The Survey Metrics Dashboard is available to Subscribers and includes interactive visualizations for key metrics aligning to the ACRL Standards for Libraries in Higher Education.
Default views include comparison to all survey respondents. Use category drop-down menus and/or Peer Groups to customize views.
Summary
- Total Expenditures
- Materials & Operations Expenditures
- FTE Staff, Materials, & Operations Expenditures
- FTE Staff
- Collections Summary
- External Contributions from Consortia/Networks/System
- Collections & Institutional Repositories Details
- Circulation Summary
- Interlibrary Loan Summary
- Information Services Summary
- Information Services Summary: (A)Synchronous Presentations
- Group Presentations
- Hours Open per Week
- Student Enrollment
- Gate Count
Effectiveness: Academic Library Institutional Effectiveness (metrics include institutional data from the most current IPEDS survey available)
- Library Expenditures as a % of All Institutional Expenditures
- Library Expenditures as a % of Institutional Expenditures for Academic Support
- Graduation Rates vs. Library Expenditures
- Retention Rates vs. Library Expenditures
Education: Academic Library Institutional Role
- Total Attendance at All Presentations to Groups
- Number of Group Presentations (A)Synchronous
- Ratio of Reference Transactions to Student Enrollment
- Ratio of Reference Consultations to Student Enrollment
- Ratio of Virtual Reference Services to Student Enrollment
- FTE Student Enrollment to FTE Librarians
Discovery
- Collection Use per FTE Student
- Total Materials Usage
- Digital Materials Usage
- Physical Materials Usage
- E-Serials Usage
- Institutional Repository Item Usage
- Items Borrowed (Interlibrary Loan)
- Items Loaned (Interlibrary Loan)
Collections
- Total Library Materials Expenditures per FTE Student
- Number of Titles (Physical + Electronic) Per FTE Student
- Ongoing Commitments to Subscriptions as % of Total Materials/Services Expenses
- Total Library Materials Expenditures as % of Total Library Expenditures
- Preservation Expenses
- External Contributions for Materials from Consortia/Network/System
- Number of Serial Titles
- Number of Book Titles
- Number of Media Titles (Physical + Electronic)
- Number of Digital/Electronic Databases
- Items Held in Institutional Repositories
- Total Items Held in Offsite Collections
Space
- % of FTE Students Who Visit the Library Per Week
- Hours Open During a Typical Week
- Cost per Hour Open
Leadership: Academic Library Institutional Management/Administration/Leadership
- Total Staff Expenditures as % of Total Library Expenditures (Excludes Fringe)
- Total Operating Expenditures (Excludes Fringe) per FTE Student
- Total Operating Expenditures
- Salary and Wages Expenditure per FTE Student
Personnel
- Library Staffing
- Ratio of FTE Students to FTE Librarians
- Staffing Percentages
- Salaries and Wages by Staff Type
