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Filename.Pdf APPENDICES Appendices .......................................................................................................................................................... 1 Budget ........... ..... ............................................................................................................................................. 3 Library Staff .......................................................................................................................................... 3 Services ...... .. ................................................................................................................................................ 4 Collections ............................................................................................................................................... 4 Branch Library Statistics ............................................................................................................................... 5 Web Statistics ..................................................................................................................................................... 7 Ask I.T. Website Statistics .............................................................................................................................. 8 Electronic Resources statistics ................................................................................................................... 8 Social Sciences and Humanities Library ............................................................................................... 10 Fryer Library .................................................................................................................................................... 11 Law Library ....................................................................................................................................................... 12 Uq Ipswich Library......................................................................................................................................... 12 Graduate Economics and Business library .......................................................................................... 12 Biological Sciences Library ......................................................................................................................... 13 Joint Princess Alexandra Hospital/UQ Library .................................................................................. 13 UQ/Mater Mcauley Library ........................................................................................................................ 14 Herston Health Sciences Library .............................................................................................................. 14 Dentistry Library ............................................................................................................................................ 14 UQ Gatton Library .......................................................................................................................................... 15 Dorothy Hill Physical Sciences and Engineering Library ............................................................... 15 Architecture and Music Library ................................................................................................................ 16 Library Technology Service........................................................................................................................ 16 Information Access Service ........................................................................................................................ 17 Library Corporate Services ......................................................................................................................... 18 UQ staff ................................................................................................................................................................ 30 Uni of QLD Library | Appendices 1 Community and past graduates ................................................................................................................ 31 Fryer library gifts ........................................................................................................................................... 34 Manuscript collections acquired in 2007 through the cultural gifts program: ................ 34 Material acquired by donation included: ......................................................................................... 35 Future Focus sessions: ................................................................................................................................. 37 Library Wellness sessions: ......................................................................................................................... 