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Acquisition Department Monthly Statistics FY94/95


Overall Budget
1.General Expenditures by CategoryFY92/93FY93/94FY94/95
Amt.Amt.Amt.
Monographs (incl.approvals and discretionary)$1,987,597$1,732,361$2,069,549
Continuations3,268,0003,412,2593,592,404
Endowments145,512149,077.51123,338
Friends Support18,85417,266.789,068
Research Foundation59,66950,702.23119,388
Approval
1.Total Expenditures$782,884$857,898$844,127
2.Expenditures by Vendor
Baker & Taylor$621,448$606,560$638,959
Blackwell's26900
Harrassowitz57,443100,77877,760
Rubin Mass23,66024,78835,307
Worldwide14,4859,99212,141
Aux Amateur10,24212,53416,850
Szwede Slavic3,0794,4524,475
Inal Kitabevi3,00421,2777,642
Pepper3,8663,4464,897
Robinson7,4548,9320
Dar Majhar21,64630,2559,542
Jerusalem Books2100
Comic Town3,5816,3165,319
Kubon & Sagner10,36319,31322,834
Latin American2,1262,0771,233
MazdaNA6,6164,935
Russian PressNANA1,286
LeilaNANA947
Continuations
1.Largest Expenditure by Fund (based on actual expenditures)
Engineering$247,197$293,979$297,167
Chemistry328,618290,705286,925
Physics255,480276,188282,374
Biological Sciences218,477231,999248,583
Business231,005237,943225,604
Reference209,206201,414201,742
Pharmacy153,711176,868190,587
Math177,202149,478163,355
2.Highest Average Price Per Title by Fund
Physics$1,055.70$1,122.71$1,138.60
Chemistry1,053.26946.92940.74
Materials Engineering608.77650.58737.86
Engineering522.61582.13600.34
Pharmacy464.38532.73591.88
General Newspapers424.04498.07639.66
Math431.14446.20504.18
Reference422.63420.48424.71
Biological Sciences398.68409.16429.33


Basic Acquisitions Activity

Monograph Acquisition Division
Firm Order Section
FY92/93FY93/94FY94/95
1.Order requests
a.     Orders received includes19,25315,79317,376
       preservation orders5897511,193
b.     Orders searched19,55617,26718,485
2.Resolution
a.     To be ordered17,97216,33717,163
b.     Dups returned806605786
c.     Other returned545417354
d.     Sent to CAD (SUO)174148162
3.Language & Area Studies Approvals
a.     EES8091,5171,605
b.     JDC1,2551,6301,839
c.     MEJ2,1712,7281,750
d.     LAT604021
4.Orders and Processing
a.     Orders typed25,37122,42724,976
                1.   Unit orders23,77820,99423,387
                2.   Serials units1,5931,4331,589
b.     Cancellations processed8221,3611,423
c.     Claims issued2,3232,3334,031
d.     Approval/S.O.954859909
Approval/Database Management Section
1.Approval searched20,89921,74321,590
                returned1,4611,3881,375
                return rate6.99%6.38%6.4%
a.     B & T
                searched16,95419,22718,85419,400
                returned1,7701,4001,2711,350
                return rate7.28%6.74%7.0%
b.     Harrassowitz
                searched1,3312,4041,633
                returned4910120
                return rate3.68%4.20%1.2%
c.     Aux Amateur
                searched341485557
                returned12165
                return rate3.51%3.29%0.9%
Gifts/Preservation Section
1.Titles processed
a.     Cat-as-monos2,6272,4052,398
b.     Misc.111174267
c.     Thesis1,4001,463NA
d.     Friends book review
       1.   Added to collection1,7252,1331,140
       2.   Returned to booksale1,7302,8883,906
e.     Gifts4,9404,8044,924
Continuation Acquisition Division
Paid/Gift Subscriptions
1.Orders received
a.     Serial unit orders1,8031,6922,020
b.     Continuations851349659
2.Orders searched
a.     Serial unit orders1,4961,2201,722
b.     Continuations678302593
3.Orders returned
a.     Duplicate orders123129248
b.     Other orders221293337
4.Orders placed/terminated
a.     New954334705
b.     Reorders67163478
c.     Cancels96344259
d.     Ceases/drops370522385
5.USBE orders16813399
6.Claims15,93524,68717,378
7.New cataloging
a.     Upcoming title changes1036366
b.     Title changes to cat382392361
c.     Title changes from cat220352234
d.     Other from cat1,3161,072526
f.     Transfers3943NA
8.Processing
a.     Paid/gift first issues673435802
b.     Comes with first issues7913988
c.     Comp. s.o./Depository first issues46171136
d.     Loc. control gifts1617749
e.     Subsequent check-in cards built2,3111,0541,068
f.     Lib. Has built - newNANA18,885
g.     Lib. Has updatedNANA2,455
9.Orders outstanding
a.     Paid431380606
b.     Gift816393
10.Pieces searched
a.     Comes withs227429135
b.     Loc. control gifts1297498
c.     Snags1,0981,056714
d.     Samples269532286
Exchange activity
1.Orders000
2.Cancels554532
3.Ceases/drops214535
4.First issues301
5.Comes with first issues020
Continuation invoices (only for portion of fiscal year)
1.Lines keyed16,34215,89315,892
2.Invoices paid2,7903,7042,755
Receiving & Administrative Division
Monograph Receiving
1.Regular purchase (volumes acquired)
a.     Print material22,23216,94420,417
b.     Audio cassettes17100151
c.     CD-Roms44751
d.     En Bloc/Rec'd by location000
e.     Microfiche8,8963,19317,261
f.     Microfilm9891,555937
g.     Mixed Media Kits000
h.     Transparencies000
i.     Videocassettes11893283
j.     Other2841,141329
Continuation Receiving (volume count)
1.Print Material (cataloged)35,47519,38818,205
2.Print Material (uncataloged)6,7093,0603,364
3.Non-Print Material
a.     CD-Roms475881
b.     Microfiche100,87578,52686,281
c.     Microfilm2,6341,5272,505
d.     Other4,6963,4491,512
4.Duplicates processed6,0355,7775,375
Continuation Receiving (piece count)240,722239,455223,195
1.Duplicates6,0355,7775,375
2.Checked-in223,469223,895209,155
3.Send Direct7,5097,0635,881
4.Discards358417185
5.Snags3,3512,3032,599
Unit Invoices (partial year statistics only)
1.Lines keyed40,37552,08751,973
2.Invoices paid (includes prepays)3,4023,9473,971
3.Invoices claimedNA5173
4.Pieces claimedNA3941
5.Pieces returnedNA199303
Financial Accounting Division (FY92/93 are partial stats only)
1.Check receipt2,4362,6182,650


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