ARL PRESERVATION STATISTICS QUESTIONNAIRE, 2001/2002
ADMINISTRATION
1. Does the library have a preservation administrator? yes
2. If yes, what percentage of the administrator’s total job assignment is dedicated to preservation activities and preservation program management? 100%
3. If yes, what is the job title of the person to whom the preservation administrator reports? Director of Collections Services
PERSONNEL
4. If the library has a preservation administrator who supervises staff, how many staff are in the preservation unit (including the preservation administrator)?
4a. FTE Professional staff 1
4b. FTE Support Staff 5.5
4c. FTE Student Assistants 0.89
4d. FTE Total Staff 7.39
5. How many FTE staff are engaged in preservation activities library-wide (including staff reported in question #4 above)?
5a. FTE Professional staff 1.61
5b. FTE Support Staff 7.13
5c. FTE Student Assistants 1.5
5d. FTE Total Staff 10.23
EXPENDITURES
Check one: Canadian dollars ______ U.S. dollars X
6. Salaries and wages for staff engaged in preservation activities library wide (as reported in Question #5 above)
6a. Professional staff $ 91,003
6b. Support staff $ 190,522
6c. Student assistants $ 14,853
6d. TOTAL expenditures for preservation staff $ 296,378
7. Contract expenditures
7a. Contract conservation $ 14,019
7b. Contract commercial binding $ 275,949
7c. Contract preservation photocopying $ 0
7d. Contract preservation microfilming $ 0
7e. Other contract expenditures $ 199
7f. TOTAL contract expenditures $ 290,167
8. Preservation supplies $ 38,775
9. Preservation equipment $ 4,597
10. TOTAL preservation expenditures (add lines 6d, 7f, 8, & 9) $ 629,917
11. Total preservation expenditures that came from external sources $ 200
CONSERVATION TREATMENT
12. Number of volumes/pamphlets given level 1 conservation treatment 13,649
13. Number of volumes/pamphlets given level 2 conservation treatment 1,116
14. Number of volumes/pamphlets given level 3 conservation treatment 223
15. TOTAL number of volumes/pamphlets given conservation treatment
(add lines 12, 13, & 14) 14,558
16. Number of unbound sheets given conservation treatment 7,580
17. Number of bound volumes/pamphlets mass deacidified 0
18. Number of linear feet of unbound papers mass deacidified 0
19. Number of photographs and non-paper items (e.g., audio tapes, motion
picture film) given conservation treatment 100
20. Number of custom-fitted protective enclosures constructed 962
COMMERCIAL BINDING
21. Number of volumes commercially bound 39,255
PRESERVATION REFORMATTING
22. Number of bound volumes/pamphlets reformatted in their entirety
22a. photocopied 40
22b. microfilmed 523
22c.digitized (optional) 7
23. Number of single, unbound sheets reformatted (e.g., one side of one manuscript page, one map)
23a. photocopied 11,942
23b. microfilmed 0
23c. digitized (optional) 660
24. Number of photographs and non-paper items (e.g., audio tapes, motion picture film) reformatted
24a. by analog means 4
24b. by digital means 688
FOOTNOTES
1. Law Library statistics are included: Yes
2. Medical Library statistics are included: Yes
If there are other main campus libraries that are not included, list in the footnotes section below.
3. Branch campus libraries included: We have only one campus X
4. Are there any additional footnotes? Yes X
Notes:
#4d & #5b: The 2001/2002 data are correct but they reflect that there are more staff with a lower salary total than what we reported for 2000/2001. We will be reviewing and analyzing our 2000/2001 salary and staff data for preservation and plan to resubmit our responses to these questions for 2000/2001.