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2013-2014
Dundalk Institute of Technology
Library
[APPENDICES]
Appendices
Appendix 1- 2014 in Figures 1
Appendix 2 - Organization chart 22
Appendix 3 – Percentage book spend by Department 23
Appendix 4 - Database Cost per Search 24
Appendix 5 – Quality Management System Readers Services 25
Appendix 6 - Training/conferences attended by Library staff 27
Annual Report. 2013-2014 | Page 1
Appendix 1
Statistics and Performance Indicators 2014
Stock
Total stock (as of 30 Dec or nearest date)
Total stock by item type (4 Day, 7 Day, S/L, 2 Week Loan Ref, Non-
circulating) – 46801
Total Stock by Collection Type (4 Day, 7 day, S/L, Ref,) (as of 30 Dec or
nearest date)
Item type & Location Total
4 Day Loan 3035
7 Day Loan 3864
S/L 131
2 Week Loan 31802
Mount Oliver 5000
Ref 332
Theses 767
Non-circulating 1799
Kindle 71
E books Owned by the Library – 777 in total ( 551 puchased)
Total Stock by collection type
Stats as of May 14
1 Day – 175
4 day – 3,167
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7 day – 2,723
3 week – 27,267.
Stats at Nov 14
1 Day: 141
4 Day: 3099
7 Day: 3936
3 Week: 41580
E Books – 760
Kindles - 6
% of stock borrowed more than once in 2014 – 2,978 – 9/7%
% of stock used internally more than twice – 1,569 items – 5.1%
Stock usage – circulation
Dewey Call # PERCENT QTY -1 No Call Number 7.30% 2221
0 Not In Table 4.40% 1345
1 Computing 0.90% 263
2 Computer Systems 0.00% 1
3 Data Process 0.20% 58
4 Interfacing/Networks 0.10% 40
6 Programming 1.00% 309
7 Databases 0.30% 97
8 Special Methods/Multimedia 0.20% 50
9 Bib/Lib/Mus/Gen 0.10% 29
10 Phil/Psychology 0.10% 18
11 Psychology 0.30% 106
12 Percep/Movem/Emotion/Drives 0.10% 20
13 Mental Processes/Intelligence 0.20% 73
14 Subconscious/Altered States 0.00% 3
15 Differential/Developmental Psych 0.70% 228
17 Applied Psychology 0.40% 112
18 Logic/Hypoth/Ethics/Etc 0.10% 19
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19 Medical Ethics 0.00% 4
20 Ethics/Phil 0.10% 40
21 Religion 0.30% 86
22 Social Sciences/Culture 6.90% 2108
25 Political Science 0.70% 214
26 Economics 0.80% 233
27 Irish Economics 1.00% 293
28 Economics Of Other Countries 0.00% 1
29 Industrial Relations/Work 0.10% 32
30 Financial Econ/Land & Energy 0.40% 110
31 Socialism/Public Finance/Tax 0.10% 39
32 International Economics 0.00% 14
33 Production/Industry 0.60% 189
34 Tourism 0.50% 159
35 Production Econ/Enterprise 0.20% 57
36 Macroeconomics 0.10% 38
37 Law/Legal Sys/Internat Law 0.80% 253
39 Constitutional & Admin Law 0.10% 20
40 Military/Labour/Criminal/Private 1.00% 311
41 Courts/Civil Procedure 0.30% 92
43 Public Admin & Military Sc 0.00% 10
44 Social Prolems/Community Action 1.30% 384
45 Social Welfare/Problems/Services 2.20% 667
46 Safety 0.10% 33
48 Education 2.80% 852
51 Trade/Communications 0.00% 11
52 Transportation 0.10% 19
53 Traditions/Culture/Folklore 0.50% 153
54 Eng.Lang/Grammar/Dict 1.50% 467
55 German 0.10% 21
56 French 0.10% 26
57 Italian 0.00% 1
58 Spanish & Portuguese 0.20% 49
60 Celtic Languages 0.00% 5
62 Science 0.10% 30
63 Mathematics 0.40% 116
64 Astronomy/Surveying 0.10% 21
65 Physics 0.20% 61
66 Chemistry 0.50% 158
67 Earth Sciences & Geology 0.10% 17
68 Paleontology/Life Sciences 1.10% 334
69 Plants/Animals 0.20% 46
71 Technical Drawing 0.00% 6
72 Hazardour Materials/Inventions 0.00% 2
73 Medical Sciences Medicine 3.50% 1077
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74 Human Anatomy/Cytology/Histology 0.00% 2
75 Human Physiology 0.60% 183
76 Promotion Of Health 1.10% 344
77 Nutrition 0.20% 55
79 Incidence & Prevention Of Disease 0.00% 5
80 Pharmacology & Therapeutics 0.60% 171
81 Diseases 1.90% 569
82 Surgery & Rel. Med. Specialities 0.10% 37
83 Gynecology & Other Med. Specialities 1.40% 416
85 Mechanics And Materials 0.90% 284
86 Electrical/Electronic Eng 0.40% 124
87 Heat Engineering 0.10% 37
88 Pneumatics/Blowers/Fans/Pumps 0.00% 11
89 Machine Design/Workshop Practice 0.20% 52
90 Tools 0.00% 1
92 Civil Engineering 0.20% 76
93 Highways/Hydrology 0.00% 11
94 Hydraulic Engineering 0.10% 29
95 Sanitary/Municipal Engineering 0.10% 28
96 Motor Mechanics 0.20% 61
97 Automatic Control 0.10% 28
98 Agriculture/Horticulture 3.70% 1134
100 Food/Drink/Cookery 0.50% 163
101 Meals And Table Service 0.10% 16
102 Household Management/Sewing 0.00% 14
103 Institutional Housekeeping 0.40% 136
104 Housekeeping/Child Rearing 0.10% 25
105 Business/Office 0.40% 123
106 Accounting 1.60% 496
107 General Management/Small Business 2.80% 867
108 Human Resource Management 1.30% 406
109 Senior Management 3.90% 1185
110 Production Management/Quality Ass 0.90% 276
