UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH LIBRARIES LONG TERM TRENDS (2004-2014) Based on ARL and IPEDS Statistics Prepared by Strategic Assessment Unit, ULS August 2015 1
2 Summary University of Pittsburgh data includes ULS, Law and Health Services libraries Most analyses show data for 2004-2014 or 2006-2014. Small number of analyses include data for 2012-2014 or 2014 only (to reflect new data points collected by ARL and IPEDS) Pitt data is also shown in context of selected peer and aspirational peer institutions
ARL INVESTMENT INDEX 3
4 ARL Investment Index University of Pittsburgh ARL Investment Index Rank: 2004-2014 Rank Linear (Rank) 1 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 6 11 ARL Rank 16 31 27 31 31 30 31 29 36 34 33 33 21 26 31 36
5 ARL Investment Index Ranking Peers ARL Investment Index Rank: 2004-2014 Rank 1 6 11 16 21 26 31 36 41 46 51 56 61 66 71 76 81 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 DELAWARE MARYLAND OHIO STATE PENNSYLVANIA STATE PITTSBURGH RUTGERS SUNY-BUFFALO
6 ARL Investment Index Ranking Aspirational Peers ARL Investment Index Rank: 2004-2014 1 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Rank 6 11 16 21 26 31 36 ILLINOIS URBANA MICHIGAN MINNESOTA NORTH CAROLINA PITTSBURGH VIRGINIA WISCONSIN
EXPENDITURES 7
8 Expenditures 1 Nominal Expenditures by Category: 2004-2014 $18,000,000 $16,000,000 Collections Staff Operations $14,000,000 $12,000,000 $10,000,000 $8,000,000 $6,000,000 $4,000,000 $2,000,000 $0 $11,720,010 $11,053,573 $2,890,953 $13,070,488 $11,245,436 $3,568,897 $13,637,310 $11,869,412 $3,420,490 $14,438,533 $11,988,030 $3,464,030 $14,857,024 $12,538,822 $4,264,263 $14,206,270 $12,882,043 $3,056,988 $15,605,569 $12,118,935 $3,603,279 $14,358,635 $12,320,707 $3,017,769 $14,572,377 $11,880,894 $5,347,316 $15,544,964 $12,444,350 $4,597,752 $16,617,294 $12,105,407 $3,225,859 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
9 Expenditures 2 Expenditure by Category as Percentage of Total: 2004-2014 60.00 50.00 Collections Staff Operations % of Total Expenditure 40.00 30.00 20.00 45.67 43.07 46.87 40.33 47.14 41.03 48.30 40.11 46.93 39.60 47.13 42.73 49.81 38.68 48.35 41.49 45.82 37.36 47.70 38.19 52.01 37.89 10.00 0.00 11.26 12.80 11.82 11.59 13.47 10.14 11.50 10.16 16.82 14.11 10.10 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
10 Expenditures 3 Inflation-adjusted Expenditure per Student, 2006-2014 Total Expenditure Linear (Total Expenditure) $1,000 $800 1023.5 1023.0 1015.7 970.7 966.7 880.2 930.9 938.1 912.5 $600 $400 $200 $0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
11 Expenditures: peer comparison 1 Peers: Total Expenditure 2004-2014 $60,000,000 DELAWARE $50,000,000 MARYLAND $40,000,000 OHIO STATE $30,000,000 $20,000,000 PENNSYLVANIA STATE PITTSBURGH RUTGERS $10,000,000 SUNY-BUFFALO $0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
12 Expenditures: aspirational peer comparison 1 Aspirational Peers: Total Expenditure 2004-2014 $70,000,000 $60,000,000 $50,000,000 $40,000,000 $30,000,000 $20,000,000 $10,000,000 ILLINOIS URBANA MICHIGAN MINNESOTA NORTH CAROLINA PITTSBURGH VIRGINIA WISCONSIN $0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
