2000 Australian and New Zealand

2000 Australian and New Zealand

Academic Library Statistics

Introduction

The Australian and New Zealand academic library statistics are collected and published annually for CAUL (Council of Australian University Librarians). CAUL has engaged CAVAL Collaborative Solutions to collect and compile the statistics.

Reporting Structure

The 2000 statistics include 49 entries, which cover 41 Australian and 8 New Zealand academic library systems and 1 co-operative store.

As CAUL requested that data be supplied for each institution as a whole no breakdown by branch or campus library is available.

Data Collection

Following on from past successful use of electronic mail for the collection of the data, this method was used again for the collection of the 2000 data. The Excel spreadsheet was updated to incorporate the changes to the definitions and to improve clarity, and distributed by electronic mail to all participating libraries. Each library entered its data directly into the spreadsheet and returned it to CAVAL by electronic mail. The data was then merged and the tables in this publication were printed directly from the Excel spreadsheet.

The collection procedures and publication details for the 2000 data are as recommended by the CAUL Statistics Focus Group. Staff from most of the CAUL libraries participated in Statistics Roadshows run by Helen Livingston (Deakin University) and Tony Arthur (University of Melbourne) in December 2000 and early 2001. As a result of feedback received during and after these roadshows, a number of changes to the definitions were recommended, which were agreed to by CAUL at the March 2001 meetings. The Focus Group has subsequently incorporated these changes into the spreadsheet and instructions.

Modifications to the 2000 data collection, as compared to 1999, were as follows

• Information for any column which can't be provided is shown by CP for "Can't provide", rather than NA.
• Seating - Column 3 is now being used for the total number of Study Seats. Column 4 is no longer used. Column 5 is being used for Classroom Seats.
• A new section "Information literacy and instruction" has been added. There are 3 columns - Column 12A (Presentations to Groups), 12B (Participants in group presentations) and 12C (Reference Transactions). The supply of this data is optional for 2000. The ARL (Association of Research Libraries) definitions are used. The supply of this data was optional for 2000.
• Loans - Columns 14 and 15 are no longer optional.
• Non-serial items. It is no longer necessary to provide a separate count for items acquired by gift or exchange. Column 22 is to be used for the total number, so that Column 23 is no longer used.
• Non-serial titles - Columns 26, 28 and 29 are no longer optional. It is no longer necessary to provide a separate count for items acquired by gift or exchange. Column is to be used for the total number, so that Column 27 is no longer used.
• Serial volumes. Columns 30A, 30B, 31A, 31B, 32 and 33 are no longer used. Columns 30, 31 and 34 are no longer optional. Bibliographic and bound volumes are to be counted together.
• Serial titles. Columns 35, 40 and 41 now each have four breakdowns (A for print and non-print, B for individual electronic, C for titles within a single publishers collection and D for titles within a multi-publisher aggregation). Columns 36, 37, 38 and 39 are no longer used.
• A "Deemed list” of electronic titles for Columns 35C, 40C, 41C and 35D, 40D and 41D was provided.
• Shelving. This is now in Column 42 (rather than Column 41C).
• Library Expenditure. The definitions for this section have been significantly reworded.
• Institutional population. Columns 60 and 61 have been renamed as "TAFE and Non-tertiary”. TAFE data should be excluded if at all possible, but if TAFE data contribute to the figures in any other column, then TAFE population data should be included in these columns.
• Institutional population - Other Users. Column 65A is no longer optional and should be the number of "other registered users"

Statistical tables and data

The statistical tables provided in this publication are shown in the same format as for 1999. Although there have been changes to the data collected as described above, the column numbers used for 1995 onwards have been retained. The arrangement of data within the tables follows the same pattern as in previous years as much as possible.