111 Management/Materials/Supplies 0.10% 41
112 Marketing 2.50% 772
113 Advertising/Pr 0.30% 96
114 Chemical Engineering 0.20% 46
115 Beverage Technology 0.00% 7
116 Food Science 0.20% 61
118 Metallurgy 0.00% 1
119 Manufacturing 0.10% 27
120 Building/Construction 0.70% 211
121 Wood Construction/Carpentry 0.00% 11
122 Built Services/Plumbing 0.20% 47
123 Arts General 0.20% 59
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124 Civic/Landscape Design 0.00% 10
125 Architecture 0.30% 79
127 Design/Decorative Arts 0.20% 62
128 Painting/Graphic Arts 0.00% 11
129 Photography 0.20% 74
130 Music 4.10% 1237
131 Recreation 0.00% 5
132 Film/Radio/Tv/Performance 12.20% 3719
133 Stage & Theatre 0.20% 71
134 Indoor Games/Chance/Computer Games
0.20% 47
135 Outdoor Sports 0.40% 136
136 Literature/Presentations/Writing 0.70% 205
137 American Literature 0.10% 25
138 English Literature 0.10% 17
139 Poetry 0.10% 23
140 Drama 1.30% 386
141 Fiction 2.10% 632
142 Essays & Other Forms Of Literature 0.10% 21
145 Other Literatures 0.00% 4
146 Irish Literature 0.00% 6
148 Geography 0.20% 60
149 Irish Landscape/Geography 0.10% 24
150 Geography Of Other Countries 0.20% 48
151 Biography/Genealogy 0.00% 9
152 Ancient History, Archaeology 0.40% 133
153 European History 0.70% 210
154 Irish History 1.80% 557
156 Asia/Far Eastern History 0.10% 41
157 African History 0.10% 17
158 History Of The Americas 0.20% 54
159 French Literature 0.00% 3
Total 100.00% 30521
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Circulation by type of item:
I TYPE PERCENT QTY 2 week loan 46.80% 14297
S/L 0.50% 158
Kindle 0.20% 49
4 Day Loan 15.30% 4665
Kindle for ILL 0.00% 2
7 Day Loan 25.30% 7712
1 Hour Loan 0.00% 5
Inter Library Loans 0.70% 220
Headphone 4.80% 1469
Mount Oliver 0.60% 171
PC Booking 1 Hour 0.00% 1
Charger 1.30% 389
Laptop 0.10% 26
Study Room Keys 4.40% 1277
Total 100.00% 30521
Stock – internal use:
LOCATION INTL USE
Short Loan 8
Issue Desk 10
Mount Oliver Collection 24
Main Collection 7542
Theses 196
Total 7780
Age profile of stock by subject (as of 30 Dec or nearest date):
Year Items % of stock
2010 – 2019 3258 6.39
2000 – 2009 16404 32.20
1990 – 1999 12453 24.44
1980 – 1989 3793 7.44
1970 – 1979 3843 7.54
1960 – 1969 2969 5.82
1950 – 1959 776 1.52
1940 – 1949 249 0.48
1930 – 1939 124 0.24
1920 – 1929 50 0.09
<1919 86 0.16
No date 6929 13.6
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% Stock published in 2000 or later = 38.59%
Number of items withdrawn = 2,127
Total items deleted including missing, withdrawn, lost & paid, lost & waived =
2,241
Lost & waived 14
Lost & paid 42
Missing 58
Withdrawn 2127
Items added = 723
No. of titles ordered in each department
Department Titles ordered
Business 100
Social Studies 64
Sport 8
Hospitality 18
Humanities 140
Civil & construction 35
Mechanical/Electrical engineering 5
Sustainable engineering 7
Music 52
Video & film 21
Computing & maths 7
Science 18
Food science 4
Veterinary nursing 29
Early childhood 4
Nursing 30
Languages 20
General 114
Law 10
Learning & teaching 4
Stock to include paper and e-books:
Annual loss of stock through non-return of loans (as of 30 Dec or nearest date) -
114
Total items deleted including missing, withdrawn, lost & paid, lost & waived – 2,241
Lost & waived 14
Lost & paid 42
Missing 58
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Demand for Stock as measured in:
- No of renewals per annum 1293
- No of Holds placed pa 513
- No of new acquisitions pa as a result of holds 6 titles (18 items)
Virtual Services:
Annual logins – 258,7396
Database No of logins
Active Learn High 3250
Bibliography of British and Irish History 6640
British Standards 8792
Cambridge Journals 742
Cognitive Behaviour 979
Comparative Politics 617
Dictionary of Irish Biography
1937
DkIT webpage 3326
DOI 1719
Ebrary 53828
EBSCO Host EJS 8202
ebscoae 845850
ebscohost 33
Emerald FullText 16726
EPnet 71708
Factfinder 99
Grove Music Online 3477
IEEE 9685
Index to Theses 2538
Ingenta 13
In Practice 1699
Irish Times Website 22768
Journal of Solar Energy 2
Journal of Ventilation 14
Jstor.org 89750
Multi-Science 784
Naxos 6631
netlibrary 513
Ovid 3054
Oxford Journals 497
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Proquest 355408
Safari 15908
Science Direct 177695
Scopus 6264
Structures and buildings 70
TaxFind 1078
Technical Indexes (IHS) 773595
Veterinary Nursing Journal
2720
Veterinary Record 1895
WebEbsco 86401
Web of Knowledge 327
Total 258,7396
Inter Library Loans
Total number of requests (all requests not only satisfied requests) - 568
Satisfied requests as % of total - 67%
ILL Requests
