1600).
13 Audiovisuals became a separate tracking category in FY2012. For prior year reports, Audiovisuals were grouped with
Monographs (1914- ).
14 Used to be reported in “Publications” prior to FY2012 and “Rare Books” was a portion of the amount.
15 Volumes repaired onsite: General Collection monographs and serials only.
16 Number excludes digitization projects not associated with the Digital Collections Repository, e.g., Profiles in Science.