Primary Research Group Inc., has published the Survey of Academic Library
Plans for the Print Materials Collection, 2018 Edition, ISBN 978-1-57440-482-1
This report, based on data from 49 colleges and universities in the USA and
Canada, looks closely at academic library plans for print versions of
journals, books, newspapers and magazines, directories and maps, drawings,
photographs and other materials.
The study finds that libraries are shrinking their book collections and that
spending on print book collections is declining. Nonetheless, close to 40% of
survey participants felt insecure about the perpetual access policies of major
eBook vendors, a factor limiting declines in print book collections.
The 97-page study also reports on trends and gives data on spending on print
journal subscriptions without online access, spending on print directories,
maps, newspapers and magazines and other items. Libraries also discuss how
they make their culling decisions, whom they consult, how they survey their
user base and what their plans are for their print collections in the near
future.
Just a few of the report’s many findings are that:
Libraries sampled spent an average of $266,131 on print books in 2017, a
figure that was down from the total in 2016 by approximately 4%.
Private colleges are willing to spend nearly 50% more than public colleges to
retain print copies of journals with on-line subscriptions.
28.57% of public colleges in the sample have phased out print subscriptions to
newspapers and magazines.
Data in the report is broken out for public and private colleges, by level of
tuition, enrollment level and institutional type. For a table of contents,
excerpt and list of participants – or to place an order -- view the product
page for this report at:
https://www.primaryresearch.com/AddCart.aspx?ReportID=463
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www.PrimaryResearch.com.
Received on Wed Nov 29 2017 - 10:36:32 EST