General
Size and shelving (includes Library store)
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Library size
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5,646 metres2
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Metres of occupied shelving
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7,500 metres
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Current Seating
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-Total study places
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885 places
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- working spaces (includes LDC spaces available when LDC unstaffed)
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523 places
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- working space with equipment
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132 places
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- informal
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64 places
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- Seminar rooms
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166 places
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Hours of opening
- Term time - per week
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12 weeks of term
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18 weeks of revision and exam time
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- Hours of opening
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86 hours |
150 hours
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- Counter service
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46 hours |
46 hours
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- Enquiries
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46 hours |
46 hours
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- Non-service hours
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40 hours |
104 hours
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- Vacation time - per week
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- Hours of opening
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86 hours
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- Counter service
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39 hours
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- Enquiries
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39 hours
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- Non-service hours
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47 hours
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Summer vaction hours are reduced to 31 non-serviced hours, no change to serviced hours.
Services in support of teaching
Induction tours 2008/09
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- potential numbers of students expected
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3,404
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- actual numbers of students attending
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1,838
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- % of total potential students seen
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54
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Information Skills Seminars 2008/09
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- Number of seminars
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155
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- Number of students attending
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2,997
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Financial resources
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Aston
£
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Average for all Sconul members
£
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Library Expenditure per fte student ((2007/08)*
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307
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368
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Library Information Resources per fte student (2007/08)*
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137
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139
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SCONUL (Society of College, National and University Libraries) annual library statistics ISSN 1352-1020
*2007/08 are the latest published statistic
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Resources 2008/09
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Expenditure £
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Total books (inc other digital documents)
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409,200
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Total standing orders
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46,700
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Total journals (including e-journals)
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707,400
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Total electronic databases
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107,600
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Total inter-library loans
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11,500
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Total Library Information Resources
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1282,400
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The Library Information Resources budget is allocated to the Schools on a formulaic basis. Within the Schools the distribution of expenditure between subject areas and between type of resource is determined by the School itself.
Availability of resources
Stock
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- Catalogued stock (including periodicals)
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237,000 items
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| - ebooks |
50,000 items |
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- Current Journal titles
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14,792 titles
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- Print only journals
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84 titles
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- Electronic journals (incl those taken as both print and electronic)
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*14,708 titles
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*This figure excludes journals within databases which are a mixture of abstracts & full text - specifically Proquest Direct, PsycArticles, EBSCO,Lexis-Nexis Professional and JSTOR
Use of resources
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Bookstock loans
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37,8000
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Photocopies made
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82,8000
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Pages printed on PCs in Library
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285,3000
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Number of successful requests for full text ejournal articles
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1,350,000
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| Number of successful section requests for electronic books |
476,000 |
Electronic Information Services 2008/09
For the full list of databases subscribed to see: http://www1.aston.ac.uk/lis/eis/
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