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ARL Preservation Statistics Statistics Survey, 2008/2009 (All Duke Libraries)

   Administration:

        1)  Does the library have a preservation administrator?

                                Yes  Main Library

                                Yes  Law Library

                                No  Health Science Library

        2)  If yes, what percentage of the administrator's total job assignment is
             dedicated to preservation activities and preservation program
             management? 

                               100%  Main Library
 
                               25%  Law Library

        3)  If yes, what is the job title of the person to whom the preservation   
            administrator reports? 

              Associate University Librarian for Collections Services & Director of the Rare
              Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library

        4)  If the library has a preservation administrator who supervises staff, how
             how many staff are in the preservation unit (including the preservation
             administrator)?       8.75

                 a)  Professional Staff FTE       4.50

                 b)  Support Staff FTE       2.50

                 c)  Student Assistants FTE       1.75

        5)  How many staff are engaged in preservation activities library-wide
             (including staff reported in item 4 above)?       10.25

                 a)  Professional Staff FTE       5.13

                 b)  Support Staff FTE       4.63

                 c)  Student Assistants  FTE       1.75

   Expenditures:


        6)  Expenditures reported in Canadian dollars?

                            No  Main Library

                            No  Law Library

                            No  Health Science Library

        7)  Salaries and wages for staff engaged in preservation activities (as
             reported  in line 5 above)       $483,444

                 a)  Professional Staff       $307,632

                 b)  Support Staff       $161,325

                 c)  Student Assistants       $14,487

        8)  Contract expenditures       $208,491

                 a)  Contract Conservation       $32,986

                 b)  Contract commercial binding (related to line 16 on the 2004-2005 ARL
                      Statistics questionnaire;  see instructions)       $168,843

                 c)  Contract preservation photocopying       $0

                 d)  Contract preservation microfilming       $0

                 e)  Other contract expenditures       $6,662

        9)  Preservation supplies       $30,895

        10)  Preservation equipment       $488

        11)  Total library expenditures       $723,318

        12)  Total preservation expenditures that came from external sources       $0

   Treatment and Reformatting:

        Conservation Treatment


        13)  Number of volumes/pamphlets given conservation treatment       5,138

                 a)  Volumes/pamphlets given Level 1 treatment       4,275

                 b)  Volumes/pamphlets given Level 2 treatment       787

                 c)  Volumes/pamphlets given Level 3 treatment       76

        14)  Number of unbound sheets given conservation treatment       497

        15)  Number of bound volumes/pamphlets mass deacidified       0

        16)  Number of linear feet of unbound papers mass deacidified       0

        17)  Number of photographs and non-paper items given conservation
              treatment (e.g., audio tapes, motion picture film)       0

        18)  Number of custom-fitted protective enclosures constructed        5,876

        Commercial Binding

        19)  Number of volumes commercially bound       23,439

        Preservation Reformatting

        20)  Number of bound volumes/pamphlets reformatted in their entirety

                 a)  Photocopied       0

                 b)  Microfilmed       0

                 c)  Digitized      15

        21)  Number of single unbound sheets reformatted (e.g., one side of one
              manuscript page, one map)

                 a)  Photocopied       300

                 b)  Microfilmed       0

                 c)  Digitized        18,116
 
        22)  Number of photographs and non-paper items reformatted (e.g., audio
              tapes, motion picture film)

                 a)  By analog means       0

                 b)  By digital means       1,429

 

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