The following columns are not shown in the 2000 tables, as the columns are either no longer used, or the supply of data for them was optional -

Column 1A–Floor space – optional

Columns 11A-11K–staff listed by HEW level - optional

Column 12–no longer used

Column 12A–Presentations to groups - optional

Column 12B–Participants in group presentations - optional

Column 12C–Reference Transactions - optional

Column 13–No longer used

Column 21A–Inter-campus/Branch loans – optional

Column 23–No long used

Column 27–No longer used

Column 30–Number of bibliographic volumes added - optional

Column 31–Number of bibliographic volumes withdrawn - optional

Column 32–No longer used

Column 33–No longer used

Column 34–Total serial volumes - optional

Column 36–No longer used

Column 37–No longer used

Column 38–No longer used

Column 39–No longer used

Column 42–Shelving - optional

Column 43–No longer used

Column 46–No longer used

Column 47–No longer used

Column 67A–Turnstiles – optional

The entries in the main statistical tables for the Australian libraries have been arranged alphabetically within states, followed by the data for the New Zealand libraries. The only exception is the Australian Catholic University which is listed ahead of the other institutions.

The reference date is 31 December 2000, with the exception of data relating to institutional populations (columns 52-67), which is as at 31 March 2000 for the Australian Universities and 1 July 2000 for the New Zealand Libraries and other specific exceptions listed under 'General Comments and Explanatory Notes'.

Population data (columns 52-67) was supplied by DETYA (Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs) for all Commonwealth government funded higher education institutions in Australia. However Northern Territory University, University of Newcastle, LaTrobe University, RMIT, Swinburne University and Victoria University supplied additional data for their TAFE population.

Population data for the New Zealand universities and private institutions was supplied by the institution concerned.

Data which is an estimate only is shown in italics.

The symbol CP indicates that data could not be provided for that column. A BLANK entry indicates that the item in question is NOT APPLICABLE to that library.

Six rows of statistical information for Australian libraries have been added to the main tables. These rows show the TOTAL, the MEDIAN, the MEAN, the LOWER QUARTILE (25%), the UPPER QUARTILE (75%) and the VALID NO. of libraries used for the statistical calculations for each column. Statistics are not shown for those columns where the number of valid libraries is less than 25.

Two tables ranking the total library systems according to criteria selected by CAUL are included. These tables, headed 'Rankings of total library systems for selected ratios' show the same ratios published for the 1999 data. For each ratio the MEAN, MEDIUM, LOWER QUARTILE (25%), UPPER QUARTILE (75%) and the VALID NO. of libraries used to calculate that column are included. As noted in previous reports, interpretive comparisons of these statistics should always be made with caution.

Amendments to the 1996, 1997 and 1999 statistics are included in this report. Please note that the statistical database maintained by CAVAL is updated whenever a notification of a correction is received. Excel spreadsheets containing the statistical data from 1991 to 2000 are available for downloading from the CAUL Web pages (). The data from earlier years is being progressively converted into this format and will be made available in the same way.

This is the ninth year that CAVAL has collected and compiled these statistics. Thanks are due to all the participating academic librarians for their cooperation and their timely responses to this year's electronic data collection.

Cathie Jilovsky

Information Services Manager

CAVAL Collaborative Solutions

Australian and New Zealand academic libraries listed by state

Australian Catholic University

Australian Capital Territory

Australian Defence Force Academy (University of NSW)

♪Australian National University

University of Canberra

New South Wales

Avondale College

Charles Sturt University

Macquarie University

Southern Cross University

University of New England

University of New South Wales

University of Newcastle

►University of Sydney

University of Technology, Sydney

University of Western Sydney

University of Wollongong

Northern Territory

Northern Territory University

Queensland

Bond University

Central Queensland University

Griffith University

James Cook University

Queensland University of Technology

University of Queensland

University of Southern Queensland

University of the Sunshine Coast

South Australia

Flinders University of South Australia

University of Adelaide

University of South Australia

Tasmania

University of Tasmania

Victoria

#CARM

Deakin University

La Trobe University

Monash University

RMIT University

Swinburne University of Technology

University of Ballarat

University of Melbourne

Victoria University

Western Australia

Curtin University of Technology

Edith Cowan University

Murdoch University

University of Western Australia

New Zealand

Auckland University of Technology

Lincoln University

Massey University

University of Auckland

University of Canterbury

♫University of Otago

University of Waikato

Victoria University of Wellington

The Australian Catholic University comprises four divisions. These four divisions are in turn composed of the following libraries:

Canberra Divison - Signadou campus

New South Wales Divison - MacKillop campus and Mount St Mary campus

Queensland Division - McAuley campus

Victorian Division - Aquinas campus; Christ campus and Mercy campus.

