If your library is submitting a partial survey to ACRL, or if you need to submit your ACRL data manually to IPEDS, you can use the following to map the fields between surveys.
IPEDS Data Point |
ACRL Line/Field |
Library Collections/Circulation (Title quantities only) |
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Digital/Electronic Group Information |
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Digital/Electronic books |
40B |
Digital/Electronic databases |
41B |
Digital/Electronic media |
42B |
Digital/Electronic serials |
43B |
Total electronic collection, calculated |
(44B) Autocalculated Total 40B + 42B + 43B |
Total Digital/Electronic Circulation |
(61C) Autocalculated Total 61A (ebooks and media) + 61B (eserials) |
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Physical Group Information |
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Physical books |
40 (NOTE: not 40a which is volume count) |
Physical media |
42A |
Physical serials |
43A |
Total physical collection, calculated |
(44A) Autocalculated Total 40 + 42A + 43A |
Total Physical Circulation |
60 |
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Total interlibrary loans and documents provided to other libraries |
81 or 81c |
Total interlibrary loans and documents received |
82 or 82d |
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Library Staff Number of FTEs |
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Librarians |
1A |
Other Professional Staff |
2A |
All other paid staff (except student assistants) |
4A |
Student Assistants |
5A |
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Expenditures |
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Number of branch/independent libraries |
68 |
Total salaries and wages (all staff categories) |
Per ACRL: "If reporting salaries and wages by staffing type would expose an employee's salary and wage information, please know you are not required to report a single employee's salary and wages. Provide a comment for fields left blank noting that salary and wages are not being reported to protect confidentiality." This total is autogenerated by ACRL. Include ALL categories of salaries and wages in ACRL, or include NONE and complete this field manually in IPEDS. Including only some of the salary/wage expenditure categories will generate an inaccurate total.
1B + 2B + 4B + 5B (generates line 6B) |
Fringe benefits (if paid by library budget) |
9 |
One-time purchases of books, serial back-files, and other materials |
20 |
Ongoing commitments to subscriptions |
21 |
Other materials/services cost |
22 |
Total materials/services cost, calculated |
(23) Autocalculated, 20 + 21 + 22 |
Preservation services |
24 |
All other operations and maintenance expenses |
25 |
Total operations and maintenance expenses, calculated |
(26) Autocalculated, 24 + 25 |
Total Expenses |
(30) Autocalculated, 6B + 9 + 23 + 26 |
Total Expenses (minus fringe benefits) |
(31) Autocalculated, 6B + 23 + 26 |