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ARL Supplementary Statistics Survey, 2004/2005 (Refer to footnotes below for complete information)

               Number of Networked Electronic Resources:

        1)  Number of electronic journals purchased  34,398

        2)  Number of electronic "full-text" journals purchased  12,302

        3)  Number of electronic journals not purchased  4,477

        4)  Number of electronic reference sources  298

        5)  Number of electronic books  58,802

        Expenditures for Networked Electronic Resources

        6)  Expenditures reported in Canadian dollars?

                            No  Main Library

                            No  Law Library

                            No  Health Science Library

        7)  Expenditures for current electronic journals purchased  $800,990

        8)  Expenditures for electronic "full-text" journals  $1,251,451

        9)  Expenditures for electronic reference sources  $1,877,291

        10)  Expenditures for electronic books  $276,500

        Use of Networked Electronic Resources and Services

        11)  Number of virtual reference transactions  9,828

        12)  Does your library offer federated searching across networked electronic
               resources?

                                        Yes  Main Library

                                        Yes  Law Library

                                        Yes  Health Science Library

        13)  Number of sessions (logins) to databases or services  0

            a)  Number of resources for which you are reporting  50,000

        14)  Number of searches (queries) in databases or services  0

             a)  Number of resources for which you are reporting  50,000

        15)  Number of successful full-text article requests  0

            a)  Number of resources for which you are reporting  50,000

        16)  Number of virtual visits

            a)  Number of virtual visits to library's website  20,049,102

            b)  Number of virtual visits to library's catalog  11,478

            c)  Excludes virtual visits from inside the library?

                                No  Main Library

                                No  Law Library

                                No  Health Science Library

        Library Digitization Activities

        17)  Number and Size of Library Digital Collections

            a)  Number of Collections  19

            b)  Size (in megabytes)  18,281

            c)  Items  48,408

        18)  Use of Library Digital Collections

            a)  Number of times items accessed  307,757

            b)  Number of queries conducted  330

        19)  Direct cost of digital collections construction and management

            a)  Direct cost of personnel  $185,323

            b)  Direct cost of equipment, software or contracted services  $17,600

        20)  Volumes Held Collectively  0

        Footnotes

        #7:  Actual amount is higher. Perkins Library System data omitted.

        #13, 14 & 15:  Items answered with a 0 indicate responses that cannot be accurately answered given the definitions supplied in the questionnaire. Any other response would not truly represent accurate statistics or values related to digital collections at Duke.

        #13a, 14a & 15a:  Approximate amount.

        #16a:  Actual amount is higher. Perkins Library System and Law Library data omitted.

        #16b:  Actual amount is higher, only the Medical Center Library was able to provide this data.

        #18a & 18b:  Actual amount is higher, only the Medical Center Library was able to provide this data.
 

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