♪Includes the Institute of the Arts which is part of the Australian National University.

Includes the College of Fine Arts Library. However this library operates independently of the University of New South Wales Library.

►Includes all libraries in the University of Sydney Library system plus the Sydney Conservatorium of Music Library.

#The CARM (CAVAL Archival and Research Materials) Centreis a cooperative store managed by CAVAL Collaborative Solutions for its member libraries – the nine Victorian Universities and the State Library of Victoria. This is the 1st year that data for the CARM store has been included with these statistics.

♫The University of Otago return includes data for the Dunedin campus libraries ONLY. A complete data set for the Wellington and Christchurch Clinical School libraries is not available, as these libraries are not under the control of the University Librarian. Data for an unstaffed, non-lending library at the Auckland campus is also not included.

Australian Consumer Price Index: Weighted Average of Eight Capital Cities

(Base Year: 1989-90 = 100)

Year ending 30 June

/ All Groups
1994 / 111.2
1995 / 116.2
1996 / 119.8
1997 / 120.2
1998 / 121.0
1999 / 122.3
2000 / 126.2

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics Catalogue Number 6401.0

Available from

Exchange Rates of Foreign Currency per Australian Dollar

(Base May 1970 = 100.0)

Year Ending 30 June / Japan / U.K / U.S.A. / European Union / Germany / Trade-weighted
rate of Aust $
Yen / Pounds / Dollars / Euros / Marks / Index
1994 / 72.20 / 0.4721 / 0.7291 / 1.159 / 53.0
1995 / 60.08 / 0.4452 / 0.7086 / 0.9814 / 48.4
1996 / 86.48 / 0.5099 / 0.7890 / 1.2002 / 58.1
1997 / 85.20 / 0.4482 / 0.7455 / 1.2946 / 56.7
1998 / 86.16 / 0.3681 / 0.6135 / 1.1096 / 57.9
1999 / 79.66 / 0.4188 / 0.6596 / 0.6282 / 1.2286 / 58.4
2000 / 63.19 / 0.3941 / 0.5986 / 0.6282 / 53.3

Source: Australian Economic Indicators Catalogue Number 1350.0.

Available from

Exchange Rates and Reserve Bank Foreign Exchange Operations

Rankings of total library systems for selected ratios

These are shown on the following four pages.

Notes:

(i)Thirty-nine total library systems have been used.

(ii)Column numbers used for the various ratios are:

Seats per 100 population members:Columns (3+4+5) to column 67

Library staff per 100 population members:Column 11 to Column 67

Non-serial volumes purchased per population member: Column 22 to Column 67

Serials Titles per population member:Column 41 to Column 67

Serials expenditure per population member:Column 45 to Column 67

Acquisitions expenditure per population member: Columns (44+45) to Column 67

Percentage expenditure on Information Resources:Columns(44+45+48) to Column 51 (%)

Percentage expenditure on Salaries: Column 50 to Column 51 (%)

Salary expenditure per population member: Column 50 to Column 67

Total Expenditure per population member: Column 51 to Column 67

(iii)CARM has been excluded from these rankings.

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General Comments and explanatory notes

Australian Academic Libraries

ColumnUniversityNotes

1University of QueenslandIncludes the University Archives, managed by the Library

1-67ASwinburne UniversityFigures are inclusive of TAFE activity

12CUniversity of QueenslandExcludes Workstation Support enquiries, as well as Directional enquiries

14Charles Sturt UniversityThis total excludes 18,684 photocopies provided to Distance Education Students for retention.

15University of TechnologyReserve loans statistics include Electronic

SydneyReserve access figures. The figures represent printing or viewing of a document in Electronic Reserve. With the implementation of this service, the loans figures for the print records in Closed Reserve have gone down significantly while the Electronic Reserve figures continue to rise

15Victoria UniversityThe 2 largest campuses now have open reserve and as such there are no longer significant loans from these collections.

