1 NORTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY ANNUAL REPORT 2005-2006
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3 Natchitoches Shreveport Leesville Grand Total
4 Expenditures on information resources
5 One- time print/ microfilm/electronic/media purchases:
6 Books (print) 64,679.47
7 Journals (print)
8 Serial Backfiles (print/microfilm)
9 Electronic one-time purchases (incl. access fees for e-books)
10 Media one-time purchases (incl. access fees)
11 Maps
12 Total expenditures for one-time purchases $64,679.47 $64,679.47
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14 Current serial subscriptions (all formats):
15 Electronic current serial subcriptions (incl. access fees) 71,445.99
16 Print serial subscriptions 351,912.88
17 Total expenditures for current serial subscriptions $423,358.87 $423,358.87
18 Other information resources:
19 Document delivery/Interlibrary Loan (Other University fees & Amigos July '05-May '06 charges) 14,054.62
20 Preservation (binding) 9,182.06
21 Preservation (microform) 35,507.76
22 Total expenditures for other information resources $58,744.44 $58,744.44
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24 Library Personnel
25 Faculty 7 1 8
26 Unclassified Staff 1 2 3
27 Support Staff 12 1 13
28 Wages of Labor (part-time) (2-Circ, 1-Lib. Office for July/Dec. 2005 & 1-Leesville for June 2006) 3 1 4
29 Student Workers 35 35
30 Total Library Personnel 58 2 3 63
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32 Salaries & Wages
33 Faculty 405,975.00
34 Unclassified Staff 112,184.00
35 Support Staff 323,064.00
36 Wages of Labor (part-time) 16,660.00
37 Student Workers 20,227.00
38 Total Salaries & Wages $878,110.00 $878,110.00
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40 Collections
41 Books, serial backfiles, and other print materials:
42 Total books on hand (all campuses), June 2005 320,561
43 Total new books purchased this fiscal year 2,016
44 Total gifts books accessioned and cataloged this fiscal year 1,063 1,710 2,773
45 Total Books Withdrawn -12,747 -279 -13,026
46 Net Total Books 312,324
47 Government Documents (pieces in tangible format on hand), June 2005 476,585
Total new pieces acquired 4,629
Total pieces withdrawn -17,135
48     % of Government Documents selected from offerings 32.78%
49 Total number of pieces in documents collection 464,079 464,079
50 Current Journal Subscriptions (Number of Titles from EBSCO & Direct Orders) 1,271 76 56 1,403
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52 Total bound journals volumes on hand (all campuses), June 2005 83,928 83,928
53 Total bound journals volumes added this fiscal year 1,485 215 1,700
54 Total  bound journals volumes withdrawn -983 -983
55 Net Total Bound Journals 84,430 215 84,645
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57 Total number of books & bound journals, all campuses, June 2006 313,041
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59 Collections
60 Non-Print Materials
61 Microfilm (reels currently added) 336
62 Microfilm (Total number in our collection) 26,286
63 Microfiche (fiche currently added) 38
64 Microfiche (Total number in our collection) all except ERIC 30,203
65 Microcards (cards currently added) 0
66 Microcards (Total number in our collection) 5,825
67 ERIC Microfiche (Total number in our collection) 483,046
68 LAC Cards (Total number in our collection) 40,152
69 LEL Cards (Total number in our collection) 40,085
70 VHS (videos currently added) 2
71 VHS (Total number in our collection) 913
72 DVDs (dvds currently added) 45
73 DVDs (Total number in our collection 135
74 Cassettes, Audio, etc. (currently added) 0
75 Cassettes, Audio, etc. (Total number in our collection) 50
76 CDs (cds currently added) 8
77 CDs (Total number in our collection) 358
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79 E-books (Item=E-Book)
80 Number purchased outside a consortium and cataloged
81 Purchased by consortium (ex. ECAT)
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83 Databases 91 91
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85 Library Services
86 Interlibrary Loans provided to other libraries
87 Returnables (ex. Books, volumes, media) 500 31 30 561
88 Non- returnables (ex. Electronic articles, photocopies, faxes) 560 1,104 1,664
89 Total of all lending transactions 1,060 1,135 30 2,225
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91 Interlibrary Loans received from other libraries
92 Returnables (ex. Books, volumes, media) 1,144 40 52
93 Non- returnables (ex. Electronic articles, photocopies, faxes) 1,544 314
94 Total of all borrowing transactions 2,688 354 52 3,094