38 Uni of QLD Library | Appendices 2 2007: FACTS AND FIGURES BUDGET Funding 2007 2006 2005 2004 OPERATING GRANT 29,823,564 29,086,306 27,744,541 26,229,612 CARRY FORWARD 694,971 798,649 149,722 175,085 IPSWICH 1,569,462 1,503,000 1,417,960 1,330,000 EXTERNAL INCOME 779,165 693,694 625,492 772,444 OTHER INCOME 185,014 75,954 RIBG 725,000 725,000 700,000 650,000 TOTAL 33,777,176 32,806,649 30,713,669 29,157,141 Expenditure SALARIES 15,445,995 14,758,334 13,661,145 12,824,441 MATERIALS 14,127,715 14,043,84 8 14,283,515 12,818,773 MAINTENANCE & EQUIPMENT 2,514,198 3,037,533 2,267,172 2,621,200 RESEARCH/INFRASTRUCTURE 725,000 725,000 700,000 650,0 00 MATERIALS TOTAL 32,812,908 32,564,715 30,911,832 28,914,414 LIBRARY STAFF PROFESSIONAL LIBRARY 87.5 4 85.48 88. 1 86.98 POSITIONS MANAGERS AND 23 19.19 9 9.00 COORDINATORS SUPPORT STAFF 164.39 151.5 158.3 152.85 TOTAL 251.93 256.17 255.4 248.83 Uni of QLD Library | Budget 3 SERVICES 2007 2006 2005 2004 ITEMS LENT 1,077,95 4 1,131,91 2 1,538,434 1,639,03 0 ITEMS SHELVED 1,557,32 1 1,582,33 3 1,804,886 2,190,11 6 ITEMS SUPPLIED TO OUTSIDE 19,623 18,626 19,536 21,050 LIBRARIES ITEMS RECEIVED FROM OUTSIDE 19,720 18,967 22,134 23,754 LIBRARIES INFORMATION SKILLS CLASSES 2,833 2,953 2,713 2,686 HELD INFORMATION SKILLS PROGRAM 50,43 6 51,36 6 49,86 1 51,41 7 ATTENDEES NORMAL OPENING HOURS PER 81 81 81 81 WEEK QU ERIES ANSWERED 253,157 238,714 305,832 339,535 TURNSTILE COUNTS 3,024,418 2,878,812 3,088,041 3,303,042 COLLECTIONS BOOKS: TOTAL VOLUMES 1,763,42 6 1,787,93 3 1,701,019 1,672,37 7 PERIODICALS: TOTAL 61,108 58,597 79,202 68,138 CURRENT TITLES EBOOKS 387,000 370,97 4 358,000 312,459 NETWORKED DATABASES 960 1,014 Uni of QLD Library | Services 4 BRANCH LIBRARY STATISTICS Enquiries Turnstile Infoskills Loans Monograph Doc Del Doc Del Classes/ volumes Supplied Received Attendees Social Sciences and Humanities Library Service Graduate Economics an d Busin ess Library 5,137 93,524 ‐ 10,258 10,725 ‐‐ Fryer Library 25,729 108,011 21/299 38,254 98,069 179 ‐ UQ Ipswich Library 8,238 161,014 116/1980 38,763 36,583 424 598 Law Library 21,614 231,585 175/2708 64,544 33,438 295 ‐ Social Sciences and Humanities Library 75,051 879,605 410/7271 533,507 687,897 9,347 8,012 Architecture and Music L ibrary 11,398 138,894 70/1012 42,465 53,212 334 442 Engineering and Sciences Library Service Biological Sciences Libra ry 33,405 571,620 189/3,710 135,086 99,612 2,815 7,076 Dentistry Library 4,227 84,300 19/327 11,542 5,796 189 253 Dorothy Hill Physical Sci ences and Engin eering Libr ary 26,886 443,377 108/2,017 97,774 94,365 2,308 2,205 UQ Gatton Library 7,697 72,447 84/1,365 26,708 52,042 387 1,694 Herston Health Sciences Library 11,624 101,125 120/915 33,110 20,278 1,498 4,085 The Joint Princess Alexandra Hospital /UQ Library 10,525 99,925 75/473 28,385 6,603 215 2,482 UQ/Mater McAuley Hos pital Library 6,142 49,299 65/515 16,845 8,675 479 1,505 Uni of QLD Library | 0BBranch Library Statistics 5 Uni of QLD Library | 0BBranch Library Statistics 6 WEB STATISTICS (www.library.uq.edu.au ) Library Public Website Statistics 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Annual Successful Page requests for website 11,163,801 13,161,482 34,423,135 34,928,518 58,748,418 Average successful requests per day 370,262 433,818 1,124,254 1,139,069 1,928,334 Successful requests for home page 6,964,520 28,043,638 5,508,662 2,738,992 43,255,812 Data transferred (Gb) 470.40 749 731 637.41 2588.17 Average data transferred per day 15.56 25 24 20.80 84.91 (Gb) Busiest day (page requests): 626,304 28‐Aug‐07 Busiest month (page requests): Oct Uni of QLD Library | 1BWeb Statistics 7 ASK I.T. WEBSITE STATISTICS ELECTRONIC RESOURCES STATISTICS (Databases and ejournal collections – a sample) Database No of % change Total % Requests % change user 06­07 searches change for full­ 06­07 sessions 06­07 06­07 text 06­07 Science Direct 460,007 +12% 306,139 3.7% 1,281,923 +14% Informit 399,481 +13% 1,129,919 +10% 179,405 0% Online OUP Journals 37,352 ­14% 87,779 ­13% 120,254 +2% CSA Illumina 277,837 +6.6% 735,871 +5% Uni of QLD Library | 2BAsk I.T. Website Statistics 8 2007: ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE Uni of QLD Library | 3BElectronic Resources statistics 9 2007: UQL STAFF LIST SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES LIBRARY Executive Manager Ros Follett Senior Manager Bill Beach Manager, Business, Economics and Law Faculty Karen Borchardt Manager, Social and Behavioural Sciences Faculty Sandra Rothwell Senior Librarian Pauline Line Michael Whiteway Librarian Helen Cooke Jennifer Creese Birgit Culloty Adriana De Michiel Cassie Doyle Anne Draper John East Patrick Jewell Pam Schindler Ryan Weymouth Senior Library Technician Alison Stewart Senior Library Assistant
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