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Perkins Library System, 2005/2006 ARL Statistics

Volumes

        1) Volumes held June 30, 2006         4,529,701

                a)  Volumes held June 20, 2005          4,451,756

                b)  Volumes added during year           77,945

                            i)  Volumes added during year -- Gross       78,583

                            ii)  Volumes withdrawn during the year      638       

        2)  Number of monographic volumes purchased      62,250

        3)  Basis of volume count is:        Bibliographic

Other Collections

        Serials

        4)  Total number of current serials received      49,634

            a)  Number of current serials, including periodicals, purchased      48,735

            b)  Number of current serials, including periodicals received but not purchased      899

        5)  Government documents are included in count of Current Serials:        no 

    Other Library Materials

        6)  Microform units      2,699,865

        7)  Government documents not counted elsewhere      1,248,520

        8)  Computer files      24,623

        9)  Manuscripts and archives (linear ft)      40,409

    Audiovisual Materials

        10)  Cartographic      131,878

        11)  Graphic      356,156

        12)  Audio      50,114

        13)  Film and video      63,228

Expenditures

        14)  Are the below figures in Canadian dollars?:      no
  
    Library Materials

        15)  Total library materials      $9,801,913
           
            a)  Monographs      $3,332,652

            b)  Current serials including periodicals      $6,469,261

            c)  Other library materials      ua

            d)  Miscellaneous      ua

        16)  Contract Binding      $127,017

    Salaries and Wages

        17)  Total salaries and wages      $10,884,775

            a)  Professional staff      $6,526,394

            b)  Support staff      $3,613,413

            c)  Student assistants      $399,532

        18)  Fringe benefits are included in expenditures for salaries and wages:        no

    Operating Expenditures

        19)  Other operating expenditures      $4,188,484

        20)  Total operating expenditures      $25,002,243

   Electronic Materials Expenditures

        21)  Computer files      $398,017

        22)  Electronic Serials      $2,165,474

        23)  Bibliographic utilities, networks, and consortia

            a)  From internal library sources      $32,824

            b)  From external sources      $0

        24)  Computer hardware and software      $90,109

        25)  Document delivery / Interlibrary loan     $5,825

Personnel and Public Services

    Personnel

        26)  Total FTE Staff      274

            a)  Professional staff, FTE      132

            b)  Support staff, FTE      121

            c)  Student assistants, FTE     21

    Staffed Service Points and Hours

        27)  Number of library service points      21

        28)  Number of weekly public service hours:        137 

    Instruction

        29)  Number of library presentations to groups      647

            a)  Figure based on sampling?:       no
                  
        30)  Number of total participants in group presentations reported for Question 29      9,352

                a)  Figure based on sampling?:       no                  

    Reference

        31)  Number of reference transactions      118,714

            a)  Figure based on sampling?:        yes
 
    Circulation

        32)  Number of initial circulations (excluding reserves)      280,307

        33)  Total circulations (initial and renewals, excluding reserves)      410,909

    Interlibrary Loans

        34)  Total number of filled requests for materials provided to other libraries      45,783

        35)  Total number of filled requests for materials received from other libraries or providers      28,094

Local Characteristics                                                                                       

    Ph.D. Degrees and Faculty

        36)  Number of Ph.D.s awarded in FY 2006      292

        37)  Number of fields in which Ph.D.s can be awarded      48

        38)  Number of full-time instructional faculty in FY 2006      964

   Enrollment -- Fall 2005 (totals)

        39)  Full-time students, undergraduate and graduate      13,493

        40)  Part-time students, undergraduate and graduate  582

        41)  Full-time graduate students  7,023

        42)  Part-time graduate students  518

Footnotes, see ARL publication:  http://www.arl.org/stats/annualsurveys/arlstats/arlstats06.shtml

 

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