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Acquisition Department Monthly Statistics FY93/94


Overall Budget
1.General Expenditures byFY91/92FY92/93FY93/94
CategoryAmt.Amt.Amt.
Monographs (incl.
    approvals and
    discretionary)
$2,063,257$1,987,5971,732,361
Continuations3,143,8433,268,0003,412,259
Endowments116,890145,512149,077.51
Friends Support9,86218,85417,266.78
Research Foundation51,91759,66950,702.23
Approval
1.Total Expenditures
Regular$671,263$744,475$822,170
1-add (duplicates)31,88438,40935,728
2.Expenditures by Vendor
Baker & Taylor$500,479$621,448$606,560
Blackwell's95,8692690
Harrassowitz45,48157,443100,778
Rubin Mass16,67323,66024,788
Worldwide11,13414,4859,992
Aux Amateur8,17910,24212,534
Szwede Slavic3,2223,0794,452
Inal Kitabevi9043,00421,277
Pepper2,5053,8663,446
Robinson4,3107,4548,932
North Point Press3400
Dar Majhar9,26921,64630,255
Jerusalem Books378210
Comic Town7533,5816,316
Kubon & Sagner3,73110,36319,313
Latin American2192,1262,077
MazdaNANA6,616
Continuations
1.Largest Expenditure by
Fund (based on actual
expenditures)
Chemistry$267,060$328,618$290,705
Engineering249,586247,197293,979
Business190,888231,005237,943
Physics219,786255,480276,188
Reference182,894209,206201,414
Biological Sciences183,723218,477231,999
Math139,201177,202149,478
Pharmacy173,272153,711176,868
2.Highest Average Price Per
Title by Fund
Physics$943.28$1,055.70$1,122.71
Chemistry888.931,053.26946.92
Library ToolsNANA904.90
Materials Engineering587.84608.77650.58
General Newspapers400.52424.04498.07
Engineering516.74522.61582.13
Pharmacy374.01464.38532.73
Reference514.16422.63420.48
PsychologyNANA481.28
Math361.56431.14446.20
Biological Sciences348.47398.68409.16


Basic Acquisitions Activity


Monograph Acquisition Division
Firm Order Section
FY91/92FY92/93FY93/94
1.Order requests
a.     Orders received includes17,66019,25315,793
       preservation orders469589751
b.     Orders searched16,59719,55617,267
2.Resolution
a.     To be ordered14,59117,97216,337
b.     Dups returned868806605
c.     Other returned1,211545417
d.     Sent to CAD (SUO)177174148
3.Language & Area Studies Approvals
a.     EES4458091,517
b.     JDC1,0231,2551,630
c.     MEJ2,4892,1712,728
d.     LAT136040
4.Orders and Processing
a.     Orders typed20,90825,37122,427
                1.   Unit orders19,60023,77820,994
                2.   Serials units1,3081,5931,433
b.     Cancellations processed1,6808221,361
c.     Claims issued2,1712,3232,333
d.     Approval/S.O.797954859
Approval/Database Management
Section
1.Approval searched20,28620,89921,743
                returned2,2371,4611,388
                return rate11.02%6.99%6.38%
a.     B & T
                searched16,95419,22718,854
                returned1,7701,4001,271
                return rate10.44%7.28%6.74%
b.     Blackwell
                searched1,940planplan
                returned371cancelledcancelled
                return rate19.12%
c.     Harrassowitz
                searched1,1151,3312,404
                returned8649101
                return rate7.71%3.68%4.20%
d.     Aux Amateur
                searched277341485
                returned101216
                return rate3.61%3.51%3.29%
Gifts/Preservation Section
1.Titles processed
a.     Cat-as-monos2,5582,6272,405
b.     Misc.176111174
c.     Thesis1,3221,4001,463
d.     Friends book review
       1.   Added to collection2,4901,7252,133
       2.   Returned to booksale2,1151,7302,888
e.     Gifts6,0294,9404,804
Continuation Acquisition Division
Paid/Gift Subscriptions
1.Orders received
a.     Serial unit orders1,7481,8031,692
b.     Continuations462851349
2.Orders searched
a.     Serial unit orders1,5551,4961,220
b.     Continuations462678302
3.Orders returned
a.     Duplicate orders105123129
b.     Other orders295221293
4.Orders placed/terminated
a.     New426954334
b.     Reorders22367163
c.     Cancels60796344
d.     Ceases/drops418370522
5.USBE orders89168133
6.Claims19,41515,93524,687
7.New cataloging
a.     Upcoming title changes10210363
b.     Title changes to cat340382392
c.     Title changes from cat609220352
d.     Other from cat9691,3161,072
f.     Transfers723943
8.Processing
a.     Paid/gift first issues414673435
b.     Comes with first issues19479139
c.     Comp. s.o./Depository first issues3746171
d.     Loc. control gifts15016177
e.     Subsequent check-in cards built1,0112,3111,054
9.Orders outstanding
a.     Paid243431380
b.     Gift538163
10.Pieces searched
a.     Comes withs705227429
b.     Loc. control gifts14812974
c.     Snags1,6951,0981,056
d.     Samples659269532
Exchange activity
1.Orders000
2.Cancels245545
3.Ceases/drops292145
4.First issues130
5.Comes with first issues302
Continuation invoices (only for
portion of fiscal year)
1.Lines keyedNA16,34215,893
2.Invoices paidNA2,7903,704
Receiving & Administrative Division
Monograph Receiving
1.Regular purchase (volumes acquired)
a.     Print material18,91722,23216,944
b.     Audio cassettes4417100
c.     CD-Roms3447
d.     En Bloc/Rec'd by location000
e.     Microfiche15,2968,8963,193
f.     Microfilm9659891,555
g.     Mixed Media Kits000
h.     Transparencies000
i.     Videocassettes11111893
j.     Other672841,141
Continuation Receiving (volume count)
1.Print Material (cataloged)21,67335,47519,388
2.Print Material (uncataloged)4,0286,7093,060
3.Non-Print Material
a.     CD-Roms684758
b.     Microfiche100,822100,87578,526
c.     Microfilm2,3392,6341,527
d.     Other6,6414,6963,449
4.Duplicates processed5,8356,0355,777
Continuation Receiving (piece count)244,305240,722239,455
1.Duplicates5,8356,0355,777
2.Checked-in226,427223,469223,895
3.Send Direct8,6057,5097,063
4.Discards389358417
5.Snags3,0493,3512,303
Unit Invoices (partial year
statistics only)
1.Lines keyedNA40,37552,087
2.Invoices paid (includes prepays)NA3,4023,947
3.Invoices claimedNANA51
4.Pieces claimedNANA39
5.Pieces returnedNANA199
Financial Accounting Division
(FY92/93 are partial stats only)
1.Check receiptNA2,4362,618
a.     ProblemsNA121NA
b.     % errorNA4%NA


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