Appendices - DkIT

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


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


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


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


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


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


% 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


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


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)


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


Items supplied by:

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Total Number ofILLs supplied by

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Total number ofbook Requests

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Total Number ofJournal articles

received

Avg. time ofbook

Average arrivaltime of journal

article

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2011

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Total Requested

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Total

Satisfied ILLs

Total number of

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Total Number of

ILLs supplied by

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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


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

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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

https://staffmail.dkit.ie/OWA/redir.aspx?C=FGGiJcEwzUOoRwy6sldAQoxosdh48dEIBj6jDnsLFPxzQNPPZffrZ5-MfoAauNfo4gFB_Ds4AsU.&URL=http%3a%2f%2feprints.dkit.ie%2f


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


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

https://www.surveymonkey.net/summary/tiaFu4fzGj8722kgqLymbwjEb9pEh2ILuFo6eZd8McE_3D

https://www.surveymonkey.net/summary/tiaFu4fzGj8722kgqLymbwjEb9pEh2ILuFo6eZd8McE_3D


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


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

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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

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Pure Research Postgrad

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Staff Retired

5 1

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Total 2433 4167 4117 2983 1937 426 524 438 2272 4303 4381 2540


% 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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Inter Library Loans

ILL requests in the School of Business & Humanities

Business 2

Management & Financial 5

Hospitality Studies 1

Humanities 92

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Books – 23

Articles - 77

Business

Management & Finanical

Hospitality Studies

Humanities


Staff Loan: 1

Staff Photocopy: 1

Staff Loan: 4

Staff Photocopy: 1

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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


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.


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


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


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


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


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.


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


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


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)


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


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

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Sep

Oct

No

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Civil & Environmental

Civil Eng Level 7

Civil Eng L8 add-on

Eng Entrepren L8


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10

20

30

40

50

60Ja

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Feb

Mar

Ap

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May Jun

Jul

Au

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Oct

No

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Construction & Surveying

Build Surv L8 New

Buildng Surveyng L8 S

Construction Tech L7

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

Jan

Feb

Mar

Ap

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May Jun

Jul

Au

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Sep

Oct

No

v

De

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Electronics & Mechanical

Electron &Elec Sys L7

Mech Eng Level 7

MSc Renewable EnergLv9

Renewable Energ PG L9

Sust Design L8 add-on


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


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


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%


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


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


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


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


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


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

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