1. Statistics, Staffing, and the Question of Balance: An Annual Report
LTS All-Staff Meeting
January 14, 2016

2. Significant Numbers and Trends, 2005/06 – 2014/15
Acquisition and cataloging of new titles in physical formats has declined by 30%
Print serials received have declined by 51%
Commercial binding operations (CBO) down 48%
Book marking and plating is down 19%
Stiffening decreased by 96%
Item-in-hand withdrawals down 69%

3. Significant Numbers and Trends, 2005/06 – 2014/15 (contd.)
Total number of e-journals in CUL collections up 201%
E-books and other e-titles up 234%
New operational activities since 2005/06:
Data curation (199 projects & consultations since 2011)
Image cataloging (15,761 items cataloged since 2009)
Web archiving (36,696,960 documents since 2012)
Linked data planning & research (significant # of hours)

4. New Physical Items Cataloged (2006-2015)

5. Print Serial Titles Received (2006 – 2015)

6. E-Journal Titles Total (2006 – 2015)

7. Physical Items / E-Journals (2006 – 2015)

8. Staffing, 2005/06 – 2014/15
Number of staff devoted to current LTS responsibilities in 2005 = 97
Number of staff in LTS today = 68
Net decline in staff over last ten years = 30% (exactly the same as the net decline in processing of new titles in physical formats!)

9. Current LTS Staff Allocations, By Function
MARC Cataloging = 20.8% PCS = 5.4% Print Acquisitions = 19.3% DBQ = 4.4% Print Serials = 11.0% Unit Library Work = 1.9% Administration = 10.4% Coll Development = 1.8% E-Resources = 9.6% 2CUL TSI = 1.0% Batch Processing = 6.9% Documentation = 0.7% Metadata Services = 6.4% User Experience = 0.3% Network Admin = 0.2%
No changes greater than 0.5%, except for Documentation, which wasn’t represented last year.

10. Current LTS Staff Allocations, By Production Format or Other Activity
Physical Formats = 60.9%
Automation, Digital and E-Formats = 22.9%
Other = 16.3%

11. Conclusions
Decrease in staff matches decrease in new title acquisitions & cataloging in physical formats
But this decrease is not happening as fast as we predicted and may, in fact, be leveling off
At the same time, we are:
Managing growing collections of licensed e-resources
Maintaining a tech services automation unit
Maintaining image cataloging & web archiving programs
Helping to lead CUL’s data curation program

12. Conclusions (contd.) We can do this because of:
Increased automation & outsourcing
New acquisitions tools (e.g. ITSO, POOF!)
Continued use of broad range of cataloging methods to prevent backlog growth
Innovative processing workflows (e-nerfs, in situ cataloging)
Much the same as conclusions from last year, which underscores the importance of balance!

13. Addendum: Other Topics
2CUL vs. 2CUL TSI
Kuali OLE
Rush! (Just In Case vs. Just in Time)

14. Questions? Comments?

15. E-Book and Other Titles Total (2006 – 2015)

16. E-Books & Other Digital Titles (2006 – 2015)