Staff Students
2014 145 235
2013 131 417
2012 125 177
Break down the cancelled ILL statistics into what was available in DkIT library,
found on database etc. 9/9% available in DkIT, 48 found in a database
See who we are lending to and what subject areas we are lending to our
partners (other IoTs)
Annual Report. 2013-2014 | Page 10
Items loaned to
Athlone IT – 2
Blanchardstown IT – 1
Carlow IT – 8
Cork IT – 5
Galway-Mayo IT – 9
Letterkenny – 4
Tallaght IT – 4
Tralee IT – 4
Waterford IT – 1
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Items supplied by:
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
BL Loan BL P/copy Irish Loan Irish P/copy UK Loan UK P/copy Subito Digitizedthesis
Acquisitions Kindle Dawson Researchgate
Dec
Nov
Oct
Sept
Aug
July
June
May
April
March
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200
400
600
800
1000
1200
Total RequestedILLS
Totoal SatisfiedILLs
Total number ofcancelledrequests
Total Number ofILLs supplied by
us
Total number ofbook Requests
Received
Total Number ofJournal articles
received
Avg. time ofbook
Average arrivaltime of journal
article
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
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Year on year comparison…
Total Requested
ILLS
Total
Satisfied ILLs
Total number of
cancelled
requests
Total Number of
ILLs supplied by
us
2007 548 420 128 108
2008 1145 842 303 118
2009 1074 762 312 101
2010 1111 784 327 62
2011 619 441 178 71
2012 440 303 137 51
2013 830 551 279 35
2014 568 380 188 49
Total number of
book Requests
Received
Total Number
of Journal
articles
received
Avg. time of
book
Average arrival
time of journal
article
2007 258 162 11 3.2
2008 396 446 8 5
2009 243 519 8 5
2010 299 485 9 5
2011 215 226 9 7
2012 128 175 10 3
2013 188 360 6.9 1.8
2014 196 184 6 2
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Supplied to DkIT Via Partners
What type of items did we request?
192 items, of which 171 for articles
Financial Cost/Benefit of Partners:
41 books requested, a saving of £820.
Staff – 128 requests
Students – 103 4 % of all students use of ILL
RESEARCH
Profile of research activity of Library staff - one staff member studying for PhD
TRAINING
In 2013/4 the matrix was revised and updated to reflect new needs ( for example we
included Multi-search maintenance, understanding Threshold Concepts).
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RESEARCH SERVICES
Use of institutional repository pa
STÓR – 220 items, also evidence of increased use http://eprints.dkit.ie/
Oct to Dec 2013 Jan to Dec 2014
Visits 601 3014
Downloads 243 1221
Pageviews 2145 11,994
Number of items added to repository per annum pa 35
IMPACT
Presentations given by library per annum - 270
Pop up libraries per annum – 16
Income per annum – €168,000
Spend per FTE – €42.15
QUERIES
What are the gaps in what we tell students based on requests for help.
Locations
How to … print etc.
Where are specific Dewey Numbers?
Very specific subject information
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Information Literacy
Number of IL interventions delivered as hours
Sept – Dec 2013: 145
Sept – Dec 2014: 192
2014 - 255
Total numbers who attend any ILL – 2227
2014 % of First Years who attended IL - 53% (Sept-Dec 2014)
Evidence of impact of IL on
- Student performance
- Retention
- Use of Library
This information is difficulty to get
Feedback on pedagogical approaches used.
Talk, Presentation, U Tube, Quizzes, Q & A, Demonstration
Surveyed in 2013 – minimal response Plan to use Focus Groups 2015
Impact of embedded approaches
Total teaching hours delivered by the library – 255 in 2014
Feedback
Summary of feedback per annum
(Customer & Staff Observed Feedback, All suggestions, any other data)
Section added to website
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Note Student Services Survey 2014
https://www.surveymonkey.net/summary/tiaFu4fzGj8722kgqLymbwjEb9pEh2ILuFo6
eZd8McE_3D
Responsiveness
Evidence of where, how, how quickly/effectively we respond to feedback
List of changes made as a result of feedback available on www.dkit.ie/library
BUILDING
Space ratio as follows in May 2014:
475 seats – 1:10, Seat: Reader
118 PCs – 1:40 PC: Reader
Study spaces (rather than seats in rooms) 365 , 1: 13, Seat: Reader
Age of Public Access PCs – current PCs were installed in 2008
Wifi availability - Across all Library
Occupancy patterns - Tuesday Busiest Day
Energy Use of Building - Not collected yet
Number accidents in building per annum - Nil
Waste generated in building per annum – Not known
Hours of Opening
Term Time
8.30 am – 9.00 pm Mon – Thur.
