ARL PRESERVATION STATISTICS QUESTIONNAIRE, 2003/2004
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 2.00
4b. FTE Support Staff 6.50
4c. FTE Student Assistants 1.50
4d. FTE Total Staff 10.00
5. How many FTE staff are engaged in preservation activities library-wide (including staff reported in question #4 above)?
5a. FTE Professional staff 2.30
5b. FTE Support Staff 7.73
5c. FTE Student Assistants 1.55
5d. FTE Total Staff 11.58
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 $ 131,355
6b. Support staff $ 220,571
6c. Student assistants $ 8,668
6d. TOTAL expenditures for preservation staff $ 360,594
7. Contract expenditures
7a. Contract conservation $ 14,068
7b. Contract commercial binding $ 263,031
7c. Contract preservation photocopying $ 0
7d. Contract preservation microfilming $ 0
7e. Other contract expenditures $ 0
7f. TOTAL contract expenditures $ 277,099
8. Preservation supplies $ 46,522
9. Preservation equipment $ 6,465
10. TOTAL preservation expenditures (add lines 6d, 7f, 8, & 9) $ 690,680
11. Total preservation expenditures that came from external sources $ 0
CONSERVATION TREATMENT
12. Number of volumes/pamphlets given level 1 conservation treatment 7,505
13. Number of volumes/pamphlets given level 2 conservation treatment 1,138
14. Number of volumes/pamphlets given level 3 conservation treatment 8
15. TOTAL number of volumes/pamphlets given conservation treatment
(add lines 12, 13, & 14) 8,651
16. Number of unbound sheets given conservation treatment 9
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 3,599
COMMERCIAL BINDING
21. Number of volumes commercially bound 40,836
PRESERVATION REFORMATTING
22. Number of bound volumes/pamphlets reformatted in their entirety
22a. photocopied 0
22b. microfilmed 0
22c.digitized 0
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 0
24. Number of photographs and non-paper items (e.g., audio tapes, motion picture film) reformatted
24a. by analog means 0
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
FOOTNOTES
7c: Decreases due to no internal preservation photocopying occurring this year.
9: Decrease apparent because a lab was created in 2002/2003; the lab is now established.
12. 14. 15. 16: Decreases due to the application of standardized preservation statistics methods.
22a. 22c. 24a: Decreases due to no preservation activity of this type occurring this year.