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The information buying balance of power has subtly shifted in favor of
libraries, especially those that tend to be aware of alternative web access
to databases often carried by commercial online services.
New York, July 27, 2000: The information buying balance of power has subtly
shifted in favor of libraries, especially those that tend to be aware
of alternative web access to databases often carried by commercial online
services, according to a new study just published by Primary Research
Group. The study-The Survey of Academic and Special Libraries, 2001 edition
(isbn#:1-57440-042-8)-is based on a random sample of 125 academic, legal,
medical, corporate and government libraries. The survey data is broken
out by library type (corporate, legal, medical/health, academic, and government/non-profit),
by school type (public, private, or non-academic), and by size of the
library, based on the library's level of expenditures. The 200 page report
presents more than 500 tables of data. The price of the report is $72.95.
Other findings of the study include:
Spending on electronic journals has increased sharply, especially by larger
academic libraries.
Spending for audio-video materials such as films, filmstrips, videos,
audio tapes, audio books, CD's, laserdisks and DVD surged in both special
and academic library markets in the year 2000, with mean spending by the
libraries in the sample increasing from $23,732 in 1999 to an estimated
$30,338 in the year 2000.
Patron demand for books has increased over the past two years, even though
library spending for books has been slightly declining, with mean spending
dropping from $171,364 to $169,708 in 2000.
Libraries reported a 24.94% mean increase in Internet usage by patrons
at the library within the past 6 months, an extraordinary phenomena considering
that the period in question is merely one half of a year.
The Study includes over 550 tables. There are sections on commercial on-line
services, database decision-making, access, and spending, electronic document
delivery services, CD-ROMs, DVDs, internet usage, library satisfaction
and usage surveys, software, print journals, electronic journals, photocopying
machines, cataloging, libraries' web pages, libraries' intranets, books,
maps and other topographical information, magazines, audio-video, and
optical imaging and archiving.
For additional information or a review copy, please contact James Moses
or Michael Lee at 212-245-2327, or email your request to PRIMARYDAT@MINDSPRING.COM.
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