[ALCTS-acqnet] Primary Research Group has published Academic Library Plans for the Audio Collection, ISBN 978-157440-4227

Primary Research Group has published Academic Library Plans for the Audio
Collection, ISBN 978-157440-4227

The report looks closely at how music libraries, and general academic
libraries with audio collections, are developing and managing their music and
other audio assets.  The report gives detailed data on purchases last year and
this year of streamed and downloaded audio content vs. audio content purchased
in non-networked formats such as CD’s and Blu-rays. The study also looks at
the role of consortia in audio content licensing, and presents precise
information on purchases from major vendors such as Amazon, Naxos, and many
others.
Other issues discussed include: perceived faculty satisfaction with audio
resources, the sharing of costs of audio content between the library and
various academic departments, use of the learning management system as an
audio content delivery system, the equipping of library, music and general
classrooms with proper network connections for streamed audio content,
preferred contract terms in audio content licensing, use of audio special
collections and audio books and more.

Just a few of this 82-page report’s finding are that:

On average, libraries spent about $544 on audio resources from Amazon over the
past year.

In approximately 17% of public colleges, the cost of some music content
licenses is shared between libraries and academic departments.

80% of research universities sampled use their learning management system as
an audio delivery system.

The libraries sampled spent, on average, $3,035 on audio books in all formats
in 2015-16 academic year.

To obtain a table of contents, excerpt, questionnaire and participant list,
visit our website at www.PrimaryResearch.com.