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The ºÚÁÏÍø Statistics service is a key element of the ºÚÁÏÍø Analytics Portfolio. The ºÚÁÏÍø Statistics provide data from university libraries in Australia and New Zealand, for the purposes of cross-institutional benchmarking, supporting libraries to demonstrate value and impact, and providing sector-level aggregate data for the profiling of ANZ academic libraries.

The ºÚÁÏÍø Statistics include data on collections, staffing, expenditure, library services, and library clients for all Australian and New Zealand university libraries. The statistics are produced annually from data supplied by ºÚÁÏÍø and CONZUL institutions.

The ºÚÁÏÍø Statistics data collection period is open each year in the second quarter for data entry for the previous calendar year.

Accessing the ºÚÁÏÍø Statistics dataset

Tableau Online

The dataset can be accessed via ºÚÁÏÍø's Tableau Online instance by Member institution staff with an account.

Each Member institution is allocated one Tableau Online licence as part of the membership inclusions. Member institutions can purchase additional Tableau Online licences at a cost ofÌýAUD $320 excluding GST per licence per calendar year (prorated for new licences requested after 1 January). To arrange additional licences, please complete the .Ìý

ºÚÁÏÍø orders additional licences from the vendor once per month. To ensure your request for an additional licence is processed as soon as possible, submit it by the 15th of the month. Requests received after the 15th of the month will not be processed until the 15th of the following month.

Invoices for renewal of additional licences will be distributed to ºÚÁÏÍø Members in January of each year.

The following videos provide information about using ºÚÁÏÍø's Tableau Online instance:

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Download spreadsheets

If you do not have a Tableau Online account, you can download data in spreadsheet format using the links below.

Using the data

The definitions for data elements have changed over time and elements have been removed or changed. Be mindful of this when observing trends and making comparisons of data over multiple years.

View or historical definitions.

2023 data collection

Data collection for 2023 will be open from Wednesday 15 May until Friday 28 June 2024.Ìý

Please note the following useful links:

• - a username and password will be provided to the Institutional Statistics Contact (login required)
• Instructions for the ºÚÁÏÍø Statistics Collection for the 2023 Statistics Year
• Ìý(Note: The element definitions have not been changed for the collection of the 2023 Statistics as a full review of the elements will be conducted later this year).

Please contact caul@caul.edu.au with any questions about the collection of the 2023 data statistics.Ìý

History of the ºÚÁÏÍø Statistics

• Statistics were originally published in 1953 in the "News Sheet of the University and College Libraries Section, Library Association of Australia". Data were recorded in "The Red Book".
• The data were published each year as the September supplement of Australian Academic and Research Libraries (AARL) until this was discontinued in 2008.
• From 1992 until 2021, CAVAL managed the collection and compilation of the data.
• From 2022, collection and provision of the data is managed by ºÚÁÏÍø National Office.

Further information

Questions about ºÚÁÏÍø Statistics? Need assistance with completing your statistics data entry? Email ºÚÁÏÍø National Office.