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Duke University Libraries, 2007/2008 ARL Statistics

Volumes

        1) Volumes held June 30, 2008      5,950,442

            a)  Volumes held June 20, 2007      5,849,608

            b)  Volumes added during year     100,834

                    i)  Volumes added during year -- Gross      105,419

                    ii)  Volumes withdrawn during the year     4,585

        2)  Number of monographic volumes purchased      67,879

        3)  Basis of volume count is: 
                            Bibliographic  Main Library
                            Physical  Law Library
                            Bibliographic  Medical Center Library

Other Collections

    Serials

        4)  Total number of current serial titles currently received, including periodicals      61,964

            a)  Number of serial titles currently purchased      46,469

                   i) Electronic serials purchased      35,376

                   ii) Print (and other format) serials      11,768

            b)  Number of serials titles currently received but not purchased        14,820

                   i) Consortial serials recieved but not purchased      0

                   ii) Electronic serials received but not purchased that are freely accessible      10,009

                   iii) Print (and other format) serials received but not purchased      422

                   iv) Government documents serials received but not purchased       4,389                    

        5)  Government documents are included in count of Current Serials:
                                No  Main Library
                                No  Law Library
                                No  Medical Center Library

    Other Library Materials

        6)  Microform units        4,313,350

        7)  Government documents not counted elsewhere        1,257,457

        8)  Computer files      61,520

        9)  Manuscripts and archives (linear ft)        55,103

    Audiovisual Materials

        10)  Cartographic        132,901

        11)  Graphic        925,054           

        12)  Audio      61,665

        13)  Film and video      76,203

Expenditures

        14)  Are the below figures in Canadian dollars?
                            No  Main Library
                            No  Law Library
                            No  Medical Center Library

    Library Materials

        15)  Total library materials     $16,507,634

            a)  Monographs      $5,413,023

            b)  Serials, including periodicals        $9,865,125

            c)  Other library materials        $74,168

            d)  Miscellaneous        $1,155,318

        16)  Contract Binding        $197,108

    Salaries and Wages

        17)  Total salaries and wages       $16,443,967

            a)  Professional staff      $10,833,246

            b)  Support staff      $5,027,592

            c)  Student assistants  $583,129

        18)  Fringe benefits are included in expenditures for salaries and wages
                        No  Main Library
                        No  Law Library
                        No  Medical Center Library

        19)  Other operating expenditures          $4,181,879

        20)  Total operating expenditures      $37,330,588

Electronic Materials Expenditures

        21) One-time electronic resource purchases        $1,682,971

        22) Ongoing electronic resource purchases      $6,318,112

        23)  Bibliographic utilities, networks, and consortia

            a)  From internal library sources        $314,281

            b)  From external sources        $2,969

        24)  Computer hardware and software        $1,242,884

        25)  Document delivery / Interlibrary loan        $55,582

Personnel

        26)  Total FTE Staff        363

            a)  Professional staff, FTE        185

            b)  Support staff, FTE        143

            c)  Student assistants, FTE        35

Staffed Service Points and Hours

        27)  Number of library service points      19

        28)  Number of weekly public service hours
                            161  Main Library
                            104  Law Library
                              86  Medical Center Library

Instruction

        29)  Number of library presentations to groups      1,186

            a)  Figure based on sampling?
                            No  Main Library
                            No  Law Library
                            No  Medical Center Library

        30)  Number of total participants in group presentations        12,862

            a)  Figure based on sampling?
                            No  Main Library
                            No  Law Library
                            No  Health Science Library

Reference

        31)  Number of reference transactions        137,488

            a)  Figure based on sampling?
                                Yes  Main Library
                                Yes  Law Library
                                No Medical Center Library

Circulation

        32)  Number of initial circulations (excluding reserves)        433,208

        33)  Total circulations (initial and renewals, excluding reserves)        642,487

Interlibrary Loans

        34)  Total number of filled requests for materials provided to other libraries        33,879

        35)  Total number of filled requests for materials received from other libraries or providers        30,179

Ph.D. Degrees and Faculty                                                                                 

        36)  Number of Ph.D.s awarded in FY 2008        352

        37)  Number of fields in which Ph.D.s can be awarded        44

        38)  Number of full-time instructional faculty in FY 2008        990

Enrollment -- Fall 2007 (totals)

        39)  Full-time students, undergraduate and graduate        13,005

        40)  Part-time students, undergraduate and graduate        297

        41)  Full-time graduate students        6,744

        42)  Part-time graduate students        283

Footnotes

1.a.  Volumes held June 30, 2007 revised to 5,849,608.
1.b.  Increase due to contrast with last years data.  Last year the Medical Center Library and the Ford Business Library withdrew many volumes.
4.  Increase due to improved data compilation in this area this fiscal year.
4.b.ii.  The increase is due to this data being unavailable last fiscal year. This is an estimate based on SFX data.
12.  Increase due to increased collecting in this area.
15.a.  Large increase in monographic expenditures is the result of extensive additional funding for FY08-12 from the University Strategic Investment Plan (SIP) for acquiring electronic journal back files and retrospective electronic collections.
15.c.  Decrease due to decreased spending in this area.
19.  Increase due to increased expenditures in this area including a computer hardware refresh for all staff members in the Main Library.
21.  Decrease apparent because there was an increase in funding in this area due to Strategic Initiative Project funding supporting a one time purchase of electronic backfiles of serials.
22.  The Main Library adopted an E-only exceptions policy for serials. The policy is available here: http://library.duke.edu/about/collections/eonly.html This adoption resulted in a transferring many serial subscriptions from print to electronic.
23.a.  Included are expenditures for four bibliographic utilities:  SOLINET cataloging services, GOBI Plus (YBP); YBP cataloging records for approval, and RLG Union Catalog.  Increase over FY06 due to omission of SOLINET charges in responses in previous years.
24.  Increase due to increased expenditures in this area including a computer hardware refresh for all staff members in the Main Library.
25.  Increase due to increased expenditures in this area.
29.  Decrease due to decrease participation in this area this fiscal year.
35.  Increase due to the creation of a shared consortia catalog available here: http://search.trln.org/ resulting in increased borrowing between TRLN institutions.

 

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