Primary Research Group Inc. has published: Law Library Use of Amazon, ISBN
978-157440-551-4
This survey presents data and commentary from 39 law firm, law school,
courthouse and other law libraries about how Amazon has impacted their
purchasing. The report particularly focuses on print books but also includes a
broad range of other items including but not limited to: office supplies,
archival supplies, computing devices and other information technology, eBooks,
online courses, videos, legal journals, magazines and many other items. The
study looks at how Amazon has impacted law library purchasing and how it is
likely to impact it in the near future. In addition to the quantitative data,
the report furnishes advice from survey participants about how they use Amazon
and plan to use it in the near future.
Just a few of the report’s many findings are that:
Purchases from Amazon accounted for 2.8% of total purchases of audiobooks in
the past year by the libraries sampled.
Mean spending on eBooks from all publishers and aggregators by the libraries
sampled was $6,371 with most volume accounted for by university law libraries.
Half of all libraries with an Amazon Prime account had purchased computer or
printer supplies from Amazon in the past year.
Mean spending on print books for the libraries sampled dropped to an estimated
$162,331 for the 2018-19 academic or fiscal year, a drop of approximately 2.1%
but more than 4% in real terms (accounting for inflation).
Hein accounted for 22.17% of spending on books acquired by the libraries in
the sample through aggregators in the past year.
A PDF version of the report is available from Primary Research Group and a
print version is in production and ready for shipment on November 9 and can be
ordered now. Site licenses are also available.
For a table of contents and excerpts visit the product page for this report on
our website at:
https://www.primaryresearch.com/AddCart.aspx?ReportID=526
Received on Thu Nov 01 2018 - 09:16:29 EDT