ARL Statistics 2013-2014
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Survey Summaries (SUNY-STONY BROOK)
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Response
Question
Last Year's
%
N
Data
Changed
This Year's Data
Collections
1 Titles held June 30
2,182,148
2,156,862
1.2
2 Volumes held June 30
2,209,471
2,395,063
-7.7
351,199
Main
Library:
Bibliographic
633,586
-44.6
13,691,211
Main
Library: No
14,456,061
-5.3
8,401,621
8,132,765
3.3
602,464
602,305
0.0
7,444,594
7,122,208
4.5
354,563
408,252
-13.2
8 Total salaries and wages
4,831,659
5,304,367
-8.9
8.a Professional staff
3,885,449
4,323,348
-10.1
8.b Support staff
547,157
617,975
-11.5
8.c Student assistants
399,053
363,044
9.9
9 Other operating expenditures
457,931
1,018,929
-55.1
3 Basis of volume count.
Main Library: Bibliographic
4 Electronic books (included in
question 2)
Expenditures
5 Are expenditure figures reported
in Canadian dollars?
6 Total library expenditures
(exclude fringe benefits)
7 Total library materials
7.a One-time resource
purchases
7.b Ongoing resource
purchases (e.g., subscriptions,
annual license fees)
7.c Collection Support
Main Library: No
10 Fringe Benefits (provide a
detailed footnote on what this
includes)
11 Official designated percent
0
0
N/A
0
0
N/A
35,164
44,925
-21.7
105
106
-0.9
13.a Professional staff, FTE
63
66
-4.5
13.b Support staff, FTE
13
15
-13.3
13.c Student assistants, FTE
29
25
16.0
332
404
-17.8
12
Consortia/Networks/Bibliographic
Utilities Expenditures from
External Sources
Personnel
13 Total Staff, FTE
Instruction
14 Number of library
presentations to groups
14.a Is the library
presentations figure based on
sampling?
15 Number of total participants in
group presentations
15.a Is the total participants
in group presentations figure
based on sampling?
Main
Library: No
Main Library: No
7,789
9,150
-14.9
Main
Library: No
Main Library: No
Reference
16 Number of reference
transactions
16.a Is the reference
transactions figure based on
sampling?
13,710
Main Library: No
20,855
-34.3
Main
Library: No
Circulation
17 Number of initial circulations
64,735
94,837
(excluding reserves)
Use of Electronic Resources (following COUNTER definitions)
18 Number of successful full-text
426,958
article requests (journals)
19 Number of regular searches
8,058,018
(databases)
20 Number of federated searches
63,823
(databases)
-31.7
N/A
N/A
N/A
Interlibrary Loans
21 Total number of filled requests
provided to other libraries
22 Total number of filled requests
received from other libraries or
providers
18,568
23,061
-19.5
8,208
9,934
-17.4
576
553
4.2
48
53
-9.4
1,332
997
33.6
26 Full-time students,
undergraduate and graduate
27 Part-time students,
undergraduate and graduate
28 Full-time graduate students
20,043
19,957
0.4
4,100
4,192
-2.2
5,151
5,268
-2.2
29 Part-time graduate students
3,000
2,878
4.2
Doctor's Degrees and Faculty
23 Number of Doctor's Degrees
awarded
24 Number of fields in which
Doctor's Degrees can be awarded
25 Number of full-time
instructional faculty.
Enrollment
Health Science Library

Response
Question
Last
Year's
Data
This Year's Data
%
NA
Changed
Collections
1 Titles held June 30
120,713
119,668
0.9
2 Volumes held June 30
173,569
172,508
0.6
4,340
4,058
6.9
2,994,519
3,917,918
-23.6
1,943,596
1,901,020
2.2
6,340
52,246
-87.9
1,931,616
1,807,682
6.9
5,640
41,092
-86.3
8 Total salaries and wages
963,739
1,317,370
-26.8
8.a Professional staff
738,719
1,072,152
-31.1
8.b Support staff
113,020
139,812
-19.2
8.c Student assistants
112,000
105,406
6.3
9 Other operating expenditures
87,184
699,528
-87.5
3 Basis of volume count.
Health Science Library: Bibliographic
4 Electronic books (included in
question 2)
Expenditures
5 Are expenditure figures reported in
Canadian dollars?
