Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Annual Survey

Reporting date: June 30, 2023

NC LIVE provides the following information to incorporate into your library's holdings and circulation data for NC LIVE-provided resources for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023.

These numbers may vary from the general collection numbers, depending on the definitions from the ARL. NC LIVE has used the definitions provided by ARL to determine which of our collections should be included in each count.

Question No. ARL Survey category FY total Details
4 Electronic books (included in question 2) 297,210 NC LIVE ebook collections include: ABC-CLIO E-book Collection, Credo Reference - Complete Core, Credo Contemporary Issues Ebooks, Ebook Central Academic and Public Library Complete, Ebook Central Permanent Collection (formerly MyiLibrary), eBooks on EBSCOhost, Gale Ebooks (formerly GVRL), HomeGrown Ebooks Collection, hoopla Ebooks, LearningExpress Library ebooks, SIRS Discoverer ebooks
18 Number of successful full-text article requests (journals) See Usage Statistics The "FT Views" column in NC LIVE Usage Statistics Reports can be used to calculate this number for journals.
19 Number of regular searches (databases) See Usage Statistics The "searches" column in NC LIVE Usage Statistics Reports can be used to calculate this number for databases.
20 Number of federated searches (databases) See Usage Statistics The "searches" column in NC LIVE Usage Statistics Reports can be used to calculate this number for databases. 

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