Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Annual Survey

Reporting date: June 30, 2024

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, 2024.

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 categoryFY totalDetails
4Electronic books (included in question 2)307,196NC 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, eBooks on EBSCOhost, Gale Ebooks, HomeGrown Ebooks Collection, hoopla Ebooks, JSTOR ebooks, LearningExpress Library ebooks, Omnigraphics Health Reference Series Ebooks, SIRS Discoverer ebooks
18Number of successful full-text article requests (journals)See Usage StatisticsThe "FT Views" column in NC LIVE Usage Statistics Reports can be used to calculate this number for journals.
19Number of regular searches (databases)See Usage StatisticsThe "searches" column in NC LIVE Usage Statistics Reports can be used to calculate this number for databases.
20Number of federated searches (databases)See Usage StatisticsThe "searches" column in NC LIVE Usage Statistics Reports can be used to calculate this number for databases. 

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