13 Expenditures: peer comparison 2 Peers: Total Materials Expenditure 2004-2014 $25,000,000 DELAWARE MARYLAND $20,000,000 OHIO STATE $15,000,000 $10,000,000 PENNSYLVANIA STATE PITTSBURGH $5,000,000 RUTGERS $0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 SUNY-BUFFALO
14 Expenditures: aspirational peer comparison 2 Aspirational Peers: Total Materials Expenditure 2004-2014 $30,000,000 $25,000,000 $20,000,000 $15,000,000 $10,000,000 ILLINOIS URBANA MICHIGAN MINNESOTA NORTH CAROLINA PITTSBURGH VIRGINIA WISCONSIN $5,000,000 $0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
15 Expenditures: peer comparison 3 Peers: Professional Salaries and Wages 2004-2014 $14,000,000 DELAWARE $12,000,000 MARYLAND $10,000,000 OHIO STATE $8,000,000 $6,000,000 PENNSYLVANIA STATE PITTSBURGH $4,000,000 RUTGERS $2,000,000 SUNY-BUFFALO $0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
16 Expenditures: aspirational peer comparison 3 Aspirational Peers: Professional Salaries and Wages 2004-2014 $16,000,000 $14,000,000 $12,000,000 $10,000,000 $8,000,000 $6,000,000 $4,000,000 $2,000,000 ILLINOIS URBANA MICHIGAN MINNESOTA NORTH CAROLINA PITTSBURGH VIRGINIA WISCONSIN $0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
17 Expenditures: peer comparison 4 Salaries expenditure as % of total library expenditures - peer institutions 2012-2014 60.00 50.00 57.94 58.5 2012 2013 2014 40.00 30.00 20.00 59.70 50.53 50.15 48.5 49.77 48.5 47.5 39.94 45.25 45.5 43.09 42.1 39.9 40.17 37.77 40.7 37.36 38.19 37.9 10.00 0.00 RUTGERS PENNSYLVANIA STATE SUNY-BUFFALO MARYLAND DELAWARE OHIO STATE PITTSBURGH
18 Expenditures: aspirational peer comparison 4 60.0 Salaries expenditure as % of total library expenditures - aspirational peer institutions 2012-2014 2012 2013 2014 50.0 40.0 51.1 48.2 48.5 50.9 50.1 53.0 49.6 52.8 49.9 49.6 45.5 49.2 47.1 48.2 48.5 45.5 44.7 45.1 30.0 37.4 38.2 37.9 20.0 10.0 0.0 MICHIGAN WISCONSIN VIRGINIA NORTH CAROLINA ILLINOIS, URBANA MINNESOTA PITTSBURGH
COLLECTIONS 19
20 Collections 1 Pittsburgh Collections 2014* Collections Physical Digital Books 5,854,620 1,269,457 Databases N/A 540 Media 445,453 38,342 *as reported to IPEDS
21 Collections 2 10,000,000 9,000,000 8,000,000 Peers: Volumes Held 2004-2014 DELAWARE MARYLAND Volumes Held 7,000,000 6,000,000 5,000,000 4,000,000 3,000,000 2,000,000 OHIO STATE PENNSYLVANIA STATE PITTSBURGH RUTGERS 1,000,000 0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 SUNY-BUFFALO
22 Collections 3 14,000,000 12,000,000 10,000,000 Aspirational Peers: Volumes Held 2004-2014 ILLINOIS, URBANA MICHIGAN MINNESOTA Volumes Held 8,000,000 6,000,000 4,000,000 NORTH CAROLINA PITTSBURGH 2,000,000 VIRGINIA 0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 WISCONSIN
23 Collections 4 Peers: E-book Holdings 2012-2014 1,400,000 1,200,000 2012 2013 2014 1,000,000 800,000 600,000 400,000 200,000 0 PITTSBURGH SUNY-BUFFALO RUTGERS MARYLAND OHIO STATE DELAWARE PENNSYLVANIA STATE
