Council of Australasian
Archives and Records Authorities  

TOTALS National State Local Government Universities Commercial & Others Collecting Institutions Totals from all Institutions
Holdings
1a At the start of year - Archives (metres) 292,399 6903.8 7,836 35,581 6903.8 37717 387,341
1b At the start of year - Total (items) 46,199,042 2882 257,929 2882 1,685,097 48,147,832
2a Accessions during year - Archives (metres) 4,583 497 424 977.81 497 1451.67 8,430
2b Accessions during year - Total (items) 724,114 2807 1448 2807 72,731 803,907
3a Disposal during the reporting period (metres) 2,605 28 346 377.67 28 56 3,441
3b Disposal during the reporting period- Total (items) 411,590 5 67 5 1 411,668
4a At end of year - Archives (metres) 273,832 7,917 7,914 40015.19 7,917 39015.67 376,610
4b At end of year - Total (items) 43,265,456 68249 2216614 68249 1,957,828 47,576,396
Arrangement and Description 
Number of accessions or consignments processed and/or documented;
5a At the start of the reporting period 84,622 2946 6989 2946 28422 125,925
5b At the end of the reporting period 85,616 3499 283 7408 3499 40925 141,230
Number of items listed; 
6a At the start of the reporting period 2,327,131 18475 0 18475 1,537,994 3,902,075
6b At the end of the reporting period 2,636,543 21970 92 21970 1,756,719 4,437,294
Number of series registered / described; 
7a At the start of the reporting period 78,556 6,193 983 2245 6,193 1781 95,951
7b At the end of the reporting period 78,953 6,390 1,003 2442 6,390 4489 99,667
Number of context entities registered / described; 
8a At the start of the reporting period 9,367 510 341 1021 510 417 12,166
8b At the end of the reporting period 9,393 525 349 1125 525 8459 20,376
Proportion of archival records included in finding aids accessible to researchers (%) 
9a At the start of the reporting period 98% 282% 178% 6.4 282% 448% 1928%
9b At the end of the reporting period 98% 266% 181% 733% 266% 595% 2139%
Reference services / Use of Holdings 
10a Visits to search room during year 24,815 8,182 1,475 4201 8,182 36,110 82,965
10b Items made available in search room 57,827 910 900 13011 910 55,624 129,182
11a Enquires recorded (except records creators/owners) 72,991 1,719 2,598 6952 1,719 11,852 97,831
11b  Number of archival records loaned to creators / owners other than in reading room or search room; 69,051 368 8,397 1673 368 194 80,051
Web Access 
12a Web Access (Yes/No )    
12b Number of 'Hits' during reporting period 2,897,900 412 258362 412 8,455,924 11,613,010
12c Number of unique visits during reporting period 581,072 320 13,707 30273 320 124318 750,010
Information availability on web site 
13a Creators / owners (Yes/No)    
13b Series (Yes/No)    
14a Items made available in search room (Yes/No)    
14b Digital copies (Yes/No)    
Use of Holdings Percentage 
15a Business Users 2% 345% 40% 4.45 345% 0.78 1255%
15b Research Users 98% 255% 160% 5.45 255% 422% 1735%
Repository buildings 
16a Total storage area - start of year (m2) 75,073 2300 2200 8626 2300 1040 91,539
16b Total storage area - end of year (m2) 72,068 2420 2200 8611 2420 1040 88,759
17a Shelving capacity - start of year (metres) 535,024 10,309 2886 40,390 10,309 21,836 620,754
17b Shelving capacity - end of year (metres) 532,193 10,509 2886 40,893 10,509 33,695 630,685
Staff 
18a FTE positions filled - start of year 325 6.6 6.5 27.2 6.6 55 426.9
18b FTE positions filled - end of year 368 6.7 7 28.85 6.7 45.4 462.65
Budget and Expenditure 
Expenditure 
19a Total expenditure during year ($A) $59,821,000 $495,000 $491,000 $1,505,896 $495,000 26457000 $89,264,896
19b Does expenditure include accommodation (Yes/No)    
Income 
20a Recurrent / Operating (Yes/No)    
20b Proportion of funding (%) 96% 185% 95% 532% 185% 2.92 1385%
21a Capital / Building and equipment (Yes/No)    
21b Proportion of funding (%) 0% 1% 5% 26% 1% 0.02 35%
22a Earnings (Yes/No)    
22b Proportion of funding (%) 2% 12% 0% 17% 12% 0.05 48%
23a Sponsorships (Yes/No)    
23b Proportion of funding (%) 2% 0% 0% 2% 0 0.04
24a Grants (Yes/No)    
24b Proportion in funding (%) 161,223,513 68227240% 54774809% 4,493,305 68227240% 42371855.16 210,000,966
 

 

 

 

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Last modified: July 22, 2008