ERIC ED365344: ARL Preservation Statistics 1991-92: A Compilation of Statistics from the Members of the Association of Research Libraries.

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ARL Preservation Statistics 1991-92: A Compilation of
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Statistics from the Members of the Association of
Research Libraries.
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ABSTRACT
This Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
publication presents data from 119 U.S. and Canadian research
libraries that were members of ARL during the 1991-92 fiscal year.
The Preservation Statistics Questionnaire was designed to yield
statistical information on the current level of preservation efforts
in research libraries and on the key organizational, functional, and
fiscal components that characterize preservation programs. Most of
the data contained in this publication are descriptive indices of
preservation activities in research libraries including preservation
staffs, expenditures, and productivity. The data are also useful in
determining the organization of preservation units and the components
of preservation programs. The report is divided into three parts: (1)
summary data tables for personnel, expenditures, preservation
treatment, and preservation microfilming display the aggregated
statistics describing the current level of preservation efforts in
ARL libraries; (2) an analysis of core data for all reporting ARL
libraries provides an analysis of the responses without displaying
the data from individual libraries; and (3) an analysis of core data
based on the size of the collection provides statistical measures in
four groupings by size of library. The Preservation Statistics
Questionnaire is included. (JLB)
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ARL PRESERVATION STATISTICS
1991-92
A Compilation of Statistics
from the Members of the
Association of Research Libraries
Compiled by
Jutta Reed-Scott
Nicola Daval
and
Patricia Brennan
/
ASSOCIATION OF RESEARCH LIBRARIES
WASHINGTON, D.C.
1993
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The ARL Preservation Statistics is published annually by
Association of Research Libraries,
21 Dupont Circle
Washington, D.C. 20036
ISSN 1050-7442
$20.00/year
ARL Members
Price:
$60.00/year
Nonmembers
copyright © 1993 by the Association
of Research Libraries
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American National Standard for Information Sciences--Permanence
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Table of Contents
Introduction
5
Summary Data Tables
9
Part I:
Personnel (FI E)
Table I:
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Expenditures
Table II:
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Table RI: Preservation Treatment
26
Preservation Microfilming
Table IV:
Analysis of Core Data for All Reporting ARL Libraries
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Part II:
39
Analysis of Core Data by Size of Collection
Part III:
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ARL Preservation Statistics Questionnaire, 1991-92
53
Footnotes to the ARL Preservation Statistics, 1991-92
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Introduction
The 1991-92 ARL Preservation Statistics presents data from 119 U.S. and Canadian
research libraries that were members of the Association of Research Libraries during the 1991-92
fiscal year.1 The ARL membership consists of 107 university libraries and 12 public or private,
independent research libraries.
The 1991-1992 Preservation Statistics questionnaire is designed to yield statistical
information on the current level of preservation efforts in research libraries, and on the key
organizational, functional, and fiscal components that characterize preservation programs.
Among the significant developments that took place in research libraries in the 1980s was
the emergence of preservation programs, configured as distinct administrative units, separately
staffed, funded, and administered. The 1991-92 ARL Preservation Statistics offer evidence of the
continued growth in preservation expenditures, staffing, and activities. The chart on page 6
summarizes the increases in preservation programs over the past five years.
Total preservation
expenditures have increased from $50,044,268 in 1987-88 to $76,550,655 in 1991-92. A crucial
development has been increased staffing. In 1987-88, 76 institutions reported that they had
in 1991-92, 95 institutions reported having preservation
appointed a preservation administrator;
administrators. The number of staff involved in preservation activities on a library-wide basis
increased from 1439.98 Fth in 1987-88 to 1857 FTE in 1991-92.
In 1988, the National Endowment for the Humanities began a multi-year, expanded
During the past five years, the program has
cooperative preservation microfilming program.
stimulated enormous preservation microfilming activity and widespread participation among ARL
libraries. The chart on page 38 illustrates the significant increase in preservation microfilming in
response to that program.
The ARL Preservation Statistics provides a broad range of quantitative data and should
not be used as a measure of quality of preservation programs. Preservation efforts encompass a
diverse array of activities, and there are substantial differences in the nature of preservation work.
The ARL Preservation Statistics cannot completely capture the richness, sheer variety, and full
extent of each library's preservation commitment. Much progress has been achieved, however, in
increasing the consistency, and hence comparability, of the quantitative data reported here.
Most of the data contained in this publication are descriptive indices of preservation
activities in research libraries, including preservation staffs and expenditures, and productivity.
The data are also useful in determining the organization of preservation units and the components
of preservation programs. Each library's total expenditures and materials expenditures, as reported
in the 1991-92 ARL Statistics, are displayed in the tables, together with the percentage of
preservation expenditures.
'The
Newberry Library withdrew from membership in the Association of Research Libraries in
The University of Houston was
January 1993; the library's 1991-92 data arc included in this report.
unable to report its data to the 1991-92 ARL Preservation Statistics.
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Those using the ARL Preservation Statistics to compare activities
institutions will need to consult the definitions used in the instructions as well as the "Footnotes to
the ARL Preservation Statistics." Although the definitions and procedures used in the Preservation
Statistics questionnaire aim at achieving consistency, variant reporting practices do exist among
ARL libraries. Care should be used in comparing this year's data to data collected in previous
years. Several libraries that were not included in previous report have reported their 1991-92 data.
The report is divided into three parts: Summary Data Tables, Analysis of Core Data for
All Reporting ARL Libraries, and Analysis of Core Data Based on Size of Collection.
Summary Data Tables
displays the aggregated statistics describing the
Part I:
current level of preservation efforts in ARL libraries. The data tables contain statistics from all
respondents for seven major data categories.
Analysis of Core Data for All Reporting ARL Libraries
provides
Part II:
The analysis
analysis of the responses without displaying the data from individual libraries.
includes data from all reporting university and nonuniversity libraries. The key organizational,
functional, and fiscal components that characterize preservation programs in ARL libraries and
that distinguish between program levels are analyzed.
Part III: Analysis of Core Data Based on Size of Collection
provides statistical
measures in four groupings by size of library.
Again, all the data in this publication are quantitative and descriptive and are not
indicative of qualitative factors. In comparing any individual library preservation program to ARL
medians or to other ARL members, one must be careful to make such comparisons within the
context of differing institutional and local goals and preservations needs.
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Part I:
Summary Data Tables
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