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New Publication: Survey of Academic Libraries, 2010-11 Edition
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Primary Research Group)
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Primary Research Group has published The Survey of Academic Libraries,
2010-11 Edition, isbn 157440-153-X. The report presents more than 245 pages of
data and commentary on a broad range of academic library issues including:
spending on books, ebooks, journals, databases and other content vehicles;
hiring plans and trends in salaries and benefits; subject specific and
overall academic library investment plans in content and trends in the capital
budget; data on the use of laptops in the library, and the usefulness of
various internet tools, among other issues.
Just a few of the study's many findings are that:
• For more than 56% of the libraries in the sample, salaries and
benefits in real terms declined in the past year.
• The libraries in the sample reduced spending on
content/materials by a mean of 1.75% in the 2009-10 academic year; the median figure was
0.
• Libraries in the sample spent a mean of $5,801 on books and
other intellectual property through Amazon online in the 2009-10 academic
year.
• 12.73% of the libraries sampled said that they had received
support within the last year from Federal agencies.
• An enormous gap is opening up between the public and private
colleges over capital spending. 55.56% of the public colleges say that
their capital budgets will decrease over the next three years while only 5.56%
of private colleges say the same.
• About a quarter of the libraries sampled have increased
investment in information resources in business, finance and economics while about
half that percentage has decreased such investment. Most have maintained
it constant. More than 37% of private colleges have increased investment in
this area while only 6.25% have decreased it.
The data in the report is based on a sample of more than 50 academic
libraries in the United States and Canada.
The PDF version of the report is currently available and the print version
will be available on August 28, 2010. For further information view our
website at www.PrimaryResearch.com or call us at 212-736-2316.
