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National Agricultural Library Assessment Report |
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| Comparison of Library Services: National Library of Medicine, National Institute of Health Library and the National Agricultural Library |
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| Library Services Note: NLM training primarily for librarians; NIH training primarily for end-user. |
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Hours of Operation
(Holiday and seasonal
variation in schedules)
*Reference assistance until 8:00 pm. |
Mon 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Tue 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Wed 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Thu 8:30 am - 9:00 pm* Fri 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Sat 8:30 am - 12:30 pm Sun Closed |
Mon - Thu 7:45 am - 10:00 pm Fri 7:45 am - 6:00 pm Sat 8:30 am - 6:00 pm Sun 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Reference (M-F 8:30 - 5:00) Photo Copy Service (M-Th 8 - 8; F 8-6; S 10 - 5; Su 1- 5) |
Mon - Fri. 8:30 am - 4:30 pm On-site reference and circulation hours. Closed Federal Holidays |
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Reference Services
in FY 2000
*NLM has a single point to process requests, the total includes enquires about products and services. ** Circulation requests for documents and books |
Total:* 114,427
Onsite 51,456 Remote 62,871 Circulation** Onsite 363,780 ILL 390,574 **Circulation of Documents and Books |
Total: 44,328
Information Desk (Reference): 12,617 Circulation Desk Information Requests (Call Number Look-up; availability of journals, etc.) 31,711 |
Total: 23,705
On & Off-site Mediated Reference Services Circulation** Document Delivery and ILL: 151,841 Web-based information delivery (hits): 11,830,876 |
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Materials Budget
*FY 00 Budget
**Projected FY 01 budget; |
Total:* $5,370,797
Serials 4,374,230 Books 542,659 Non-Print 161,305 Historical 292,603 Non-Print does not include licencing access to secondary databases. NLM plans to increase licencing for more electronic materials in FY 01. |
Total:** $3,000,000
Serials 1,800,000 Books 200,000 Non-Print 1,000,000 Non-Print category includes electronic journal subscriptions and databases. |
Total:** $2,071,000
Serials 1,821,000 Books 250,000 Non-Print See Below Non-Print/electronic publication and database subscriptions are included in the Serials and Book budgets above and are estimated to be approximately $300,000. Correction made to the original report. |
| Customer Base |
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NIH library services are only
available to current NIH employees
Primary audience 6-8,000 currently employed physicians and Ph.D. researchers. |
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| Staffing
*Staffing figures reported for
NLM's Division of Library Operations only. These staffing figures may include contractors
**Staffing figures include vacancies for FY 2001. |
*Total: 281.46 FTE
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Total: 56 FTE
Federal Positions
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Total: 170.35 FTE
Federal Positions
*** Provides administrative services for NAL and ARS HQ Program Management |
| Total Budget Projected for FY 01 |
Library Operations:
$56,752,000 Total NLM: $230,135,000 |
$9,500,000 (includes budget
for overhead and space
charges ~ $850,000)
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$20,400,000
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Last Updated August 13, 2002 |