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RLI 282 ARL Library Budgets after the Great Recession, 2011–13 6 RESEARCH LIBRARY ISSUES: A REPORT FROM ARL, CNI, AND SPARC 2013 In FY11–12 89% of reporting libraries had administrative budgets that did not keep up with inflation, that is increased less than 3%, remained static, or were reduced from the previous year (see Figures 5 and 6). Figure 5. Compared to the FY2010–2011 budget, the FY2011–2012 budget for all non-material items: Figure 6. Compared to the FY2011–2012 budget, the FY2012–2013 budget for all non-material items: Total Responses = 95 Response Count Response Percent Stayed the same 22 23% Increased 1-3% 33 35% Increased 4-6% 9 10% Increased 7-9% 1 1% Increased 10% or more 0 0% Decreased 1-3% 22 23% Decreased 4-6% 4 4% Decreased 7-9% 1 1% Decreased 10% or more 3 3% N=4 N=5 N=11 N=3 N=14 N=15 N=1 N=4 N=4 N=1 N=2 N=1 N=1 N=2 N=4 N=17 N=2 N=1 N=2 N=1 Canadian US Private US Public Non Academic Total Responses = 100 Response Count Response Percent Stayed the same 26 26% Increased 1-3% 40 40% Increased 4-6% 13 13% Increased 7-9% 4 4% Increased 10% or more 2 2% Decreased 1-3% 11 11% Decreased 4-6% 2 2% Decreased 7-9% 1 1% Decreased 10% or more 1 1% N=7 N=18 N=3 N=17 N=18 N=4 N=8 N=1 N=1 N=1 N=8 N=2 N=1 N=1 N=2 N=1 N=2 N=1 N=2 N=2 Canadian US Private US Public Non Academic

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RLI 282 ARL Library Budgets after the Great Recession, 2011–13 6 RESEARCH LIBRARY ISSUES: A REPORT FROM ARL, CNI, AND SPARC 2013 In FY11–12 89% of reporting libraries had administrative budgets that did not keep up with inflation, that is increased less than 3%, remained static, or were reduced from the previous year (see Figures 5 and 6). Figure 5. Compared to the FY2010–2011 budget, the FY2011–2012 budget for all non-material items: Figure 6. Compared to the FY2011–2012 budget, the FY2012–2013 budget for all non-material items: Total Responses = 95 Response Count Response Percent Stayed the same 22 23% Increased 1-3% 33 35% Increased 4-6% 9 10% Increased 7-9% 1 1% Increased 10% or more 0 0% Decreased 1-3% 22 23% Decreased 4-6% 4 4% Decreased 7-9% 1 1% Decreased 10% or more 3 3% N=4 N=5 N=11 N=3 N=14 N=15 N=1 N=4 N=4 N=1 N=2 N=1 N=1 N=2 N=4 N=17 N=2 N=1 N=2 N=1 Canadian US Private US Public Non Academic Total Responses = 100 Response Count Response Percent Stayed the same 26 26% Increased 1-3% 40 40% Increased 4-6% 13 13% Increased 7-9% 4 4% Increased 10% or more 2 2% Decreased 1-3% 11 11% Decreased 4-6% 2 2% Decreased 7-9% 1 1% Decreased 10% or more 1 1% N=7 N=18 N=3 N=17 N=18 N=4 N=8 N=1 N=1 N=1 N=8 N=2 N=1 N=1 N=2 N=1 N=2 N=1 N=2 N=2 Canadian US Private US Public Non Academic

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RLI 282 ARL Library Budgets after the Great Recession, 2011–13 5 RESEARCH LIBRARY ISSUES: A REPORT FROM ARL, CNI, AND SPARC 2013 In FY11–12, four years after the initial fiscal 2008 collapse, 52% of respondents reported flat or declining acquisition budgets. There were 19 libraries (20%) that reported increases of 3% or less, and that means that purchasing capacity was not keeping up with inflation. Taken together these figures mean that 72% of the ARL library acquisition budgets reflected a reduced access to information on campus. In FY12– 13 there is a trend toward some improvement. The number of member libraries unable to keep up with inflation had declined to 58%. Or to put it positively, 42% received acquisition increases greater than 3%, albeit some sectors of the industry increased prices faster still. Turning to the topic of administrative budgets, it is important to note that the HEPI has over the long- term inflated faster than the CPI, effectively nullifying small increases in library administrative budgets that have personnel costs as their largest component. “HEPI is a more accurate indicator of changes in costs for colleges and universities than the more familiar Consumer Price Index. It measures the average relative level of prices in a fixed basket of goods and services purchased by colleges and universities each year through current fund educational and general expenditures, excluding research.”6 During the period since 2008 while administrative budgets were being battered, HEPI continued increasing (see Figure 4).7 Figure 4. Comparison of HEPI and CPI 2008–2012 HEPI CPI 2008 2010 2009 2011 2012 4% 5% 3% 2% 1% 0% 5% 2.3% .9% 2.3% 1.7% 3.7% 1.4% 1% 2% 2.9%

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RLI 282 ARL Library Budgets after the Great Recession, 2011–13 7 RESEARCH LIBRARY ISSUES: A REPORT FROM ARL, CNI, AND SPARC 2013 HEPI FY12–13 figures are not available as yet. All the same, the administrative budget numbers are worse than those for the acquisition portion of the budget and probably reflect some shifting of resources out of administrative budgets to assist in bolstering acquisitions. ARL members reported employing this strategy to preserve acquisitions during the previous three years.8 The FY12–13 numbers for administrative budgets showed little improvement with 81% of reporting libraries receiving budget allocations that did not keep up with inflation, that is increased less than 3%, were static, or were reduced from the FY11–12. The third question in the survey asks about increases in staff salaries (see Figures 7 and 8). Figure 7. What, if any, salary increases were provided for your staff, excluding any promotion or retention related raises? (FY2011) Figure 8. What, if any, salary increases were provided for your staff, excluding any promotion or retention related raises? (FY2012) As can be seen, the results for both years were nearly identical with 61–63% of members giving all eligible staff some increase and 23–24% giving selective raises. A number of strategies were used to accomplish this seemingly counter-intuitive result. In the “Ten-Minute Survey” respondents were not asked specifically how funding was found to implement salary increases. However, in prior years the survey asked more detailed questions about how staff increases were managed.9 In order to garner savings in personnel budgets that could then be allocated to staff pay increases a number of strategies were noted: Total Responses = 95 Response Count Response Percent All eligible staff received some increase 60 63% Staff increases were given to selective categories 22 23% No staff received increases 13 14% N=6 N=22 N=29 N=3 N=4 N=1 N=15 N=2 N=1 N=11 N=1 Canadian US Private US Public Non Academic Total Responses = 100 Response Count Response Percent All eligible staff received some increase 61 61% Staff increases were given to selective categories 24 24% No staff received increases 15 15% N=8 N=22 N=30 N=1 N=5 N=2 N=16 N=12 N=3 N=1 Canadian US Private US Public Non Academic

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