8.30 am – 5.00 pm Fri
10.00 am – 4.00 pm Sat
Exam Time Pilot
8.30 am – 10.00 pm Mon – Thur. as well as usual Fri & Sat for 3 weeks in May
Out of Term Time
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9.00 am – 5.00 pm
Feedback on Building
See https://www.dkit.ie/library/about/publications-policies-survey-reports/survey-
reports
Art Report - All art listed in place and in good condition
Events/Activities pa
External Use of the Building
Nil
Environmental audits per annum
None
Circulation
Total circ acativity pa (all issues, renewals, returns, holds)
81, 437 in 2o14 down from 89,074 in 2013.
2014 Self Issue – 7,736 (2013 – 8,287)
Total number of patrons – 9,591 (2013 -10,327)
Data wiped by accident in late 2014 resulted in data not being available for certain calculations
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Circulation - Checkouts
Jan-14
Feb-14
Mar-14
Apr-14
May-14
Jun-14
Jul-14
Aug-14
Sep-14
Oct-14
Nov-14
Dec-14
Academic Staff
170 212 113 55 86 36 44 18 246 165 123 100
Doctorate Degree
7 7 4 6 10 1 16 15 4 5 1
Extended Loan
5 25 37 21 8 3
13 24 37 12
External 24 30 21 17 18 10 10
14 31 54 40
H Dip 25 49 81 24 29
9 17 20 24 30
ILL Not To An IT
17
ILL To An IT 6 2 4 4 4 7 1 3 8 8 6 4
Level 6 Full Time
99 112 116 92 26 23 71 24 80 36 39 24
Level 6 Part Time
9 6 3 11 3
7 13 31 26
Level 7 Full Time
677 1400 1393 858 520 49 35 79 786 1410 1608 810
Level 7 Part Time
13 39 29 31 31 7 5 2
34 24 28
Level 8 Full Time
1059 1919 1938 1594 872 72 92 107 939 2266 2019 1212
Level 8 Part Time
3 2
13 2 2 1 1 1 2 22
Level 9 Full Time
89 121 149 127 114 67 60 33 22 73 94 84
Level 9 Part Time
16 8 5 3 2
4
21 5 5
Library Staff
66 80 81 64 109 83 109 86 100 89 103 87
Louth County Library
64 91 86 38 60 27 46 25 18 64 69 44
Non Academic Staff
47 15 33 26 33 35 32 28 17 36 35 18
Prof Studies Part Time
58 39 17 7
1
3 66 12
Pure Research Postgrad
6 4
4
Staff Retired
5 1
2
2 4
3 4
Total 2433 4167 4117 2983 1937 426 524 438 2272 4303 4381 2540
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% of patrons who borrowed 3 times or more pa
% stock overdue .41%, 49 patrons as of Jan 2015
Fines collected €8,331
Fines waived €2,312
Spend per FTE all funds €
Books 8.76
Periodicals 0.52
Online subscriptions 32.86
All materials 42.15
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Circulation statistics by Department
School Department No of checkouts As a % of all c/o
Registered Students
Check Outs per student
Students with 0 loans
As a % of Registered Students
Engineering
Civil 112 0.74 94 1.19 51 54.25
Construction 276 1.84 108 2.55 37 34.25
Elect & Mechanical
559 3.73 257 2.17 105 40.85
Trades 2 0.01 124 0.016 130
Health & Science
Nursing 1966 13.14 665 2.95 175 26.31
Applied Science 1733 11.58 512 3.38 199 38.86
Business Studies
Business 2537 16.95 612 4.14 195 31.86
Hospitality 1078 7.2 492 2.19 87 17.68
Humanities 2985 19.95 323 9.24 115 35.6
Learning & Teaching 5 0.03 38 0.13 75
LLC* 149 0.99 82 1.81 66 80.48
Mgt & Finance 1399 9.35 393 3.55 98 24.93
Informatics & Creative Media
Computing & Maths 382 2.55 548 0.69 391 71.35
Music & Creative Media
1776 11.87 520 3.41 194 37.3
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Ann Cleary
Librarian
Lorna O Connor
Deputy Librarian
Jamie Ward
Systems Librarian/
Information Literacy
Concepta Woods
Reader Services Librarian
Mandy McKelvey
Resource ManagerPeter McKenna
Nursing Librarian/
Customer Services
Sean McGreal
Senior Library Assistant
Bibliographic Services
John King
Senior Library Assistant
Readers Services
Niall Moore
Attendant
Grade IV
Ronan Dullaghan
(Acting)
Claire Kenny
(Acting)
Lorraine Mulligan
Emma O’Connor
(Acting)
Grade III
Paddy Flanagan (P/T)
Kathleen Fox (P/T)
Anne McManus
Alice Redmond (P/T)
Margaret Smyth (P/T)
Gemma Callan
Library Organisational Chart
2013 AC
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Appendix 3
Books spend by Department as % of total spend:
Business studies 19.88
Social studies 10.82
Sport 2.33
Hospitality 2.56
Humanities 15.44
Civil & construction 4.91
Mechanical/Electrical engineering 0.94
Sustainable engineering 1.36
Music 4.88
Video & film 1.59
Computing & Maths 0.60
Science 3.18
Food science 0.28
Veterinary nursing 6.72
Early Childhood 0.33
Nursing 5.13
Languages 8.47
General 5.90
Law 1.13
Learning & teaching 0.47
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Appendix 4
Database Cost per Search in €:
Bibliography of British & Irish History 0.13
British Standards 0.62
Cinahl 0.22
Dictionary of Irish Biography 0.16
Ebrary 0.11
Emerald 0.79
Grove 0.67
I.H.S 0.03
IEEE/IET Electronic Library 0.53
Irish Times 0.07
JSTOR 0.03
Naxos 0.09
Proquest Hospital Collection 0.01
RILM 0.44
Safari 0.21
ScienceDirect 0.25
Scopus 1.81
Taxfind 1.02
Web of Science 25.03
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Appendix 5
Readers Services Goals and Objectives 2013 -14
Aim
To provide a face- to-face service for readers through the Library Desk.
