OLD: CUNY libraries statistics 2015-2016

Library Collections 

see ACRL instructions pp. 9-15

40 Books [title count] (column 1 physical)

Use Table 1. This is a title count.

40 Books [title count] (column 2 digital/electronic)

Use the total number of e-books for your campus in Table 2. 

Note:  For the past two years, we have used a report developed by systems librarians in the Office of Library Services using SFX institutional holdings data that may be significantly different from previous years' numbers, which used e-books cataloged in Aleph as a basis for the count.  This current data is a more accurate count of e-books available to individual libraries.

40a Books [volume count] (column 1 physical)

Use Table 3. This is a volume count.  Add to this number a count of any volumes, including bound serials, that do not have an item record.

41 Databases (column 2 digital/electronic)

Count licensed databases, both bibliographic and FT, on your A-Z list. Include e-book collections. Do not include individual titles such as the NYTimes digital or the Chronicle of Higher Education.

42 Media (column 1 physical)

Use Table 4, physical media. Add to this total your total number of microform titles. You may retrieve this number by doing a CCL search on your local collections for microforms. Include maps here.  See ACRL instructions p. 12

42 Media (column 2 digital/electronic)

See title count for various streaming media collections in Table 5 and add individually purchased titles. Do not include full title count for Kanopy or other PDA/DDA collections. Only include titles have been purchased by the library.  See ACRL instructions p. 13.

43 Serials titles (column 1 physical)

NISO definition: "A serial is a publication in any medium issued in successive parts bearing numerical or chronological designations and intended to be continued indefinitely. This definition includes, in any format, periodicals, newspapers, and annuals (reports, yearbooks, etc.); the journals, memoirs, proceedings, transactions, etc. of societies; and numbered monographic series."

Use Table 6, which reflects serial titles, not subscriptions. Include count of ceased titles if available. Report all microforms in line 42.

43 Serials titles (column 2 digital/electronic)

Use Table 7, a report generated by OLS using SFX data.

Note: in previous surveys, this data was collected using Serials Solutions. Numbers reported this year may vary from earlier surveys. SFX data is a more accurate reflection of campus holdings.

44 Total (physical)

Calculated sum of 40, 42 & 43

44 Total (electronic)

Calculated sum of 40, 41, 42 & 43