Library Fee Survey Results • October 2000

INSTITUTION

TITLE OF FEE

FEE STRUCTURE

REVENUE FY00

ANTICIPATED REVENUE FY01

DETAILS

Angelo State Univ.

No fee collected

 

 

 

 

Baylor College of Dentistry TAMUS

Library Use Fee

FY00 $2/credit hr.

FY01 $3/credit hr.

$36,710

$55,065

 

Houston Acad. Of Medicine-TMC

 

 

 

 

 

Lamar State College-Orange

No fee collected

 

 

 

Fee planned for FY02

Lamar State College-Port Arthur

No fee collected

 

 

 

 

Lamar University

Library Use Fee

FY00 $3/credit hr.

FY01 $4/credit hr. ($40 maximum)

$503,880

$734,000

Student/faculty committee reviews expenditures and makes recommendations

Midwestern State

 

 

 

 

 

Prairie View A&M

No fee collected

 

 

 

 

Sam Houston State

No fee collected

 

 

 

 

Southwest Texas State University

Library Fee

FY00 $4/credit hr.

FY01 $5/credit hr.

$2,100,000

$2,800,000

Library receives all revenue except for administrative charge of $31,000

Stephen F. Austin

State University

Library Use Fee

$2/credit hr.

$660,514

$650,000

50% operation & maintenance, 50% staff salaries

Sul Ross State Univ.

No fee collected

 

 

 

Fee planned for FY02

Tarleton State Univ.

Library Access Fee

$1/credit hr.

$175,000

>$175,000

Supports some staff salaries and automation in addition to materials

Texas A&M   International Univ.

No fee collected

 

 

 

 

Texas A&M Univ.

Library Use Fee

FY00 $5/credit hr.

FY01 $6/credit hr.

$5,500,000

$6,600,000

 

Texas A&M Univ.- Commerce

Library Fee

$1/credit hr.

New FY01

$165,000

 

Texas A&M Univ.- Corpus Christi

Library Use Fee

$2/credit hr.

$320,864

$334,400

 

Texas A&M Univ.- Galveston

Library Student Use Fee

$5/credit hr.

$189,421

$183,720

 

Texas A&M Univ.- Kingsville

Library Access Fee

$2/credit hr.

$312,097

$312,000

Fees regarded as part of normal operations allocation

Texas A&M Univ.- Texarkana

No fee collected

 

 

 

 

Texas A&M Univ.-Medical Sciences Library

Library Use Fee

$5/credit hr.

$331,000

$331,000

The HSC did not forward the fees collected for FY00; it is their position that this money goes into the dollars they pay as contracted for library service.

Texas Southern Univ.

No fee collected

 

 

 

 

Texas Southern Univ. Law Library

No fee collected

 

 

 

 

Texas Tech Univ.

Library Use Fee

$2/credit hr.

$1,277,329

$1,300,000

 

Texas Tech Univ. Health Sciences Center

No fee collected

 

 

 

 

Texas Tech Univ. Law Library

 

 

 

 

 

Texas Woman’s University

1) Course Fee

 

2) Library Use Fee

1) $3/credit hr.

   

2) $30 per head count Fall & Spring, $15 per head count Summer I&II

1) $542,922

 

2) $617,807

1) ~$543,000 

 

2) ~$618,000

Library receives 100% of library use fee, 1/3 of course fee. Course fee revenues restricted to direct support of courses.  Some salaries paid with fees.

Univ. of Houston

1) Student Library Fee 

 

2) Library Computer Use Fee

1) $30/semester

 

2) $10/semester

1) $2,250,000 

 

2) $500,000

1) $2,250,000 

 

2) $500,000

Library receives 100% of student library fee, 75% of  computer use fee. Computer use fee revenues restricted to hardware, software and electronic products

Univ. of Houston- Clear Lake

Library Use Fee

$3/credit hr. with $18 cap

$268,614

$281,908

When fee initiated ~4 years ago, it was tied to additional HEAF increase.  HEAF funding continues with annual  increases for inflation.

