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Acquisition Department Monthly Statistics FY91/92


Overall Budget
1.General Expenditures byFY90/91FY91/92
CategoryAmt.Amt.
Monographs (incl.
    approvals and
    discretionary)
$1,600,432$2,063,257
Continuations3,148,1053,143,843
Endowments79,636116,890
Friends Support26,6309,862
Research Foundation80,44651,917
Approval
1.Total Expenditures
Regular$728,188$671,263
1-add (duplicates)37,16831,884
2.Expenditures by Vendor
Baker & Taylor$451,426$500,479
Blackwell's157,89995,869
Harrassowitz84,93745,481
Rubin Mass18,34516,673
Les Livres Etrangers15,4270
Worldwide13,53511,134
Aux Amateur10,5038,179
Szwede Slavic4,2813,222
Inal Kitabevi3,095904
European American Music1,8992,505
Robinson1,4524,310
North Point Press87834
Dar Majhar7649,269
Jerusalem Books635378
Ktav1290
Comic Town0753
Kubon & Sagner03,731
Latin American0219
Continuations
1.Largest Expenditure by
Fund (based on actual
expenditures)
Library Tools$295,349$57,174
Chemistry246,183267,060
Engineering202,176249,586
Business188,883190,888
Physics187,035219,786
Reference172,847182,894
Biological Sciences165,418183,723
Math127,764139,201
Pharmacy127,536173,272
2.Highest Average Price Per
Title by Fund
Physics$834.98$943.28
Chemistry820.61888.93
Materials Engineering517.23587.84
General Newspapers469.76400.52
Engineering432.00516.74
Pharmacy392.42374.01
Reference363.88514.16
Math329.54361.56
Biological Sciences329.51348.47

Basic Acquisitions Activity

Monograph Acquisition Division
Bibliographic Search Section (BSS)
FY90/91FY91/92
1.Order requests
a.     Orders received includes8,79617,660
       preservation orders352469
b.     Orders searched7,70316,597
2.Returned to selector
a.     Duplicates352868
b.     Other returned9431,211
3.Titles processed
a.     Cat-as-monos2,3512,558
b.     Approval/S.O.702797
c.     Friends book review
       1.   Added to collection1,9852,490
       2.   Returned to booksale1,3172,115
d.     Gifts6,5306,029
Monographic Ordering and
Processing Section
1.Approval searched21,00020,286
                returned2,6162,237
                return rate12.45%11.02%
a.     B & T
                searched15,43216,954
                returned1,7741,770
                return rate11.49%10.44%
b.     Blackwell
                searched2,8331,940
                returned351371
                return rate12.38%19.12%
c.     Harrassowitz
                searched2,3081,115
                returned44286
                return rate19.15%7.71%
d.     Aux Amateur
                searched427277
                returned4910
                return rate11.47%3.61%
2.Language & Area Studies Approvals
a.     EES1,617445
b.     JDC1,1591,023
c.     MEJ1,4282,489
d.     LAT013
3.Orders and Processing
a.     Orders typed13,24720,908
b.     Cancellations processed1,6791,680
c.     Claims issued2,0412,171
Continuation Acquisition Division
Paid/Gift Subscriptions
1.Orders received
a.     Serial unit orders8391,748
b.     Continuations369462
2.Orders searched
a.     Serial unit orders7191,555
b.     Continuations349462
3.Orders returned
a.     Duplicate orders46105
b.     Other orders147295
4.Orders placed/terminated
a.     New371426
b.     Reorders869223
c.     Cancels376607
d.     Ceases/drops311418
5.USBE orders089
6.Claims19,00119,415
7.New cataloging
a.     Upcoming title changes43102
b.     Title changes to cat328340
c.     Title changes from cat524609
d.     Other from cat1,175969
e.     Frequency changes312345
f.     Transfers19372
8.Processing
a.     Paid/gift first issues420414
b.     Comes with first issues196194
c.     Comp. s.o./Depository first issues6237
d.     Loc. control gifts0150
e.     Subsequent check-in cards built6111,011
9.Orders outstanding
a.     Paid253243
b.     Gift7553
10.Pieces searched
a.     Comes withsNA705
b.     Loc. control giftsNA148
c.     SnagsNA1,695
d.     SamplesNA659
Exchange activity
1.Orders00
2.Reorders00
3.Cancels924
4.Ceases/drops2929
5.First issues01
6.Comes with first issues23
7.Publication requests4312
Receiving Division
Monograph Receiving
1.Regular purchase (volumes acquired)
a.     Print material12,62518,917
b.     Audio cassettes2944
c.     CD-Roms03
d.     En Bloc/Rec'd by location00
e.     Microfiche8,00415,296
f.     Microfilm1,242965
g.     Mixed Media Kits00
h.     Transparencies00
i.     Videocassettes58111
j.     Other5867
Continuation Receiving (volume count)
1.Print Material (cataloged)22,02021,673
2.Print Material (uncataloged)3,1734,028
3.Non-Print Material
a.     CD-Roms1,05168
b.     Microfiche104,473100,822
c.     Microfilm2,3242,339
d.     Other6,1166,641
4.Duplicates processed7,1185,835
5.Send Directs5,4318,605
Continuation Receiving (piece count)238,149244,305
1.Duplicates7,1185,835
2.Checked-in221,996226,427
3.Send Direct5,4318,605
4.Discards483389
5.Snags3,1213,049


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