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Duke University Libraries, 2008/2009 ARL Statistics

Volumes

        1) Volumes held June 30, 2009      6,073,696

           a)  Volumes held June 30, 2008      5,976,433

           b)  Volumes added during year     97,263

                    i)  Volumes added during year -- Gross      156,138

                    ii)  Volumes withdrawn during the year     58,875

        2)  Number of monographic volumes purchased      72,142

        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      91,695

            a)  Number of serial titles currently purchased      56,884

                   i) Electronic serials purchased      45,785

                   ii) Print (and other format) serials      11,099

            b)  Number of serials titles currently received but not purchased        34,566

                   i) Consortial serials recieved but not purchased      3,281

                   ii) Electronic serials received but not purchased that are freely accessible      29,482

                   iii) Print (and other format) serials received but not purchased      396

                   iv) Government documents serials received but not purchased       1,407                    

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

    Other Library Materials

        6)  Microform units        4,359,354

        7)  Government documents not counted elsewhere        1,258,224

        8)  Computer files      40,440

        9)  Manuscripts and archives (linear ft)        57,246

    Audiovisual Materials

        10)  Cartographic        132,961

        11)  Graphic        927,639           

        12)  Audio      66,210

        13)  Film and video      81,517

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     $16,451,465

            a)  Monographs      $4,320,632

            b)  Serials, including periodicals        $10,453,502

            c)  Other library materials        $138,826

            d)  Miscellaneous        $1,538,505

        16)  Contract Binding        $184,250

    Salaries and Wages

        17)  Total salaries and wages       $17,278,906

            a)  Professional staff      $11,612,246

            b)  Support staff      $5,081,288

            c)  Student assistants  $585,372

        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          $4,099,020

        20)  Total operating expenditures      $37,855,231

Electronic Materials Expenditures

        21) One-time electronic resource purchases        $655,097

        22) Ongoing electronic resource purchases      $7,640,753

        23)  Bibliographic utilities, networks, and consortia

            a)  From internal library sources        $373,851

            b)  From external sources        $1,011

        24)  Computer hardware and software        $522,095

        25)  Document delivery / Interlibrary loan        $55,991

Personnel

        26)  Total FTE Staff        348

            a)  Professional staff, FTE        183

            b)  Support staff, FTE        131

            c)  Student assistants, FTE        34

Staffed Service Points and Hours

        27)  Number of library service points      18

        28)  Number of weekly public service hours
                            155  Main Library
                            104  Law Library
                              78  Medical Center Library

Instruction

        29)  Number of library presentations to groups      1,041

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

        30)  Number of total participants in group presentations        12,979

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

Reference

        31)  Number of reference transactions        131,763

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

Circulation

        32)  Number of initial circulations (excluding reserves)        465,947

        33)  Total circulations (initial and renewals, excluding reserves)        681,640

Interlibrary Loans

        34)  Total number of filled requests for materials provided to other libraries        35,589

        35)  Total number of filled requests for materials received from other libraries or providers        29,378

Ph.D. Degrees and Faculty                                                                                 

        36)  Number of Ph.D.s awarded in FY 2008-09        378

        37)  Number of fields in which Ph.D.s can be awarded        46

        38)  Number of full-time instructional faculty in FY 2008-09     1,033  

Enrollment -- Fall 2008 (totals)

        39)  Full-time students, undergraduate and graduate        13,457

        40)  Part-time students, undergraduate and graduate        378

        41)  Full-time graduate students        7,117

        42)  Part-time graduate students        336

Footnotes
1.b.ii. Increase due the Medical Center Library withdrawing over 50,000 volumes from their collection.
4., 4.a. & 4.b. Increase due to the library including many titles that were excluded previously, due to better data gathering methods this year.
8. Decrease due to reporting some Computer Files as Digital Collections this year, in Sup. no.10.
15.a. Decrease apparent because in past fiscal years Strategic Initiative Funding supplemented the Collections Budget. This funding has decreased in FY09.
15.c. Increase due to increased expenditures in this area.
21. Decrease apparent because in past fiscal years Strategic Initiative Funding supplemented the Collections Budget. This funding has decreased in FY09.
24. Decrease apparent because in past fiscal years hardware was refreshed for all library staff and for library patrons during renovations.  This hardware replacement cycle did not occur to the same degree in FY09.
40 & 42. These numbers fluctuate annually based on normal enrollment fluctuation in various academic departments.
 

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