Univ. of Houston- Downtown

No fee collected

 

 

 

 

Univ. of Houston Law Library

 

 

 

 

 

Univ. of Houston- Victoria

No fee collected

 

 

 

 

Univ. of North Texas

1) Library Use Fee 

 

2) Technology Use Fee

1) $2/credit hr.

 

2) $6.70/credit hr.

1) $1,300,000 

 

2) $184,688

1) $2,110,000 

 

2) $210,969

Library receives 100% of library fee and a portion of technology fee.  Lib. fee restricted to areas affecting student access to materials; tech. fee restricted to computer labs and online or phone registration systems.

 

 

Univ. of North Texas HSC Ft Worth

1) Computer Use Fee

 

2) Laser Printing Fee

1) $25/semester all students

2) $25/semester medical students only

$31,524

$35,000

 

Univ. of Texas

Library Fee

FY00 $2/credit hr.

 

FY01 $9/credit hr.

$2,454,000

$11,070,000

Student consultation required to establish or increase fee.  Revenue has both increased bottom line and replaced funding from customary sources.

Univ. of Texas- Arlington

Student Library Services Fee

FY00 $4/credit hr.

FY01 $5.50/credit hr.

$1,900,000

$2,400,000

Fee is waived for students on staff at the university.

Univ. of Texas- Brownsville/Texas Southmost College

No fee collected

 

 

 

 

Univ. of Texas- Dallas

 

 

 

 

 

Univ. of Texas- El Paso

Library Fee

FY00 $1/credit hr.

FY01 $2/credit hr.

$350,000

$700,000

Fee is seen as a means of offsetting journal cost increases

Univ. of Texas HSC Houston: Dental Branch

Library Resource Fee

FY00 $60 per student

 

FY01 $75 per student

$24,000

$30,000

 

Univ. of Texas HSC Houston: School of Public Health

Library Resource Fee

$20/semester

$50,244

$40,000-$50,000

 

Univ. of Texas HSC Houston: UT Psychiatry Library

No fee collected

 

 

 

 

Univ. of Texas HSC- San Antonio

Library Resources Fee

$25/semester or $50/year

~$130,000

~$130,000

Library restricts use to staff, hardware & software, databases and books

Univ. of Texas HSC- Tyler

No fee collected

 

 

 

 

Univ. of Texas M.D.  Anderson Cancer Center

No fee collected

 

 

 

 

Univ. of Texas Medical Branch

No fee collected

 

 

 

 

Univ. of Texas- Pan American

Library Technology Fee

$1/credit hr.

$345,000

$320,000

Restricted to computers, programs and electronic services

Univ. of Texas- Permian Basin

 

 

 

 

 

Univ. of Texas- San Antonio

1) Automated Services Fee

2) Combined Revenue Fee

3) Library Resources Fee

 

1) $14/credit hr.  ($56 minimum, $168 max-

imum per semester)

2) $38/credit hr.

3) $2/credit hr.

1) $300,000 + $43,000 for library computer lab

2) $150,000

3) $853,958

1) $300,000 + $43,000 for library computer lab

2) $150,000

3) $850,000

Library receives 100% of library resources fee and set amount from other fees. 

Univ. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

No fee collected

 

 

 

 

Univ. of Texas- Tyler

Automated Services Fee

$15/credit hr.

$72,334

 

Library’s portion is ~56% of total collected fee.

University of Texas Tarlton Law Library

1) Computer Learning Center & Automation Fee

2) Law Library Student Fee

3) General Libraries Student Library Fee

1) $134/long semester; $30/summer semester

2) $10/credit hr.

3) $2/credit hr.

1) $370,000

 

2) $197,000

 

3) $86,500

1) $370,000

 

2) $385,000

 

3) $86,500

Computer fee supports student computer lab; library fees support acquisitions, including salaries and computer hardware/software in acquisitions department.

West Texas A&M Univ.

No fee collected

 

 

 

 

BRIEF ANALYSIS:

  • 47 of 53 libraries reported (89%)

  • 27 of those 47 collect a library-related fee (57%)

  • 8 of those 27 raised fees in FY01 (30%)

  • 1 new fee reported in FY01

  • 2 new fees planned for FY02

Compiled by Cindy Scroggins, Baylor College of Dentistry
Texas A&M University System Health Science Center
October 4, 2000
   


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