I note with horror that it was in June that I commented that I would provide a further commentary on the 2010 CAUL/CONZUL statistical return!
Across the 8 NZ University Libraries the following trends were apparent –

Total loans are declining (from 4,195,374 loans in 2009 to 2,250,177 loans in 2010)

Participants in group presentations for information literacy (average across the Universities) increased from 0.58 in 2008, 0.65 in 2009 to 0.80 in 2010. [UC Library return was 0.70 for 2010.]

Library staff per 100 FTE user population increased from 0.58 in 2009 to 0.61 in 2010.

Total Library expenditure/FTE increased from $853 in 2009 to $913 in 2010.UC ranked 4th in the raw figures with $858.84 per FTE, behind Lincoln, Otago, and Auckland.

From the UC Library return –

Interloans supplied in 2010 decreased from 5,876 in 2009 to 4,161 in 2010.
However interloans received increased from 5,442 in 2009 to 6,379 in 2010. Figures to watch with interest in the 2011 statistical returns.

The Archives increased its linear meters from 3,889 in 2009 to 3,916.25 in 2010.

Thank you again to all of the staff who enter in the statistics regularly and to those who supply to annual accumulations for these statistical returns.
The full CONZUL statistics are available from the CONZUL website and if any one is interested I would be happy to provide them with access to the full CAUL statistics.

Heather Jenks
Asscoaite University Librarian