24 Collections 5 Aspirational Peers: E-book Holdings 2012-2014 2,500,000 2,000,000 2012 2013 2014 1,500,000 1,000,000 500,000 0 MICHIGAN PITTSBURGH NORTH CAROLINA WISCONSIN ILLINOIS, URBANA MINNESOTA VIRGINIA
25 COLLECTIONS USE AND DELIVERY
26 Circulation 1 Pittsburgh Circulation in 2014 Physical items E-books and digital media 184,453* 1,755,724+ *excludes ILL, reserves and renewals + as reported to IPEDS
27 Circulation 2 14.00 Pitt Library Physical Circulations per Student: 2006-2014 Circulation per Student Linear (Circulation per Student) 12.00 10.00 8.00 6.00 12.82 10.49 9.94 10.14 4.00 2.00 8.28 8.29 6.92 6.26 5.27 0.00 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2014 circulation of E-books and digital media was 50.1 per student
28 Circulation 3 800,000 700,000 600,000 500,000 Peers: Initial Physical Circulations: 2004-2014 DELAWARE MARYLAND OHIO STATE Circulations 400,000 300,000 200,000 PENNSYLVANIA STATE PITTSBURGH RUTGERS 100,000 0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 SUNY-BUFFALO % change in circulation since 2004 or earliest available data* DELAWARE MARYLAND OHIO STATE PENNSYLVANIA STATE PITTSBURGH RUTGERS SUNY- BUFFALO - 28.6-63.9-6.9-37.8-58.8-40.8-62.3
29 Circulation 4 Aspirational Peers: Initial Physical Circulations: 2004-2014 900,000 800,000 700,000 600,000 500,000 400,000 300,000 200,000 100,000 0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 ILLINOIS, URBANA MICHIGAN MINNESOTA NORTH CAROLINA PITTSBURGH VIRGINIA WISCONSIN % change since 2004 or earliest available data* ILLINOIS, URBANA MICHIGAN MINNESOTA NORTH CAROLINA PITTSBURGH VIRGINIA WISCONSIN - 22.4-27.0-50.1-27.8-58.8-49.4-40.9
30 Inter Library Loans 1 90000 Pittsburgh ILL Lending and Borrowing: 2004-2014 80000 Number of ILL transactions 70000 60000 50000 40000 30000 20000 10000 Lending Borrowing 0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013* 2014 *2013 data not available
31 Inter Library Loans 2 Peers: ILL Lending: 2004-2014 180,000 DELAWARE ILL Transactions 160,000 140,000 120,000 100,000 80,000 60,000 MARYLAND OHIO STATE PENNSYLVAN IA STATE PITTSBURGH 40,000 20,000 RUTGERS 0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 SUNY- BUFFALO 2013 Pittsburgh data not available
32 Inter Library Loans 3 Aspirational Peers: ILL Lending: 2004-2013 ILL Transactions 200,000 180,000 160,000 140,000 120,000 100,000 80,000 60,000 40,000 ILLINOIS, URBANA MICHIGAN MINNESOTA NORTH CAROLINA PITTSBURGH VIRGINIA 20,000 0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 WISCONSIN 2013 Pittsburgh data not available
33 Inter Library Loans 4 100,000 Peers: ILL Borrowing: 2004-2014 ILL Transactionsis 90,000 80,000 70,000 60,000 50,000 40,000 30,000 DELAWARE MARYLAND OHIO STATE PENNSYLVA NIA STATE PITTSBURGH 20,000 10,000 RUTGERS 0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 SUNY- BUFFALO 2013 Pittsburgh data not available
34 Inter Library Loans 5 Aspirational Peers: ILL Borrowing: 2004-2014 ILL Transactions 100,000 90,000 80,000 70,000 60,000 50,000 40,000 30,000 20,000 ILLINOIS, URBANA MICHIGAN MINNESOTA NORTH CAROLINA PITTSBURGH VIRGINIA 10,000 0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 WISCONSIN 2013 Pittsburgh data not available