Goals Objectives KPIs 100% availability of service during desk opening hours
Ensure timetable issued every week
Evidence of weekly timetable See S:/librarydesk/timetable
Loans can be issued and managed to ensure circulation of stock
Check In. Check Out. Renewals. Manage loans by recalling, sending overdues, applying fines Processes in place for maintenance of patron database
Number of issues, renewals & returns per annum 2013/14 Issues: 32839 Renewals: 20012 Returns: 32759 2014 89,074 2014 Total circ acativity pa (all issues, renewals, returns, holds) 81, 437 % of stock overdue: 0.41% Evidence of procedures for patron data loading, checking and validating data, and removal of expired patron data See QMS/Process/ Library/ProcessMaps
Annual Report. 2013-2014 | Page 26
Manage non-standard records
Manage holds Manage reports of non-standard items Manage non-standard student patrons such as those late to register Manage overdue loans
Number of holds per annum 2013 – 726 2014 - 513 Procedure in place See QMS/Process/ Library/ProcessMaps Procedure in place to deal with this situation See QMS/Process/ Library/ProcessMaps Procedure in place for dealing with overdue loans, including registration and graduation restrictions See QMS/Process/ Library/ProcessMaps
Continually improving the service
Annual review of Reader Services policies and circulation procedures Annual review of updates in Millennium application and implementation
Annual Report. 2013-2014 | Page 27
Appendix 6
Training workshops & Conferences attended by Library staff included:
Visit to NUI Maynooth Library
Erasmus Staff Mobility visit to Worcester University Library
DkIT Crisis Management training
Repository Network Ireland workshop
Visit to DCU Library
Information Innovators: Librarians evolving in the digital environment A & SL
Conference
Mindfulness and Building Resilience
Promote Visibility & Identify Champions, SHELLI,
Transition to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths) in Higher
Education
IPad for beginners
Sierra Library Management workshop
Ebrary Patron Driven Acquisition
CONUL Teaching & Learning Seminar
Health Sciences Librarians Group Annual Conference
Patron Driven Acquisitions: A Brave New World
Demonstrating the Value of Information Literacy to Staff and Students
Annual Report. 2013-2014 | Page 28
Appendix 7
Collection analysis reports for School/Department
Business Studies
Collection Plan & Analysis Template
Total Spend as follows:
Databases - €30,865
Books - €9,000
Journals – €9,022
ILLs - €1,620
Total - €50,507
Space
475 seats – 1:10, Seat: Reader
118 PCs – 1:40 PC: Reader
Study spaces (rather than seats in rooms) 365 , 1: 13, Seat: Reader
Annual Report. 2013-2014 | Page 29
Collections Overview
Books
No of books = 30,479 = 20% collection
Age Profile = 35% 2000-Present | 28.2% 1990- 2000 | 35.09% > 1990
Usage (count use, borrowing & downloading of chapter or more)
% use of ILL = 18.15%
Estimate of general age when book is obsolete in subject = 10 years
Journals
€9,022 spent on Journals:
Total cost (print) = €2102.62 Total cost Online = €6920.214
E – Articles/databases – reference & full text
€30, 865 spend on Databases for Business and Humanities
Annual Report. 2013-2014 | Page 30
Identify as a % usage of databases by this cohort of readers = 18%
% of students who use the Library to borrow (more than twice) =
(2077 student Business and
Engagement
No of recommenders = 13
No of IL sessions books = 67
Pop Ups Delivered =1
Identified gaps in the Collection
Sectorial/regional and company reports e.g. Mintel / Fame
Age of the stock in general
Humanities
Plan for 2014
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Inter Library Loans
ILL requests in the School of Business & Humanities
Business 2
Management & Financial 5
Hospitality Studies 1
Humanities 92
100
Books – 23
Articles - 77
Business
Management & Finanical
Hospitality Studies
Humanities
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Staff Loan: 1
Staff Photocopy: 1
Staff Loan: 4
Staff Photocopy: 1
00.10.20.30.40.50.60.70.80.9
1
Business Dept.
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2.5
3
3.5
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Management & Finanical Dept.
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Level 7 P/C: 1
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Hospitality Studies Dept.
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40
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60
Humanities Dept.
