ACADEMIC LIBRARY STATISTICS
University libraries materials expenditure
Staff and users
|
|
Universities |
HE colleges | |
|
Old |
New | ||
|
No. of institutions |
46 |
42 |
63 |
|
Students FTE |
607,000 |
563,000 |
164,000 |
|
Students total |
770,000 |
664,000 |
191,000 |
|
Academic (& acad related) staff |
81,000 |
35,000 |
10,000 |
|
Other reg'd users |
160,000 |
36,000 |
8,000 |
|
Total users |
1,012,000 |
735,000 |
209,000 |
|
FTE students per FTE prof. library staff |
339 |
447 |
425 |
|
Users per FTE prof. library staff |
566 |
584 |
542 |
|
Average no. of visits per user per annum |
56 |
62 |
60 |
Books and periodicals
|
(£ sterling) |
Universities |
HE colleges | |
|
Old |
New | ||
|
Bookspend per FTE student |
39.35* |
27.80 |
28.41 |
|
Bookspend per user |
23.60 |
21.30 |
22.25 |
|
Periodicals spend per FTE student |
65.21* |
25.19 |
18.23 |
|
Periodicals spend per user |
39.11 |
19.30 |
14.27 |
|
Average cost of books (incl A/V) |
20.25 |
15.87 |
11.98 |
|
Average cost of periodicals |
141.99 |
118.76 |
87.08 |
Users = students and academic staff (bodies) and external users.
* Copyright deposit items free.
Use
|
|
Universities | |
|
Old |
New | |
|
Current periodicals per academic staff |
4.9 |
3.4 |
|
Book issues per FTE student |
54 |
54 |
|
Book issues per user |
33 |
41 |
|
Seats per FTE student |
0.15 |
0.11 |
|
Seats per user |
0.09 |
0.08 |
|
Online searches per user |
0.02 |
0.04 |
|
Online searches per academic staff |
0.29 |
0.74 |
|
Inter-library borrowing per academic staff |
9.5 |
14.5 |
1998 L.I.S.T. online
School library statistics
1998 L.I.S.T. online
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