35 Downloads 1 10,000,000 Peers: Successful Full-text Article Requests 2012-2014 9,000,000 8,000,000 2012 2013 2014 7,000,000 6,000,000 5,000,000 4,000,000 3,000,000 2,000,000 1,000,000 - PITTSBURGH MARYLAND OHIO STATE PENNSYLVANIA STATE SUNY-BUFFALO RUTGERS DELAWARE
36 Downloads 2 12,000,000 Aspirational Peers: Full-text Article Requests 2012-2014 10,000,000 2012 2013 2014 8,000,000 6,000,000 4,000,000 2,000,000 - MICHIGAN PITTSBURGH WISCONSIN NORTH CAROLINA VIRGINIA MINNESOTA ILLINOIS, URBANA
37 Downloads 3 300.0 Peers: Successful Full-text Article Requests per Patron 2012-2014 250.0 2012 2013 2014 200.0 150.0 100.0 234.1 254.4 249.9 50.0 0.0 130.7 130.3 119.2 122.6 97.2 88.6 PITTSBURGH MARYLAND SUNY-BUFFALO RUTGERS OHIO STATE PENNSYLVANIA STATE 39.8 101.2 30.3 93.4 91.0 74.9 53.1 47.3 40.9 #N/A #N/A #N/A DELAWARE
38 Downloads 4 300.0 Aspirational Peers: Successful Full-text Article Requests per Patron 2012-2014 250.0 2012 2013 2014 200.0 150.0 100.0 50.0 0.0 234.1 254.4 249.9 226.0 165.5 PITTSBURGH MICHIGAN WISCONSIN ILLINOIS, URBANA 170.2 143.5 0 63.6 91.6 101.2 VIRGINIA 39.4 0.0 MINNESOTA
39 Database searches 1 Peers: Database Searches 2012-2014 14,000,000 12,000,000 10,000,000 2012 2013 2014 8,000,000 6,000,000 4,000,000 2,000,000 - MARYLAND OHIO STATE PITTSBURGH RUTGERS SUNY-BUFFALO PENNSYLVANIA STATE DELAWARE
40 Database searches 2 Aspirational Peers: Database Searches 2012-2014 50,000,000 45,000,000 40,000,000 35,000,000 2012 2013 2014 30,000,000 25,000,000 20,000,000 15,000,000 10,000,000 5,000,000 0 ILLINOIS, URBANA WISCONSIN MICHIGAN PITTSBURGH NORTH CAROLINA VIRGINIA MINNESOTA
41 Database searches 3 Peers: Databse Searches per Patron 2012-2014 350.0 300.0 2012 2013 2014 250.0 200.0 150.0 100.0 50.0-285.0 332.6 323.7 236.0 198.5 227.7 166.0 155.2 161.3 157.1 147.2 MARYLAND PITTSBURGH SUNY-BUFFALO OHIO STATE DELAWARE RUTGERS PENNSYLVANIA STATE 137.4 71.4 75.0 73.4 34.6 45.0 96.6 37.8 40.4 #N/A
42 Database searches 4 Aspirational Peers: Database Searches per Patron 2012-2014 500.0 450.0 400.0 2012 2013 2014 350.0 300.0 250.0 200.0 150.0 100.0 50.0-286.2 489.5 509.2 265.8 328.6 287.9 WISCONSIN MICHIGAN PITTSBURGH NORTH CAROLINA 236.0 198.5 227.7 220.7 249.0 197.0 54.5 98.7 137.1 #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A VIRGINIA MINNESOTA ILLINOIS, URBANA
43 INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTION SERVICES
44 Reference 1 350,000 Pittsburgh Reference Transactions, 2004-2014 300,000 250,000 PITTSBURGH Linear (PITTSBURGH) 200,000 150,000 100,000 50,000-2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
45 Reference 2 Peers: Reference Transactions: 2004-2014 Transactions 400000 350000 300000 250000 200000 150000 100000 50000 DELAWARE MARYLAND OHIO STATE PENNSYLVANIA STATE PITTSBURGH RUTGERS SUNY-BUFFALO 0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 % change from 2004 or earliest available data* DELAWARE MARYLAND OHIO STATE* PENNSYLVANIA STATE PITTSBURGH RUTGERS SUNY-BUFFALO - 2.0-97.2-91.8-62.8-77.2-59.6-60.6
