ACQNET: RE - What percent should we budget for books? ( 2 more replies)

From: Eleanor Cook <cookei_at_appstate.edu>
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:47:17 -0400
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Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:05:43 -0400
From: Angela Masden <amasden_at_regent.edu>
Subject:  RE - What percent should we budget for books?

Our collection has pretty much stabilized at about 1/3 books and 
AV (including standing orders and individual ebook purchases), 
1/3 periodicals (including ejournals) and 1/3 databases and 
large collections of ebooks.  We'd love to have more monograph 
funds, but with so many distance ed. students scattered around 
the world we need the electronic resources to meet their 
research requirements.

Angela Masden
Acquisitions Supervisor
Regent University Library
1000 Regent University Drive
Virginia Beach  VA  23464
757-226-4178


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Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:29:57 -0400
From: Aline Soules <aline.soules_at_csueastbay.edu>
Subject: RE - What percent should we budget for books? 

We're at approx. 7.5% of our total budget on monographs.  
12% sounds good to me!

Aline Soules
Cal State East Bay
510-885-4596
Aline.soules_at_csueastbay.edu

 
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Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:19:25 -0500
From: Fran Rosen (Ferris State U.) <FrancesRosen_at_ferris.edu>
Subject: What percent should we budget for books?

Hi,

We're working on a budget proposal and we're wondering what percentage 
we should use for books.  This would not include print Standing Orders, 
and it would include single-purchase ebooks.  We're not a research 
library so we're thinking we'd be on the low end.

I'd appreciate learning both what other libraries budget for books & 
what other librariansthink is the usual percentage.

Thanks,
Fran

Fran Rosen



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