Statistical Overview - Australian And New Zealand University Libraries
This aggregated data for Australian and New Zealand university libraries is made available to provide a high-level overview of key statistics.
A complete set of CAUL/CONZUL statistics includes data on collections, staffing, expenditures, library services, and library and university characteristics for all Australian and New Zealand university libraries and is publicly available at following.
New/revised data elements were approved by CAUL/CONZUL in September, 2018, and published here 19 December.
The current five years is embargoed, but may be made available to individuals or organisations upon receipt of a completed request form. The use of data by members and external users is subject to the following guidelines.
| Updated 8 October 2015 | CAUL | CONZUL |
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2014 |
2014 |
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EXPENDITURE |
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Total Library Expenditure |
$ 698,525,399 |
$ 128,555,153 |
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Total Expenditure on Salaries |
$ 349,976,845 |
$ 52,395,799 |
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Percentage Expenditure on Salaries |
50% |
41% |
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Total Expenditure on Information Resources |
$ 297,905,101 |
$ 65,871,167 |
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Percentage Expenditure on Information Resources |
43% |
51% |
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Average Information Resources Expenditure per Population Member |
$283 |
$434 |
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INFORMATION RESOURCES |
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Total Non-serial Titles (books, monographs, etc.) |
14,650,975 |
3,268,495 |
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Total eBooks |
13,881,798 |
2,913,024 |
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Percentage eBooks cf all books |
95% |
89% |
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Total Current Serial Titles (all formats) |
2,970,493 |
642,900 |
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Total eJournal Titles |
2,976,287 |
628,322 |
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Percentage eJournals of Serial Titles |
100% |
98% |
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LIBRARY USAGE |
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Total Items Borrowed |
11,783,856 |
2,121,966 |
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Average library opening hours per week |
85 |
91 |
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Total Reference/research transactions |
980,146 |
114,590 |
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Total attendance at InfoLit tutorials |
541,762 |
87,428 |
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RESEARCH OUTPUTS |
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Total Full-text Items in Institutional Repositories |
647,258 |
48,616 |
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Total Full-text Items that are Open Access |
334,951 |
36,540 |
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Percentage Full-text items that are Open Access |
52% |
75% |
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Items accessed |
32,486,922 |
7,250,329 |
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POPULATION |
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Total University Population (FTE) |
1,053,219 |
151,777 |
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Total Library Staff (FTE) |
3,792 |
850 |
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Library Staff per 100 Population Members |
0.36 |
0.56 |