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Digital Content Markets For Publishers Of Books, Magazines, Research Reports, 
Newspapers, Journals, Newsletters, Magazines, Directories & Mailing Lists
This special report from Primary Research Group is based on more than 
500 interviews with publishers, aggregators, and information end users.  
The report presents detailed data on the overall market for text-based 
digital content, and breaks out the market by segment for publishers of 
books, newsletters, trade magazines, consumer magazines, journals, 
research reports, newspapers, directories and mailing lists..  Data in 
the report is based on 300 interviews with North American publishing 
companies and distributors, as well as 200 interviews with end users in 
corporations and libraries.  Publication Date January 15, 2002.
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Digital Content Markers for Publishers Chapter Two: Overall Data For Publishers

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Digital Content Markers for Publishers Chapter Three: Directories

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Digital Content Markers for Publishers Chapter Four: Scholarly Journals

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Digital Content Markers for Publishers Chapter Five: Trade Magazines

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Digital Content Markers for Publishers Chapter Six: Research Reports

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Digital Content Markers for Publishers Chapter Seven: Newsletters

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Digital Content Markers for Publishers Chapter Eight: Books

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Digital Content Markers for Publishers Chapter Nine: Newspapers

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Digital Content Markers for Publishers Chapter Ten: Consumer Magazines

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Copyright Information Purchasing and Usage:  Best Practices of American Corporations
This study looks closely at how American companies buy and use books, directories, CD-ROM and online
databases, journals, magazines, and web-based information services. The study looks at the practices of
leading American companies and government agencies such as Ford Motor Company, Compaq, AAB,
Microsoft, the US Department of State and others. Gives advice on developing digital resources, monitoring
information usage, negotiating contracts with information providers, content procurement strategies, internal pricing and other issues. Publication Date: September 9, 2001. Price: $295.00 Add to Shopping Cart | View Shopping Cart
 