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Staff Loan: 16 Staff Photocopy: 1
Level 8 Loan : 55 Level 8 P/C: 20
Collection Profile for Department of
Applied Sciences
May 2014
2013 Total spend
Books €4,508.46
Databases (usage as a % of total cost at 6%) €7,060.57
Journals €2,010.17
ILLs €1,020.00
Total €14,599.22
Books
Age Profile
2010-2019 2000-2009 1990-1999 1980-1989 1970-1979 1960-1969
6% 34% 37% 11% 8% 1.5%
40% of stock is post 2000 - 60% is pre 2000
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Print books by Subject
Subject No of Titles
Agriculture / Horticulture 666
Chemistry 267
Earth Science & Geology 126
Food Science 304
Life Sciences 528
Mathematics 385
Physics 135
Plants & Animals 220
Science - general 125
Items in the disciplines of Applied Sciences
constitute to 5.4% of the total collection.
Titles purchased in 2013
Subject No. of titles added
Agriculture / Horticulture 44
Chemistry 13
Earth Sciences & Geology 4
Food Science 1
Life Sciences 15
Mathematics 4
Physics 1
Plants & Animals 4
Science - general 1
Spend on print books in Applied Sciences was
18.87 % of the total print book spend for 2013.
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Average book price in 2013
General Science €68
Veterinary Nursing €68.26
Student Enrolment 2013/2014 (March 2014 figures)
Full Time students in Applied Sciences = 487 (11.04 % of total)
Part Time students in Applied Sciences = 18 (1.97% of total)
Collection Usage
Check outs by programme 2013
DK_SAGRI_7 Agri. Level 7 48
DK_SAGRI_C Agri. Level 6 9
DK_SAGRW_8 Agri. Waste Mg.t Cert L8 14
DK_SAPBI_7 Appliedd Biosciences L7 844
DK_SBIOP_7 Biopharm. L7 Sup A 3
DK_SBIOP_8 Biopharmi Level 8 149
DK_SENBI_8 BSc Hons. Environ Bio 84
DK_SFSCM_8 Food Sup Chain Mgt. L8 34
DK_SPHAR_7 Pharm Science L7 235
DK_SRMSC_M MSc Research Level 9 65
DK_SSCBS_X Single Subject Cert BS 64
DK_SSUAG_8 Sustainable Agri. L8 16
DK_SVETN_7 Vet Nursing Level 7
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Percentage of students who have borrowed 5 or more items
Agriculture L6 4.2%
Agriculture L7 5.3%
Applied Bioscience L7 41.7%
Biopharmaceutical Science L8* 83.3%
Environmental Biology L8 * 66.7%
MSc by research * 50%
Pharmaceutical Science L7 36.3%
Sustainable Agriculture L8 7.1%
Veterinary Nursing L7* 70%
Internal Use & Borrowing
By Dewey Range No of Titles Internal Use Checkouts (for calendar year)
General Science 500 - 509
81 17 (21%) 13 (16%)
Physics 530 - 539
86 18 (20.9%) 23 (26.7%
Chemistry 540 - 549
142 74 (51.1%) 37 (26%)
Biology 570 - 579
385 194 (50.4%) 104 (27%)
Agriculture 630 - 635
120 19 (15.8%) 30 (25%)
Veterinary Nursing 636 - 639
360 214(59.4%) 30 (8.3%)
Electronic Books – Ebrary use 2012/13 by programme
Agriculture L6 197
Agriculture L7 869
Applied Bioscience L7 4628
Biopharmaceutical Science L8 162
Environmental Biology L8 617
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Food Supply Chain Management L8 105
MSc by research L9 206
Pharmaceutical Science L7 1014
PhD in Science L10 1268
Sustainable Agriculture L8 180
Veterinary Nursing L7 1540
Database Use
Applied Science database searches = 145,413
This equates to 6% of total usage (2,582,274)
0500
100015002000250030003500400045005000
5464
35889 24967
9758 2499
22157 19157 15631 4456 2031 2072 1332
Applied Sciences Monthly Database Usage 2012/2013
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The overall use of databases by Applied Science Students is 6% of total use.
This is, however, not an accurate measure of the resources allocated Applied
Sciences
as use of Science Direct is 36.77% of total use. In cost terms this equates to
€15,944.76 of the 2014 subscription cost.
Other databases used heavily by Applied Science students are:
Ebsco Academic Search Complete (HEA funded)
Proquest
JSTOR Life Sciences
Dictionary of Irish Biography
22%
18%
6%
44%
4% 2% 2%
0%
0%
0%
0%
1%
0% 0% 0% 0%
Database Usage 2012/2013
Business Studies
Engineering
Applied Sciences
Nursing, Midwifery &Health
Computing & Maths
Music & Creative Media
Unknown
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Inter Library Loan 2013
63 ILL requests for Applied Science (students and staff)
were satisfied in 2012/13, of these 48 were journal articles.
This equates to 8.53% of total ILL requests
Based on an average cost of a loan as €20 and a journal article as €15
the total cost of these satisfied ILL requests was €1,020.
Journals
Title Price
New Scientist €245.84
0
5
10
15
20
Applied Science Dept.
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Veterinary Ireland Journal €266.47
Veterinary Nursing Journal €281.58
Veterinary Record and In Practice €1,216.28
Total €2,101.17
Journal article access for Applied Sciences is provided mainly via online collections
- see information on database usage.