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96 Documents delivered from commercial services (ex. Ingenta & Docline) 44 44
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98 Circulation Transactions:
99 Initial transactions (items checked out only) 53,801 1,726 2,823 58,350
100 Renewals 3,940 383 32 4,355
101 In-house circulation (Reference, Stacks, Government Documents, & NetLibrary) 13,028 1,253 14,281
102 In-house circulation (Serials/Media) 3,160 1,553 4,713
103 Reserves 6 345 351
104 Total circulation transactions 73,935 4,915 3,200 82,050
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106 Library Instruction:
107 Number of Subject classes  106 30 136
108 Number of Orientation 1010 classes 37 7 44
109 Number of Student Workshops 4 37 41
110 Total Number of NSU Students 3,949 543 831 5,323
111 Number of Faculty workshops 3 3
112 Total Number of NSU Faculty 9 9
113 Number of LSMSA classes 7 7
114 Total Number of LSMSA students 108 108
115 Number of BPCC classes 4 4
116 Total Number of BPCC students 45 45
117 Number of Visiting Groups (High School, etc.) 1 1 2
118 Total Number of Visitors 16 7 23
119 Other: 5 5
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121 Library Services:
122 Hours open in a typical week 80 65 42 187
123 Gate count in a typical week (total for the year divide by 52) 1,859 1,276 131 3,266
124 Total searches of library databases (all campuses) 433,332 69,125 502,457
125 Number of Public workstations added 15 15
126 Total number of public workstations 23 25 8 56
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129 Reference Transactions:
130 Number of reference transactions-Reference 10,156 4,445 1,520 16,121
131 Number of reference transactions-Serials 3,611 3,611
132 Number of electronic reference transactions-Reference (ex. Email) 33 2,294 532 2,859
133 Number of electronic reference transactions-Serials (ex. Email) 7 7
134 Total number of reference transaction 13,807 6,739 2,052 22,598
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136 Cammie G. Henry Research Center Annual Report
137 Collections:
138 Manuscript Collections Processed (linear feet) 10
139 University Archives Processed (linear feet) 30
140 Total number of manuscript and archives held in linear feet 40 40
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142 Total number of inventories completed 3 3
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144 Total number of items entered into the LA Digital Library Project 0 0
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146 Number of rare books acquired 14
147 Number of Louisiana books acquired 40
148 Total materials acquired 54 54
149 State Documents:
150 State documents acquired by 30 June (not counted elsewhere) 196 196
151 Total state documents held
152 Total state documents withdrawn -162 -162
153 Total number of state documents sent to the State Library 130 130
154 Total State Documents
155 Preservation
156 Total number of books preserved 0
157 Total number of photographs preserved 50
158 Total number of manuscripts preserved 170
159 Total number of maps preserved 0
160 Total Preservation 220 220
161 Information Resources:
162 Number of library instruction sessions to a class or distinct group (ex. Educational Faculty) 44
163 Number of professional presentations 5
164 Total number of published items 1
165 Total Information Resources 50 50
166 Reference/ Research services
167 Total number of research questions handled by correspondence 34
168 Total number of research questions handled by email 386
169 Total number of documents delivered (ex. Photocopied material/pages, etc.) 67,457
170 Total number of archival materials pulled for patrons 7,536
171 Total number of walk-in research questions 995
172 Total number of Research Center patron count 1,621
173 Total number of Monographs and Serials pulled for patrons 1,951
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175 Digital Imaging Lab Annual Report
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177 CGHRC Services 
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179 CGHRC Scrapbook Scans  or Photo Digitizations 3,127
180 Colonial Documents
181 Images to Clients or Researchers 562
182 Publication Clients or Researchers Served 12
183 Faculty Supported for Publications or Papers 5
184 Images for CGHRC Displays  55
185 Brochures and Publications 3
186 Audio Tapes Digitized 25
187 News Releases and Messenger  12
188 Total Transactions 3,801 3,801
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190 Webmaster
191 Web Pages Modifed for SACS 185
192 Database Pages Modified 55
193 Finding Aid Web Pages Created  31
194 Collection Web Pages Created 3
195 Watson, Nursing and Leesville Library Pages Created  6
196 Total Webmaster Pages 280 280