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Dear University of St Andrews,

a. the library opening hours during term time
b. how many students are employed by the library
c. the average hours worked by students employed in the library
d. the library budget
e. the number of registered students in the University

Yours faithfully,

C.D. Fahey

June Weir, University of St Andrews

Dear Mr/Ms Fahey,

Thank you for your email of 9 August, 2010 in which you requested
Library statistics. The University will comply with your request as
soon as possible and certainly within the 20 working days permitted
under section 10 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. As
your email was received by the University on 10 August, 2010, the final
date for compliance with your request is 7 September, 2010. I should
point out that the 20 working day period begins on the first working day
following the date of receipt of your request.

The University will contact you should further information be required
in order to identify and locate the information you have requested. If
additional information is sought from you, the 20 working day period in
which the University is required to comply with your request starts from
the working day following the date of receipt by the University of that
additional information. I refer you to sections 1(3) and 10(1) of the
Act. The Act is available from the Scottish Information Commissioner’s
website at www.itspublicknowledge.info/Law/FOISA/FO...

If the University is not able to provide all of the information you have
requested you will receive notification that, as appropriate:

• Some or all of the information you have requested is not held by the
University. I refer you to section 17 of the Act.

• Some or all of the information you have requested has been withheld
from disclosure under one or more of the exemptions under sections 25 to
41 of the Act. If information is withheld, you will be advised which
exemptions apply and why. I refer you to section 16 of the Act.

• The University has applied the Fees Regulations and that either the
information will be provided on payment of a fee or that the estimated
cost of complying with your request exceeds the amount prescribed in the
Regulations. I refer you to sections 9 and 12 of the Act and to the
Regulations themselves which can be accessed at the Commissioner’s
website as above.

Should any of the above circumstances apply you will be advised of your
rights of review by the University and of appeal to the Commissioner
under sections 20(1) and 47(1) of the Act as appropriate.

Guidance about your rights under the Act is available from the
Commissioner’s website at
www.itspublicknowledge.info/YourRights/Y...

Finally, should you have any questions please contact me.

Yours sincerely

June

June Weir
Freedom of Information Officer
University of St Andrews
Business Improvements
Butts Wynd
Fife KY16 9AL

Tel No. 01334 462776; Fax 01334 462759
Web: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/business-improvements
The University of St Andrews is a charity registered in Scotland: No SC013532

C.D. Fahey wrote:

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June Weir, University of St Andrews

Dear Mr/Ms Fahey,

I refer to my previous email acknowledging receipt of your request below
received on 10 August, 2010 for library statistics.   To allow us to
comply and assist in the processing of your request, I would be grateful
if you could clarify the following points please:

* can you confirm that the information you are looking for is for the
latest year completed 2009-10?
* are you interested only in the number of St Andrews students employed
or all students - providing numbers for St Andrews students only may
be problematic due to difficulties in separating the data?  Can you
confirm that statistics for all students employed by the University
would be acceptable?

This request for additional information is made under Section 1(3) of the
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.  Please note that under
Section 10(1)(b) of the Act, the University has 20 working days after
receipt of the additional information by the University in which to comply
with your request.

Your request will therefore be held pending until I hear from you further.

June

June Weir
Freedom of Information Officer
University of St Andrews
Business Improvements
Butts Wynd
Fife KY16 9AL

Tel No. 01334 462776; Fax 01334 462759
Web: [1]www.st-andrews.ac.uk/business-improvements
The University of St Andrews is a charity registered in Scotland: No SC013532

C.D. Fahey wrote:

Dear University of St Andrews,

a. the library opening hours during term time
b. how many students are employed by the library
c. the average hours worked by students employed in the library
d. the library budget
e. the number of registered students in the University

Yours faithfully,

C.D. Fahey

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Dear June,

Thank you for your reply

I am looking for this information for the 09/10 academic year.

Kind regards,

C.D. Fahey

June Weir, University of St Andrews

Dear Mr/Ms Fahey,

Thank you for your clarification below. With regard to my second query
as you have not specified a preference we will proceed to process your
request on the basis of providing data relating to all students employed
by the University and trust this is acceptable.

The University will comply with your request as soon as possible and
certainly within the 20 working days permitted under section 10 of the
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. As your clarification was
received by the University on 25 August, 2010, the final date for
compliance with your request is 22 September, 2010. I should point out
that the 20 working day period begins on the first working day following
the date of receipt of your request.

If the University is not able to provide all of the information you have
requested you will receive notification that, as appropriate:

• Some or all of the information you have requested is not held by the
University. I refer you to section 17 of the Act.

• Some or all of the information you have requested has been withheld
from disclosure under one or more of the exemptions under sections 25 to
41 of the Act. If information is withheld, you will be advised which
exemptions apply and why. I refer you to section 16 of the Act.

• The University has applied the Fees Regulations and that either the
information will be provided on payment of a fee or that the estimated
cost of complying with your request exceeds the amount prescribed in the
Regulations. I refer you to sections 9 and 12 of the Act and to the
Regulations themselves which can be accessed at the Commissioner’s
website as above.

Should any of the above circumstances apply you will be advised of your
rights of review by the University and of appeal to the Commissioner
under sections 20(1) and 47(1) of the Act as appropriate.

Guidance about your rights under the Act is available from the
Commissioner’s website at
www.itspublicknowledge.info/YourRights/Y...

Finally, should you have any questions please contact me.

Yours sincerely

June

June Weir
Freedom of Information Officer
University of St Andrews
Business Improvements
Butts Wynd
Fife KY16 9AL

Tel No. 01334 462776; Fax 01334 462759
Web: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/business-improvements
The University of St Andrews is a charity registered in Scotland: No SC013532

C.D. Fahey wrote:

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June Weir, University of St Andrews

Dear Mr/Ms Fahey,

I refer to your request below dated 9 August, 2010 under the Freedom of
Information (Scotland) Act 2002 for library statistics and the
University's response is as follows:

a.   The library opening hours during term time.

This information is available on our website at:  
[1]http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/library/

b.   How many students are employed by the library?

Last year we employed 37 students.

c.   The average hours worked by students employed in the library.

Average was 304 hours per person, on casual and permanent contracts

d.   The library budget.

For academic year 2009/10 the budget was £4.2 million.

e.   The number of registered students in the University.

There were 7368 FTE registered students physically studying within St
Andrews during academic year 2009/10.

I trust this satisfies your request however, if you have any queries on
the information provided please let me know.

June

June Weir
Freedom of Information Officer
University of St Andrews
Business Improvements
Butts Wynd
Fife KY16 9AL

Tel No. 01334 462776; Fax 01334 462759
Web: [2]www.st-andrews.ac.uk/business-improvements
The University of St Andrews is a charity registered in Scotland: No SC013532

C.D. Fahey wrote:

Dear University of St Andrews,

a. the library opening hours during term time
b. how many students are employed by the library
c. the average hours worked by students employed in the library
d. the library budget
e. the number of registered students in the University

Yours faithfully,

C.D. Fahey

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