22Monash UniversityIncludes a backlog of purchasing and processing of materials from 1999 that were not processed until 2000, using the new library system

22University of QueenslandExcludes ebooks, microform and maps

22University of TasmaniaIncludes a single collection purchase comprising 48,470 microfiche

22-25University of TasmaniaIn comparison with 1999, much higher figures are reported. The major reason for this is that in previous years only print items were counted, not materials in other formats, in the category of non-serial items. For the year 2000 items in non-print formats are included.

35Monash UniversityIncrease reflects the fact that no electronic serials titles were counted prior to 2000. Those serials titles counted for the first time are included here as new titles and also in columns 35C and 35D.

35-42University of QueenslandTotals are inflated due to the duplication between electronic services

35DUniversity of WollongongIncludes: ABI Inform add's: 10, Computer D'base GALE: 22, EAI add's: 195.

40CUniversity of TechnologyIncludes cancellation of Westlaw database – Sydney 10,363 titles

41CUniversity of WollongongIncludes ACM Digital Lib 30, Am Chem Soc Web Ed: 15, AP - Ideal 175, Blackwell Science 200, Emerald Intell FT 120, IEEE Explore 165 (Full- text journals)

41DUniversity of WollongongABI Inform: 878, Computer ASAP: 112, Electric Library: 943, EAI ASAP Int: 1433, Health Ref Centre: 230, LEXIS: 545 (full- text journal titles as drawn from the LEXIS stats page), MathSciNe: 2

41C, 41DUniversity of WollongongChose not to use the deemed figures for IEEE Explore and Lexis as they currently stand. They have instead used the figures that reflect the full-text access their clients have to these serial titles products.

44-51University of QueenslandExcludes Hospitals funding, includes Ipswich funding

51ARMIT UniversityPETE Project

51AUniversity of QueenslandLaw Library refurbishment

52-67Latrobe UniversityStaff and student figures are for the TAFE component at the Albury Wodonga campus

52-55Swinburne UniversityIncludes TAFE

60, 61Northern Territory UniversityIncludes TAFE

60, 61Swinburne UniversityIncludes TAFE

60, 61RMITIncludes TAFE

60, 61University of NewcastleIncludes TAFE

60, 61Victoria UniversityIncludes TAFE

67AUniversity of QueenslandNot all UQL branches have turnstile counters

New Zealand University Libraries

The New Zealand statistics follow the Australian format as closely as possible. Variations are described in these notes. Figures are calculated as at 31 December 2000 except for population (columns 52-67) where the relevant date is 1 July 2000.

ColumnUniversityNotes

1-67University of OtagoFigures do not include data for an unstaffed, non-lending library at the University of Otago’s Auckland campus which opened in 2000. Although under the control of the University Librarian, a complete data set for this library cannot be provided at this stage, but hope to include data for the Auckland Centre next year.

3University of OtagoSeating figure specifically excludes seats at OPACs

25University of OtagoExcludes archives and manuscripts which are measured in linear meters

25 Waikato UniversityIncludes microforms and AV materials – some may be serials but these can’t be distinguished from the non-serials

26-29University of OtagoUnable to provide figure as always count items rather than titles

30University of OtagoFigure relates to bound serial volumes added rather than bibliographic volumes

31University of OtagoFigure relates to bound serial volumes withdrawn rather than bibliographic volumes

34University of OtagoFigure relates to bound serial volumes total rather than bibliographic volumes

35&40-41University of OtagoFigure is not based on the Deemed List provided by CAUL, owing to the impossibility of reconciling these figures with already published figures

51AUniversity of OtagoExpenditure relates to a major library building project

54Massey UniversityNow includes Wellington Campus

Amendments to 1999 statistics

University of South Australia
Col. 24 / should read / 684 / Col. 25 / should read / 718,789
University of Melbourne
Col. 14 / should read / 1,285,519 / Col. 15 / should read / 64,592
Flinders University
Col. 25 / should read / 656,118 / Col. 35 / should read / 61
Col. 29 / should read / 522,912 / Col. 36 / should read / 4041
Macquarie University
Col. 25 / should read / 704,106

Amendments to 1997 statistics

University of Melbourne
Col. 14 / should read / 1,402,962 / Col. 15 / should read / 102,706

Amendments to 1996 statistics

University of Sydney
Col. 49 / should read / $1,324,642 / Col. 51 / should read / $22,609,082

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