Evidence of Engagement
No. of recommendations for
purchase by lecturers
Information Skills
training sessions
Library events in
Applied Science
Science – General = 25 33 sessions delivered 2 Pop-up libraries
Veterinary Nursing = 25
Library Space
475 seats 1 : 10 reader : seat
365 study spaces (excluding rooms) 1 : 13 reader : seat
118 PCs 1 : 40 PC : reader
Identified gaps in the Collection
No obvious gaps identified in the collection. Older titles in many discipline areas
are still relevant as the basic information does not change.
Plan for 2014
Work to maintain current resourcing levels, Promote Open Access sources
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Collection Profile for School of Engineering
April 2014
Total spend 2013
Books €895.90
Databases (usage as a % of total cost €68,170.14)
€14,997.00
Journals €4,216.13
ILLs €776.00
Total €20,885.03
Books
Age Profile
2010-2019 2000-2009 1990-1999 1980-1989 1970-1979 1960-1969
5.32% 35% 43% 8.95 4.5 1.37
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Print books by Subject
Subject No of Titles
Economics – Property/Construction Industry 16
Environment / Energy 123
Law / Building / Business / Planning 72
Health & Safety 5
Environment / Pollution 71
Transportation 33
Mathematics + Engineering Mathematics 334
Surveying 37
Physics 130
General Technology / Technical Drawing / Inventions 46
Standards / General Engineering 120
Mechanics & Materials 357
Electrical / Electronic 564
Heat Engineering 54
Pneumatics / Blowers / Fans / Pumps 12
Machine Design / Workshop Practice / Tools 69
Civil Engineering 301
Highways 27
Hydrology 27
Hydraulic Engineering 36
Sanitary / Municipal Engineering 201
Motor Mechanics 93
Automatic Control 83
Production Management / Quality Control 260
Metallurgy 17
Manufacturing 181
Building / Construction 899
Wood Construction / Carpentry 39
Built Services / Plumbing 113
Urban Development / Renewal 76
Civic / Landscape Design 143
Architecture 515
Design / Decorative Arts 224
Appendix 1 gives more detail of subject areas with a total of 6,466 titles. This figure
equates to 16% of the total collection (40,304)
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Titles purchased in 2013
New editions / replacements
Recommended by Lecturers
Civil & Construction 13 1
Sustainable Engineering 1
Electronics/Mechanical 4 1
Average price per book based on orders
€39.99
Student Enrolment 2013/2014
Department No of Students
Civil & Environmental 79
Construction & Surveying 107
Electrical & Mechanical 286
Trades 105
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Collection Usage
Checkouts by Department
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
Checkouts by Programme 2013
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
Jan
Feb
Mar
Ap
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May Jun
Jul
Au
g
Sep
Oct
No
v
De
c
Civil & Environmental
Civil Eng Level 7
Civil Eng L8 add-on
Eng Entrepren L8
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20
30
40
50
60Ja
n
Feb
Mar
Ap
r
May Jun
Jul
Au
g
Sep
Oct
No
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De
c
Construction & Surveying
Build Surv L8 New
Buildng Surveyng L8 S
Construction Tech L7
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
Jan
Feb
Mar
Ap
r
May Jun
Jul
Au
g
Sep
Oct
No
v
De
c
Electronics & Mechanical
Electron &Elec Sys L7
Mech Eng Level 7
MSc Renewable EnergLv9
Renewable Energ PG L9
Sust Design L8 add-on
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Students/Staff who borrow
There are 26 Socrates students not assigned to a Department.
Department
(PCode1)
(Students & Staff)
No of Registered Students
No of Staff (listed on Website)
Checkouts =<1
Students Staff
Civil & Environmental 79 10 32 9 2
Electronics & Mechanical 286 29 155 55 6
Construction & Surveying 107 13 66 16 5
Trades 105 19 6 1 5
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Internal Use & Borrowing
Department & selected Dewey Range No of Titles Internal Use
Checkouts (for calendar
year)
Civil & Environmental (624 – 629.199)
591 250 42%
255 42%
Electronics & Mechanical (620 – 621.399 )
1040 345 33%
301 29%
Construction & Surveying (690 – 698.99)
1051 (Inc 456 BRE reports also available in
IHS)
363 34.5%
262 25%
Electronic Books
Ebrary usage by Department
Civil & Environmental
Construction & Surveying
Electronics & Mechanical
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Database Searches 2013
Database Cost No of Searches (Engineering)
Total Searches As a % of all searches
Ebscoae Funded by HEA 7171 1154398 0.6% Ebrary €17418.00 3750 128462 0.65% EPNET 742 73405 1% Proquest €3534.00 593 366663 1.6% EBSCO Host EJS €538.60 1129 14337 7.83% ScienceDirect €4377.32 17592 222178 7.92% Dkitwebpage 2425 3203 16.9% Emerald €9842.00 2377 13219 18% IEEE €4728.00 3026 15127 20% Index to Theses €852.22 516 1792 28.8 BSOL €7770.00 9555 13454 71% IHS 19110.00 521120 613886 85%
Inter Library Loan 2013
Department Staff Loan
Staff p/copy
Student Loan
Student p/copy
% of all Requests
Electronics & Mechanical 3 10 4 13 5.44%
Civil & Environmental Nil 6 1 Nil 1.46%
Construction & Surveying Nil 1 7 2 1.63%
Totals 3 17 12 15 8.53%
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Journals
Title Price
Architects Journal 327.39
Architecture Ireland 87.11
Building Engineer 74.76
Car Mechanics 73.30
Construction 69.68
Electronics World 79.36
Elektor 76.54
International Journal of Sustainable Engineering (Online)
564.56
Irish Planning & Environmental Law
613.04
Journal of Solar Energy Engineering (Print & Online)
350.82
New Civil Engineer 283.45
Photovoltaics International Journal
184.13
Proceedings of the ICE Structures & Buildings
843.29
Wind Engineering (Online) 503.78
Woodworker & Woodturner 85.43
Usage of Online Journals International Journal of Sustainable Engineering 3
Journal of Solar Energy Engineering 5
Wind Engineering 32
Space
475 seats 1 : 10 reader : seat
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365 study spaces (excl
rooms)
1 : 13 reader : seat
118 PCs 1 : 40 PC : reader
Engagement
Il Sessions Booked & Delivered Pop-ups
12 2
Identified gaps in the Collection The age profile of engineering books would indicate a major investment in updating stock –
