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Perkins Library System, 2007/2008 ARL Statistics

Volumes


        1) Volumes held June 30, 2008      4,784,696

            a)  Volumes held June 20, 2007      4,704,171

            b)  Volumes added during year     80,525

                    i)  Volumes added during year -- Gross      82,109

                    ii)  Volumes withdrawn during the year     1,584

        2)  Number of monographic volumes purchased      63,727

        3)  Basis of volume count is: Bibliographic                            

Other Collections

    Serials

        4)  Total number of current serial titles currently received, including periodicals      56,948

            a)  Number of serial titles currently purchased      45,511

                   i) Electronic serials purchased      33,743

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

            b)  Number of serials titles currently received but not purchased        ua

                   i) Electronic serials received but not purchased      ua

                   ii) Print (and other format) serials received but not purchased        ua                     

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

Other Library Materials

        6)  Microform units        2,660,488

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

        8)  Computer files      31,646

        9)  Manuscripts and archives (linear ft)        43,535

    Audiovisual Materials

        10)  Cartographic        132,808

        11)  Graphic        371,218        

        12)  Audio      59,774

        13)  Film and video      71,500

Expenditures

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

        15)  Total library materials     $12,240,113

            a)  Monographs      $5,013,870

            b)  Serials, including periodicals        $7,047,988

            c)  Other library materials        ua

            d)  Miscellaneous        $178,255

        16)  Contract Binding        $166,310

    Salaries and Wages

        17)  Total salaries and wages       $12,437,505

            a)  Professional staff      $8,147,006

            b)  Support staff      $3,808,659

            c)  Student assistants  $481,840

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

        19)  Other operating expenditures          $3,469,370

        20)  Total operating expenditures      $28,313,298

Electronic Materials Expenditures

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

        22) Ongoing electronic resource purchases      $4,124,049

        23)  Bibliographic utilities, networks, and consortia      $231,583

            a)  From internal library sources        $231,583

            b)  From external sources        $0

        24)  Computer hardware and software        $1,189,465

        25)  Document delivery / Interlibrary loan        $44,741

Personnel

        26)  Total FTE Staff        278

            a)  Professional staff, FTE        141

            b)  Support staff, FTE        112

            c)  Student assistants, FTE        25

Staffed Service Points and Hours

        27)  Number of library service points      10

        28)  Number of weekly public service hours
                            161  Main Library

Instruction

        29)  Number of library presentations to groups      493

            a)  Figure based on sampling?      no

        30)  Number of total participants in group presentations        7,162

            a)  Figure based on sampling?      no

Reference

        31)  Number of reference transactions        120,842

            a)  Figure based on sampling?      yes

Circulation

        32)  Number of initial circulations (excluding reserves)        338,473

        33)  Total circulations (initial and renewals, excluding reserves)        504,964

Interlibrary Loans

        34)  Total number of filled requests for materials provided to other libraries        21,715

        35)  Total number of filled requests for materials received from other libraries or providers        25,736

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
4.  Increase due to improved data compilation in this area this fiscal year.
12.  Increase due to increased collecting in this area.
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.
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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