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ARL PRESERVATION STATISTICS QUESTIONNAIRE, 2002/2003

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 Preservation supervisor's job title?  Preservation Officer

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      3

            4b. FTE Support Staff    6.25

             4c. FTE Student Assistants   1.00

             4d. FTE Total Staff    10.25

    5. How many FTE staff are engaged in preservation activities library-wide (including staff reported in question #4 above)?

            5a. FTE Professional staff    3.61

            5b. FTE Support Staff    7.75

            5c. FTE Student Assistants   1.06

            5d. FTE Total Staff   12.42

       

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 $   168,858  

        6b. Support staff $   210,754  

        6c. Student assistants $   13,073

        6d. TOTAL expenditures for preservation staff $  380,072

    7. Contract expenditures

        7a. Contract conservation $   4,928

        7b. Contract commercial binding $   282,170

        7c. Contract preservation photocopying $   3,216

        7d. Contract preservation microfilming $   0

        7e. Other contract expenditures $   0

        7f. TOTAL contract expenditures $   293,987

    8. Preservation supplies $   71,489

    9. Preservation equipment $   51,023

    10. TOTAL preservation expenditures (add lines 6d, 7f, 8, & 9) $  792,897

    11. Total preservation expenditures that came from external sources $   0

CONSERVATION TREATMENT

    12. Number of volumes/pamphlets given level 1 conservation treatment   12,319

    13. Number of volumes/pamphlets given level 2 conservation treatment   845

    14. Number of volumes/pamphlets given level 3 conservation treatment   29

    15. TOTAL number of volumes/pamphlets given conservation treatment
    (add lines 12, 13, & 14)  13,193

    16. Number of unbound sheets given conservation treatment  69

    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   22

    20. Number of custom-fitted protective enclosures constructed  2,517

COMMERCIAL BINDING

    21. Number of volumes commercially bound   43,107

PRESERVATION REFORMATTING

    22. Number of bound volumes/pamphlets reformatted in their entirety

            22a. photocopied    35

            22b. microfilmed   0

            22c.digitized (optional)   7  

    23. Number of single, unbound sheets reformatted (e.g., one side of one manuscript page, one map)

            23a. photocopied   0

            23b. microfilmed   0

            23c. digitized (optional)   0

    24. Number of photographs and non-paper items (e.g., audio tapes, motion picture film) reformatted

            24a. by analog means   40

            24b. by digital means   0

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:

    #4a. #5a. #6a.  Increase due to the hiring of a Collections Conservator and a temporary Collection Assessment Librarian.
    #7a. #7e.  Decrease due to fewer items contracted for conservation.
    #8. #9.  Increase due to the creation of a new conservation lab.
    #22b.  Decrease apparent because of a microfilming grant used last year to reformat some bound volumes.  The grant was not available this year.
    #23a. #23c. #24a. #24b.  Decrease apparent because a reformatting project took place last year and did not occur this year.
 

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