either print and/or online
Plan for 2014 Promote database usage
Monitor reading lists through Course Builder
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Appendix 1
Age Profile
Dewey Description 20102019
20002009
19901999
19801989
19701979
19601969
19501959
19401949
19301939
19201929
<1919 No
Date TOTAL
1.4200 Research methods 6 39 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62
4 Information technology 1 15 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 170
5.5000 Microsoft Applications 4 54 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60
300.7200 Research methods
333.3300 Economics - Built environment 0 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
333.7 - 333.79 Environment / Energy 5 36 73 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 123
338.4769 Economics - Built environment 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
340-340.99 Law
4 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
343.0786 Building Law 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
346.0660 Business/Company Law 4 16 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36
346.4710 Planning Law 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
363.1100 Health & Safety at work 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
363.7000 Environment/Pollution 3 27 39 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 71
378.1700 Study Skills 4 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
388.0000 Transportation 1 11 17 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 33
510-519.99 Mathematics 7 50 165 56 9 5 4 0 0 0 1 5 302
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526.9-529.99 Surveying 2 8 13 10 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 37
530-539.99 Physics 1 37 72 7 6 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 130
600-603.99 General Technology 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
604-604.2599 Technical Drawing 1 10 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22
604.26-609.99 Technology/Inventions 0 7 4 2 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 22
620-620.0009 Standards/General 1 9 21 40 36 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 120
620.0015 Engineering Mathematics 2 19 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32
620.002-621.299
MECHANICS AND MATERIALS 8 83 156 5 23 28 16 0 0 0 0 6 357
621.3-621.399 ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC ENG 19 169 317 43 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 564
621.4-621.499 HEAT ENGINEERING 4 11 31 10 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 64
621.5-621.799 PNEUMATICS/BLOWERS/FANS/PUMPS
0 1 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
621.8-621.899 MACHINE DESIGN/WORKSHOP PRACTICE 0 10 19 10 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 48
621.9-621.99 TOOLS 0 3 7 4 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 21
624-624.99 CIVIL ENGINEERING 8 67 149 48 23 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 301
625-626.99 HIGHWAYS/HYDROLOGY 1 7 33 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 54
627-627.99 HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING 1 5 22 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36
628-629.199 SANITARY/MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING
6 50 110 23 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 201
629.2-629.299 MOTOR MECHANICS 6 33 44 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 93
629.3-629.99 AUTOMATIC CONTROL 0 17 60 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 83
650-656.99 BUSINESS/OFFICE 10 32 45 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 91
657-657.99 ACCOUNTING 12 108 68 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 190
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658.0220 Small business 8 25 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47
658.1100 New business enterprises 3 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
658.1522 Sources of funding 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
658-658.299 GENERAL MANAGEMENT/SMALL BUSINESS
46 202 153 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 422
658.4012 Strategic planning 22 39 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 86
658.42-658.421
Entrepreneurship 5 9 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24
658.5000 Operations Management 8 42 31 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 83
658.575-658.5752
New products management 2 20 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46
658.5-658.699 Production Management / Quality Control
10 110 121 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 260
658.7-658.799 MANAGEMENT/MATERIALS/SUPPLIES
2 19 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47
658.8000 Marketing 24 91 49 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 170
658.8100 Sales Management 1 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
658.8500 Selling 1 4 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
669-669.99 METALLURGY 0 1 8 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 17
670-689.99 MANUFACTURING 4 57 64 31 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 181
690-693.99 BUILDING/CONSTRUCTION 63 473 279 59 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 899
694-694.99 WOOD CONSTRUCTION/CARPENTRY
3 10 15 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39
695-699.99 BUILT SERVICES/PLUMBING 4 58 41 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 113
711.4-711.499 Urban development/renewal 0 17 49 3 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 76
710-719.99 CIVIC/LANDSCAPE DESIGN 0 40 80 9 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 143
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720-729.99 ARCHITECTURE 10 122 260 54 54 5 1 1 0 0 0 8 515
740-749.99 DESIGN/DECORATIVE ARTS 17 64 49 53 30 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 224
808.0200 Dissertation/Assignment writing
3 9 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25
808.0660 Academic writing 6 17 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40
344 2261 2781 579 292 89 31 1 1 0 2 53 6466