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UO LIBRARIES - QUICK FACTS
A snapshot of the UO Libraries as of June 30, 2012
Facilities:
- Knight Library (main library)
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- Center for Media and Educational Technologies
- Special Collections and University Archives
- John E. Jaqua Law Library
- Science Library
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- Mathematics Library
- Rippey Library (Oregon Institute of Marine Biology in Charleston)
- Architecture and Allied Arts Library
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- Visual Resources Collection (slides and digital images)
- Global Scholars Hall Library Commons
- Portland Library and Learning Commons
| Fiscal Year 2012 Expenditures | % change from previous fiscal year |
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| Unclassified staff | $4,492,242 | 4.5% |
| Classified staff | $3,154,202 | 3.3% |
| Students | $869,000 | 3.1% |
| Other payroll expense | $4,559,742 | 13.3% |
| Collection purchases | $2,783,424 | 1.1% |
| Access to information content | $4,176,188 | 8.0% |
| Technology | $815,622 | -25.0% |
| Other supplies and services | $624,724 | -29.4% |
| Staff development, travel | $174,710 | -0.1% |
| Total expenditure | $21,649,854 | 3.2% |
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Endowments: |
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The libraries have 69 endowments (or quasi-endowments) |
no change |
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The market value of these was $21.2 million as of 06/30/12 |
2.5% |
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Human Resources: |
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Faculty (Officers of Administration) |
75 |
2 FTE |
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Classified staff |
85 |
2 FTE |
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Student staff (including Graduate Teaching Fellows) |
58 |
2 FTE |
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Headcount of student employees (approx.) |
300 |
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Technology: |
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Public computers in the libraries (includes classrooms) |
359 |
no change |
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Laptops available for student checkout |
20 |
no change |
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Course management system: Blackboard |
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Library catalog, public interface: WorldCat Local (OCLC, Inc.) |
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Library catalog, technical platform: Millennium (Innovative Interfaces, Inc.) |
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Collections: |
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Titles held (various formats) |
2,061,555 |
4.5% |
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Items held (various formats) |
3,140,303 |
2.6% |
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Orbis Cascade Alliance titles |
9.2 million |
n/a |
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Orbis Cascade Alliance items |
28.7 million |
n/a |
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Use of Collections and Services: |
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Door count - typical week Fall Term 2011 |
53,381 |
6.9% |
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Initial circulation (excluding reserves) |
179,327 |
-1.7% |
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Reserves circulation |
50,501 |
1.0% |
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Items borrowed (from other libraries) |
72,941 |
14.5% |
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Items loaned (to other libraries) |
65,292 |
-2.3% |
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Full-text articles retrieved from licensed resources * |
2,367,004 |
n/a |
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Virtual visits to library website (libweb) * |
3,277,370 |
n/a |
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Number of items in local digital collections |
477,768 |
29.2% |
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Item views in local digital collections * |
2,941,501 |
n/a |
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Blackboard course sites |
7,567 |
8.9% |
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Student enrollments in Blackboard course sites |
288,212 |
18.0% |
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Reference questions answered - total |
40,730 |
-11.5% |
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In person or by telephone |
28,385 |
-18.1% |
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Virtual (e-mail, chat) |
12,345 |
8.9% |
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Classroom instruction, presentations |
1,084 |
24.5% |
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Classroom instruction, participants |
16,650 |
2.2% |
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*Change in data collection methodology |
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Memberships: |
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National Advocacy and Research |
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· Association of Research Libraries |
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· Coalition for Networked Information |
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· Council on Library and Information Resources |
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· EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative |
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· Freedom to Read Foundation (of the American Library Association) |
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· New Media Consortium |
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· OCLC Research Library Partnership |
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Information Access and Preservation |
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· Center for Research Libraries |
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· CLOCKSS: Controlled Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe |
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· Portico |
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· Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
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· SCOAP3 (particle physics open access) |
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· WEST: Western Regional Storage Trust |
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· XArchive |
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Library Collaborations |
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· Greater Western Library Alliance |
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· OCLC: Online Computer Library Center |
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· Orbis Cascade Alliance |
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· Pacific Rim Digital Library Alliance |
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For additional information, contact:
Nancy Slight-Gibney
Director, Library Resource Management & Assessment
Knight Library Room 115E
1299 University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon 97403-1299
(541) 346-1831 (voice), (541) 346-3485 (fax)
