This toolkit and instructions focus on getting data for the first two parts of the IPEDS survey, "Library Collections/Circulation" and "Interlibrary Loan Services." More information about the data included and instructions for use can be found by clicking the "Instructions" button on every page.
Data is collected for the most recent fiscal year, assuming fiscal year July - June. Data will be updated to the newest fiscal year in July of every year, and previous dashboards will be archived and available through the LOUIS Task Portal.
**Circulation statistics for electronic resources may include resources you subscribe to outside of LOUIS if they are from a vendor included here. Collections statistics for electronic resources only include LOUIS Core resources.
Footnotes
[1] EBSCO and LexisNexis Collection and Circulation counts automatically exclude Gold OA titles. It is not possible to include OA Access_Types for EBSCO or LexisNexis titles. Learn more about Gold Open Access from Open Library of Humanities.
[2] Data types have been pre-selected for SIRSI Workflows data based on institutional preferences.
[3] LexisNexis is not COUNTER compliant and instead uses "retrievals by source"
[4] Totals are calculated using the COUNTER 5 metric Total_Item_Investigations (LearningExpress PrepStep uses Sessions; OCLC FirstSearch uses Searches).
[5] Note that IPEDS does not request inclusion of databases in Digital/Electronic Circulation counts. These numbers are included for your own data-keeping purposes.
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