46 Reference 3 Aspirational Peers: Reference Transactions: 2004-2014 350,000 300,000 ILLINOIS, URBANA MICHIGAN Transactions 250,000 200,000 150,000 100,000 50,000 MINNESOTA NORTH CAROLINA PITTSBURGH VIRGINIA WISCONSIN - 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 % change from 2004 or earliest available data* ILLINOIS, URBANA MICHIGAN MINNESOTA NORTH CAROLINA PITTSBURGH VIRGINIA WISCONSIN - 52.2-34.5-81.6-38.8-77.2-49.7-11.0
47 Presentations 1 Peers: Presentations to Groups: 2004-2014 Presentations 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 DELAWARE MARYLAND OHIO STATE PENNSYLVANIA STATE PITTSBURGH 1000 500 0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 RUTGERS SUNY-BUFFALO
48 Presentations 2 Aspirational Peers: Presentations to Groups: 2004-2014 3000 2500 ILLINOIS, URBANA MICHIGAN Presentations 2000 1500 1000 MINNESOTA NORTH CAROLINA PITTSBURGH 500 VIRGINIA 0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 WISCONSIN
49 Presentations 3 Peers: Presentation Participants: 2004-1014 Participants 90,000 85,000 80,000 75,000 70,000 65,000 60,000 55,000 50,000 45,000 40,000 35,000 30,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000-2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 DELAWARE MARYLAND OHIO STATE PENNSYLVANIA STATE PITTSBURGH RUTGERS SUNY-BUFFALO % change from 2004 or earliest available data* DELAWARE MARYLAND OHIO STATE* PENNSYLVANIA STATE PITTSBURGH RUTGERS SUNY-BUFFALO 51.6-13.6 190.1 77.3-32.0 50.7 20.5
50 Presentations 4 Aspirational Peers: Presentation Participants: 2004-1014 Participants 40,000 35,000 30,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 ILLINOIS, URBANA MICHIGAN MINNESOTA NORTH CAROLINA PITTSBURGH VIRGINIA - 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 WISCONSIN % change from 2004 or earliest available data* ILLINOIS, URBANA MICHIGAN MINNESOTA NORTH CAROLINA PITTSBURGH VIRGINIA WISCONSIN 92.6 67.6-7.7 77.2-32.0 42.5 18.6
STAFF 51
52 Staff 1 Pittsburgh Staffing Levels, 2004-2014 350 300 Non-professional Staff Professional Staff 250 Number of Staff 200 150 173 167 172 174 173 171 155 144 138 138 137 100 50 118 118 120 122 120 121 118 122 118 113 110 0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
53 Staff 2 Peers: Professional and non-professional staff 2006-2014 600 550 500 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 DELAWARE MARYLAND OHIO STATE PENNSYLVANIA STATE PITTSBURGH RUTGERS SUNY-BUFFALO
54 Staff 3 Aspirational peer institutions: Professional and nonprofessional staff 2006-2014 600 500 ILLINOIS URBANA MICHIGAN 400 300 200 100 MINNESOTA NORTH CAROLINA PITTSBURGH VIRGINIA WISCONSIN 0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
55 Staff 4 Peer institutions: % professional staff 2006-2014 80.0 DELAWARE 70.0 60.0 50.0 MARYLAND OHIO STATE 40.0 30.0 20.0 10.0 PENNSYLVANIA STATE PITTSBURGH RUTGERS 0.0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 SUNY-BUFFALO
56 Staff 5 Aspirational peer institutions: % professional staff 2006-2014 70.0 60.0 ILLINOIS URBANA MICHIGAN 50.0 MINNESOTA 40.0 30.0 20.0 10.0 0.0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 NORTH CAROLINA PITTSBURGH VIRGINIA WISCONSIN