6 Total library expenditures (exclude
fringe benefits)
7 Total library materials
7.a One-time resource
purchases
7.b Ongoing resource purchases
(e.g., subscriptions, annual license
fees)
7.c Collection Support
Health Science Library: No
10 Fringe Benefits (provide a
detailed footnote on what this
includes)
11 Official designated percent
0
N/A
0
N/A
12
Consortia/Networks/Bibliographic
Utilities Expenditures from External
Sources
0
N/A
Personnel
13 Total Staff, FTE
20
29
-31.0
10
18
-44.4
13.b Support staff, FTE
3
4
-25.0
13.c Student assistants, FTE
7
7
0.0
71
114
-37.7
1,815
3,037
-40.2
2,823
3,663
-22.9
17 Number of initial circulations
1,917
4,357
(excluding reserves)
Use of Electronic Resources (following COUNTER definitions)
18 Number of successful full-text
article requests (journals)
19 Number of regular searches
240,950
(databases)
20 Number of federated searches
22,295
(databases)
Interlibrary Loans
21 Total number of filled requests
8,261
8,719
provided to other libraries
22 Total number of filled requests
309
521
received from other libraries or
providers
Doctor's Degrees and Faculty
23 Number of Doctor's Degrees
awarded
-56.0
13.a Professional staff, FTE
Instruction
14 Number of library presentations
to groups
14.a Is the library presentations
figure based on sampling?
15 Number of total participants in
group presentations
15.a Is the total participants in
group presentations figure based on
sampling?
Health Science Library: No
Health Science Library: No
Reference
16 Number of reference transactions
16.a Is the reference
transactions figure based on
sampling?
Health Science Library: No
Circulation
N/A
N/A
N/A
-5.3
-40.7
N/A
24 Number of fields in which
Doctor's Degrees can be awarded
25 Number of full-time instructional
faculty.
N/A
N/A
Enrollment
26 Full-time students, undergraduate
and graduate
27 Part-time students, undergraduate
and graduate
28 Full-time graduate students
N/A
29 Part-time graduate students
N/A
N/A
N/A
Special Collections
Response
Question
Last
Year's
Data
This Year's Data
%
NA
Changed
Collections
1 Titles held June 30
N/A
2 Volumes held June 30
N/A
3 Basis of volume count.
Special Collections: Bibliographic
4 Electronic books (included in question
2)
N/A
Expenditures
5 Are expenditure figures reported in
Canadian dollars?
6 Total library expenditures (exclude
fringe benefits)
7 Total library materials
Special Collections: No
178,544
181,392
-1.6
1,719
2,567
-33.0
1,118
1,634
-31.6
601
933
-35.6
0
0
N/A
8 Total salaries and wages
176,825
178,825
-1.1
8.a Professional staff
173,000
175,000
-1.1
0
0
N/A
3,825
3,825
0.0
7.a One-time resource purchases
7.b Ongoing resource purchases
(e.g., subscriptions, annual license fees)
7.c Collection Support
8.b Support staff
8.c Student assistants
9 Other operating expenditures
N/A
10 Fringe Benefits (provide a detailed
footnote on what this includes)
11 Official designated percent
N/A
12 Consortia/Networks/Bibliographic
Utilities Expenditures from External
Sources
N/A
N/A
Personnel
13 Total Staff, FTE
13.a Professional staff, FTE
4
4
0.0
2
2
0.0
13.b Support staff, FTE
13.c Student assistants, FTE
0
N/A
2
2
0.0
10
12
-16.7
473
250
89.2
410
N/A
Instruction
14 Number of library presentations to
groups
14.a Is the library presentations
figure based on sampling?
15 Number of total participants in group
presentations
15.a Is the total participants in
group presentations figure based on
sampling?
Special Collections: No
Special Collections: No
Reference
16 Number of reference transactions
16.a Is the reference transactions
figure based on sampling?
Special Collections: No
Circulation
17 Number of initial circulations
(excluding reserves)
Use of Electronic Resources (following COUNTER definitions)
18 Number of successful full-text article
requests (journals)
19 Number of regular searches
(databases)
20 Number of federated searches
(databases)
Interlibrary Loans
21 Total number of filled requests
provided to other libraries
22 Total number of filled requests
received from other libraries or
providers
Doctor's Degrees and Faculty
23 Number of Doctor's Degrees awarded
N/A
24 Number of fields in which Doctor's
Degrees can be awarded
25 Number of full-time instructional
faculty.
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Enrollment
26 Full-time students, undergraduate and
graduate
27 Part-time students, undergraduate and
graduate
28 Full-time graduate students
N/A
29 Part-time graduate students
N/A
Footnotes Summary
Health Science Library
General Footnotes
1) Report figures for fiscal year ending: (Please use MM/DD/YYYY format.)
06/30/2014
Question Footnotes
7) Total library materials
Expenditures for Serials and other ongoing resource increased while purchases of one-time resource decreased.
7.a) One-time resource purchases
Expenditures for Serials and other ongoing resource increased while purchases of one-time resource decreased.
