Academic Libraries Survey

ACADEMIC LIBRARIES SURVEY

SURVEY ELIGIBILITY

You are eligible to complete the survey if your institution has its own library, defined as an entity that provides all of the following:

1. Do your total library expenditures exceed $10,000? Yes/No

2. Do you have an organized collection of printed or other materials or a

combination thereof? Yes/No

c. Do you have paid, trained library staff to provide and interpret library materials

to meet the informational, cultural, recreational, or educational needs of clientele? Yes/No

d. Do you have established hours of operation during which paid, trained staff

are available to meet the informational service needs of clientele? Yes/No

e. Does the library have the physical facilities necessary to support such a

collection, staff, and schedule? Yes/No

Data collected by NCES are used for statistical and directory purposes only.

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OUTLETS & STAFF, FY 2012

Item Outlets Number

100 Branch and independent libraries – Exclude main or central library ______________

(Exclude maintenance and custodial staff, volunteers and contributed services staff.)

Report FTE data to two decimals.

FALL 2012 FY 2012

Number of full-time Salaries and wages

Item Staff equivalents (FTEs) (whole dollars only)

(1) (2)

200 Librarians _________________

201 Other professional staff _________________

202 Total librarians and other professional staff

(sum items 200 and 201) _________________ $_________________

203 All other paid staff (except student assistants) _________________ $_________________

204 Student assistants from all funding sources _________________ $_________________

205 Total full-time equivalent (FTE) staff

(sum items 202, 203 and 204) _________________ $_________________

206 Are employee fringe benefits paid from the library budget?

If no, select “N” and skip to item 300 _____ (Yes/No)

207 Employee fringe benefits (if paid from library budget) $ _______________

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LIBRARY EXPENDITURES, FY 2012

See instructions for definitions.

Item Expenditures Amount

(whole dollars only)

205 Total salaries and wages (from previous page): $_______________

Information resources:

300 One-time purchases of books, serial backfiles and other materials $_______________

301 Electronic $ ________________

302 Audiovisual $ ________________

303 Ongoing commitments to serial subscriptions $_______________

304 Electronic serials $ ________________

Other information resources:

305 Document delivery/interlibrary loan $_______________

306 Preservation $ _______________

307 Other expenditures for information resources $ _______________

Operating expenditures:

308 Computer hardware and software (include maintenance) $ _______________

309 Bibliographic utilities, networks and consortia $ _______________

310 All other operating expenditures $ _______________

311 TOTAL EXPENDITURES (Sum 205, 300, 303 and 305 through 310) $ _______________

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LIBRARY COLLECTIONS, FY 2012

See instructions for definitions.

Added during the Held at end of

Item Collections Fiscal Year Fiscal Year

(1) (2)

400 Books, serial backfiles and other paper

materials (include government documents) _______________ ____________

401 E-Books _______________ ____________

402 Microforms _______________ ____________

403 Audiovisual materials _______________ ____________

404 Is the library collection entirely electronic? Yes/No _______

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LIBRARY SERVICES, FY 2012

See instructions for definitions.

Item Services Number

Interlibrary loans and documents provided to other libraries:

500 Returnable _________

501 Non-returnable _________

502 Total provided (sum of items 500 and 501) _________

Interlibrary loans and documents received:

503 Returnable _________

504 Non-returnable _________

505 Documents received from commercial services _________

506 Total received (sum of items 503, 504 and 505) _________

Circulation:

507 General circulation transactions _________

508 Reserve circulation transactions _________

Information services to groups:

509 Number of presentations _________

510 Total attendance at all presentations _________

511 Total information services to individuals ________

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LIBRARY SERVICES, TYPICAL WEEK, FALL 2012

See instructions for definitions.

Number in a

Item Services typical week

600 Number of weekly public service hours __________

601 Gate count in a typical week __________

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ELECTRONIC SERVICES, FY 2012

See instructions for definitions.

Item Services Yes/No

Does your library provide the following?

700 Documents digitized by the library staff ____

701 Library reference service by e-mail or the Web ____

702 Technology to assist patrons with disabilities ____

703 Electronic theses and dissertations produced by your students ____

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INFORMATION LITERACY, FY 2012

See instructions for definition.

Item Yes/No

800 Has your postsecondary institution articulated student learning/student success outcomes?

If no, select “N” and skip 801 ____

801 Is information literacy incorporated in the institution’s student learning/student success

outcomes? ____

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VIRTUAL REFERENCE, FY 2012

See instructions for definition.

Item Yes/No

900 Does your library support virtual reference services? ____

If no, select “N” and skip 901 thru 904.

If yes, does your library utilize any of the following and does it collect usage statistics form any of the virtual reference utilities?

901 E-mail reference ____

902 Chat reference, commercial service ____

903 Chat reference, instant messaging applications ____

904 Short message service (SMS) or text messaging ____