Hi Kelly, Ithaka published a report recently regarding academic library purchasing trends from 2017.
https://sr.ithaka.org/publications/2019-report-library-acquisition-patterns/
I attended a session at ALA Midwinter where several presenters discussed the key points (ALCTS Publisher Vendor Library Relations IG). GOBI and Amazon were the top vendors for print materials to academic libraries. Midwest was on the list in 4th place. More libraries are reporting shifts to larger spends on e-books which will very much impact Amazon's market share.
Susan
Susan Davis
Associate Librarian and Continuing Resources and Licensing Specialist
University at Buffalo (SUNY)
134 Lockwood Library
Buffalo, NY 14260-2210
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716-645-5955 fax
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Subject: [ALCTS-acqnet] Understanding book vendor/publisher market public libraries
The recent talks about Ingram and Baker & Taylor have made me wonder what percentage of public libraries use one of these vendors (or others) as their primary source of materials. Can you point me to a statistical report or other documentation that describes how much of the public library markets is "owned"
by these vendors? I would even appreciate a table comparing various offerings of each vendor/publisher. Anything would help.
Kelly Myer Polacek, MLS
Patron of the Atascadero Library, California
Received on Wed Mar 27 2019 - 17:51:18 EDT