ACADEMIC LIBRARY STATISTICS
Expenditure
Staff and users
|
|
Universities |
HE colleges | |
|
Old |
New | ||
|
No. of institutions |
69 |
42 |
63 |
|
Students FTE |
665,000 |
561,000 |
183,000 |
|
Students total |
783,000 |
697,000 |
209,000 |
|
Academic (& acad related) staff |
82,000 |
35,000 |
10,000 |
|
Other reg'd users |
143,000 |
27,000 |
13,000 |
|
Total users |
1,008,000 |
759,000 |
232,000 |
|
FTE students per FTE prof. library staff |
367 |
456 |
491 |
|
Users per FTE prof. library staff |
557 |
617 |
474 |
|
Average no. of visits per user per annum |
59 |
59 |
57 |
Books and periodicals
|
(£ sterling) |
Universities |
HE colleges | |
|
Old |
New | ||
|
Bookspend per FTE student |
38.45 |
27.58 |
26.06 |
|
Bookspend per user |
25.35 |
20.39 |
20.56 |
|
Periodicals spend per FTE student |
58.95 |
25.97 |
15.84 |
|
Periodicals spend per user |
38.87 |
19.20 |
12.50 |
|
Average cost of books (incl A/V) |
18.80* |
16.97 |
13.68 |
|
Average cost of periodicals |
130.52* |
121.02 |
84.35 |
Users = students and academic staff (bodies) and external users
* Copyright deposit items free
Use
|
|
Universities |
HE colleges | |
|
Old |
New | ||
|
Current periodicals per academic staff |
4.9 |
3.4 |
3.3 |
|
Book issues per FTE student |
54 |
54 |
51 |
|
Book issues per user |
35 |
40 |
41 |
|
Seats per FTE student |
0.14 |
0.11 |
0.10 |
|
Seats per user |
0.09 |
0.08 |
0.08 |
|
On-line searches per user |
0.02 |
0.01 |
0.03 |
|
On-line searches per academic staff |
0.30 |
0.27 |
0.78 |
|
Inter-library borrowing per academic staff |
9.8 |
13.0 |
7.5 |
Users = students and academic staff (bodies) and external users
1999 L.I.S.T. online: Special
library statistics