The Survey of Academic Libraries, 2002 Edition
The Survey of Academic Libraries is a benchmarking tool for college libraries, allowing them to compare their spending priorities, and information acquisition plans with those of their peers. Covers developments in acquisitions strategy, books and ebooks, print and electronic journals, database selection, use of electronic document delivery services, CD-ROM and DVD, Internet usage by patrons, cataloging, photocopying, print and electronic content usage.
The report is based on a questionnaire similar to the one used for our popular product The Survey of Academic & Special Libraries, 2001 Edition.
ISBN #: 1-57440-053-3
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The Survey of Academic & Special Libraries, 2001 Edition
The Survey of Academic & Special Libraries is based on detailed surveys of 20 law libraries, 23 corporate 
libraries, 22 hospital and healthcare libraries and 65 academic libraries in the USA & Canada.  The report's 
more than 500 tables of data present an extraordinary statistical map of the purchasing policies and 
technology practices of academic & special libraries in North America.  Among the issues covered are 
spending on and negotiating with major commercial online services, the use of web-based niche information 
suppliers, use of CD-ROM, traditional and electronic document delivery services, use of various search 
engines, and spending on books, cataloging systems, training, electronic and print journals and much more.  
Data is broken out by size and type of library with separate presentations for academic, medical, legal, 
corporate and government libraries.  See the table of contents, list of tables and sample data for more details.
ISBN #: 1-57440-042-8
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The American Library Materials Purchasing Compendium
Description: The complete text of nine Primary Research publications including The Medical Library Budget & 
Expenditure Report, The Public Library Budget & Materials Expenditure Report, The Corporate-Business Library
Budget & Materials Expenditure Report, The Scientific & Technical Library Budget & Expenditure Report (2 
editions), The Report on Corporate Library Spending, The Law Library Budget & Expenditure Report, 1993 
Edition and Reference & Professional Information Business Report.
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Library use of E-Books
This report is based on a survey of corporate, legal, medical and academic libraries, querying them about their current and planned use of ebooks in the form of downloads to ebook readers, intranet and other site licenses from book publishers, and use of services such as NetLibrary and Books 24x7, among others. The report gives detailed data, broken out by type of library, for usage of a multitude of ebook services and products, and explores library attitudes and plans towards ebooks. Includes extensive data on library preferences for various forms of ebooks, sources of funding for ebooks, impact of ebooks on print book collection development, most popular subject areas for ebook usage, the economics of ebook usage, and other issues.
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Creating the Digital Library
"Creating the Digital Library" profiles the digital library creation efforts of the libraries/information centers of 
the following organizations:  Yale, Cornell, Columbia University, the University of California, the National 
Science Foundation, Microsoft,The University of Toronto Health Network, the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, Houston Library of Medicine, and many others.
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Corporate Library Benchmarks, 2002-2003 Edition
Corporate library benchmarks presents detailed data derived from a sample of 70 (estimated) corporate and other business libraries. Data is broken out by type of industry for easier benchmarking. The following information categories are covered: print books, e-books, electronic journals, print journals, CD-ROM, commercial online services, web-based databases, print directories, electronic directories, maps, audio-video materials, document delivery services, as well as use of particular information services such as Hoovers, NetLibrary, Northern Light, Infotrieve and many others. Tracks use of site licenses for market research, scholarly and professional journals, magazines and newspapers, professional books, and directories and reference books.
Covers major corporate library policy issues relating to database selection, content budget determination, assistance for virtual library users, cataloging, integration of knowledge management programs, cost sharing with other departments, library subsidy of other information using departments, and trends in the number of physical and virtual "visitors" to the library.
Participants also point out the heaviest users of the corporate library by department, and track company management attitudes towards the corporate library and its perceived contribution or organizational success. Estimated publication date: July 2002/Price: $132.50/ISBN#: 1-57440-054-1
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PRE-PUBLICATION PDF Version: $159.00 (with right to print out one copy for same institution use)
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Corporate Library Benchmarks
This special report is based on a survey of 65 corporate and other business libraries, mostly drawn from leading 
American and Canadian corporations. The mean 1999 sale of the companies in the sample was $7.1 billion.
Although the sample focuses primarily on major corporations, the sample also includes data from libraries for 
leading MBA programs, major business trade association libraries and business regulatory agency libraries. This 
is Primary Research Group's third major report on corporate libraries. The report provides a complete analysis 
of how corporate library spending and management practices have changed over the years. Data is broken out 
specifically for financial institutions, major consulting firms, manufacturers and utilities, high tech firms, and 
media companies. The report gives critical benchmarking data for corporate libraries. More than 250 tables 
of data or graphs, many broken out by type of industry and company size, give benchmarking and trend data.
Publication date: May 2000/Price: $120.00/ISBN#: 1-57440-048-7
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The Law Library Budget and Expenditure Report, 1999 Edition
The Law Library Budget & Expenditure Report looks at spending, acquisitions, and information delivery in college, 
government, and private law libraries throughout North America. Our comprehensive survey of 88 randomly-
chosen law libraries provides detailed spending and other information on books, journals, audio and video 
materials, CD-ROM databases, the internet, cataloging systems, and computer workstations. The report helps 
librarians to adapt to the changing economics of database acquisition and leasing, emerging internet strategies, 
and more.  Publication date: January 1999/Price: $92.00/ISBN#: 1-57440-021-5
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The Academic Library Budget and Expenditure Report, 1999 Edition
Another in our updated series on North American libraries, The Academic Library Budget & Expenditure Report, 
1999 Edition examines trends in spending, acquisitions, and information delivery in academic libraries 
throughout the U.S. and Canada. Based on a sample of 100 randomly-chosen libraries, and focusing specifically 
on books, journals, audio and video materials, CD-ROM databases, the internet, cataloging systems, and 
computer workstations, the report provides the librarian with an understanding of current trends in a variety 
of areas, including database acquisition and leasing and catalog delivery, among others.
Publication date: November 1998/Price: $130.00 ($70 for academic libraries) /ISBN#: 1-57440-016-9
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The Academic Library Budget and Expenditure Report, 1996 Edition
The 1996 edition of The Academic Library Budget & Expenditure Report is designed to give academic Librarians 
insight into the materials and technology purchasing plans of America's two-year, four year and university 
academic libraries. The data in the report is based on 100 randomly-chosen academic libraries in North America; 
data is presented on a per student basis, as well as in the aggregate, and broken out by size and type of library 
to allow for easy benchmarking and comparisons. Among the data categories: spending for journals, cataloging 
systems, CD-ROM, computer hardware, online services, books, salaries, etc. Also explores issues such as 
personnel benefits, internet usage patterns, seminar attendance and other issues of interest to academic librarians.
Publication date: November 1996/Price: $125.00 ($70.00 for academic libraries)/ISBN#: 1-57440-027-4
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The Scientific and Technical Library Budget and Expenditure Report
Updated from our pathbreaking 1993 report, The Scientific & Technical Library Budget & Expenditure Report looks 
closely at spending trends by scientific and technical libraries in the United States and Canada. The report includes 
data on corporate, government, and university-affiliated scientific & technical libraries. Gives insights into spending
for CD-ROM, On-line services, internet usage, books, salaries, seminar attendance and more. Based on sample 
data from more than 120 libraries.
Publication date: August 1995/Price: $80.00
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