General
Size and shelving (includes Library store)
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Library size
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5,421 metres2
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Metres of occupied shelving
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8,250 metres
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Current Seating
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-Total study places
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906 places
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- working spaces(includes LSC spaces available when LSC unstaffed)
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588places
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- working space with equipment
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124 places
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- informal
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62 places
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- Seminar rooms
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106 places
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Hours of opening
- Term time - per week
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Standard |
Summer revision and exam time |
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- Hours of opening
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75 hours
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150 |
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- Counter service
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46 hours
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46 |
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- Information Point
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46 hours
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46 |
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- Non-service hours
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29 hours
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104 |
For 2 weeks in the Spring term hours were increased to 86, no change to serviced hours.
- Vacation time - per week
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- Hours of opening
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75 hours
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- Counter service
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39 hours
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- Information Point
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39 hours
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- Non-service hours
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36 hours
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Summer vac hours are reduced to 31 non-serviced hours, no change to serviced hours.
Services in support of teaching
Induction tours 2007/08
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- potential numbers of students expected
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3874
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- actual numbers of students attending
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2583
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- % of total potential students seen
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64
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Information Skills Seminars 2007/08
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- Number of seminars
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159
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- Number of students attending
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4951
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Financial resources
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Aston
£
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Average for HE Sector
£
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Library Expenditure per fte student ((2006/07)*
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309
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346
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Library Information Resources per fte student (2006/07)*
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124
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123
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: SCONUL (Society of College, National and University Libraries) annual library trends
*2006/07 are the latest published statistics
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Resources 2007/08
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Expenditure £
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Total books (inc other digital documents)
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323,198
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Total standing orders
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19,735
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Total journals (including e-journals)
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597,017
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Total electronic databases
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161,515
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Total inter library loans
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6,585
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Total Library Information Resources
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1,1108,050
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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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209.000
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- ebooks
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40,711
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| - Current Journal titles |
7,524 |
- Print only journals
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126
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- Electronic journals (incl those taken as both print and electronic)
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*57,398
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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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331,333
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Photocopies made
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1,064,003
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Pages printed on PCs in Library
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2,452,063
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Number of successful requests for full text ejournal articles
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92,4000
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| Number of successful section requests for electronic books |
More than 6,252 |
Electronic Information Services 2007/08
For the full list of databases subscribed to see: http://www1.aston.ac.uk/lis/eis/
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