7.c) Collection Support
$ 5640 for membership. With the merging of the ILL department with west campus libraries, HSL no longer keeps
separate data for ILL support.
8) Total salaries and wages
Due to retirement and unable to replace.
8.a) Professional staff
Due to retirement, unable to replace and IT staff not paid by library in 2013-14.
8.b) Support staff
Due to retirement and unable to replace.
8.c) Student assistants
additional hours added to cover several staff vacancies.
9) Other operating expenditures
tech fee account budget moved out of library for 13-14.
13.a) Professional staff, FTE
IT staff not paid by library in 2013-14.
13.b) Support staff, FTE
IT staff not paid by library in 2013-14.
14) Number of library presentations to groups
Due to the shortage of librarian.
15) Number of total participants in group presentations
Due to the retirement of librarian.
16) Number of reference transactions
Due to the retirement of librarian.
N/A
N/A
17) Number of initial circulations (excluding reserves)
The decrease can be attributed to several factors: library was closed for almost 3 months due to flodding; no new
circulating material has been added; increased access to electronic content.
22) Total number of filled requests received from other libraries or providers
It could attributed to increase in electronic resources including ebooks.
Main Library
General Footnotes
1) Report figures for fiscal year ending: (Please use MM/DD/YYYY format.)
06/30/2014
2) Specify branch libraries included in the ARL Statistics:
Music, Math/Astronomy/Physics, Chemistry, Science & Engineering, Marine and Atmospheric Science Information
Center.
3) Specify branch libraries not included in the ARL Statistics:
We are entering the data for Health Science Library in a separate survey.
4) Specify additional general footnotes for the ARL Statistics:
Data from the Health Sciences Library are NOT included in the figures reported for Q1-Q22 here. Data for Q23Q29 are for the whole Stony Brook University, included Health Science Library.
Question Footnotes
4) Electronic books (included in question 2)
Last year,our report included e-books we had cataloged plus uncatalogued e-books retrieved from our ERMS.
This year, we changed to a different ERMS which has made it more difficult to separate the Main Library data from
the Health Sciences Library collections. Consequently, we are only reporting for catalogued ebooks. revised the
calculation method, excluded titles from Serials Solutions.
7.c) Collection Support
binding $14,168; Utilities $218,152; ILL $55,803; remote storage $60,800.
8) Total salaries and wages
Due to retirements and unable to replace the vacancies.
8.a) Professional staff
Due to retirements and unable to refill the positions.
8.b) Support staff
IT staff not paid by library in 2013-2014.
9) Other operating expenditures
tech fee account budget moved out of library for 13-14.
12) Consortia/Networks/Bibliographic Utilities Expenditures from External Sources
The decrease from last year reflects decrease in state support.
13.a) Professional staff, FTE
IT staff not paid by library in 2013-14.
13.b) Support staff, FTE
IT staff not paid by library in 2013-14.
14) Number of library presentations to groups
Due to retirements, vacancies and unable to refill the positions.
15) Number of total participants in group presentations
Due to the shortage of professional staff.
16) Number of reference transactions
Due to the shortage of professional staff and unable to replace the vacancies.
17) Number of initial circulations (excluding reserves)
The decrease can be attributed to increase in electronic resources including ebooks.
18) Number of successful full-text article requests (journals)
Not available due to change in ERM vendor.
19) Number of regular searches (databases)
Nothing available due to change in ERM vendor.
21) Total number of filled requests provided to other libraries
The decrease can be attributed to the increase in electronic resources.
22) Total number of filled requests received from other libraries or providers
The decrease can be attributed to the available of electronic resources including ebooks.
23) Number of Doctor's Degrees awarded
Doctor's degree-research/scholarship:301; Doctor's degree-professional practice:275; Total=576
25) Number of full-time instructional faculty.
1) Last year we used Common Data Set definition and the number was 997. After reviewing the definition (US
Edu. Dept), our last year number should be 1246 and this year numbers for full time instructional faculty is 1332.
2) Stony Brook University has an initiative to hire more faculty. Therefore there will be an increase in our faculty
numbers.
Special Collections
General Footnotes
1) Report figures for fiscal year ending: (Please use MM/DD/YYYY format.)
06/30/2014
Question Footnotes
7) Total library materials
Due to the decrease of budget allocations.
7.a) One-time resource purchases
Due to the decrease of budget allocations.
7.b) Ongoing resource purchases (e.g., subscriptions, annual license fees)
Due to the decrease of budget allocations.
14) Number of library presentations to groups
The number of presentations to groups decreased 16.7% but the number of total participants in group
presentations increased 89.2%.
15) Number of total participants in group presentations
The Department taught course integrated sessions and gave presentations at professional, community and
campus events.