From: Ann Okerson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:27:31 +0000
This interesting information courtesy of Gary Price
([log in to unmask]), Co-Founder and Editor, INFOdocket.com and
FullTextReports.com.
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The National Center for Education Statistics released Academic
Libraries: 2010 report today. This is a "First Look" report.
+ "Academic libraries held approximately 158.7 million e-books and
about 1.8 million electronic reference sources and aggregation
services1 at the end of fiscal year 2010 (table 5)."
+ Academic libraries spent approximately $152.4 million for electronic
books, serial backfiles, and other materials in fiscal year 2010
(table 10). Expenditures for electronic current serial subscriptions
totaled about $1.2 billion.
+ In fall of 2010, about 41 percent of academic libraries reported
providing documents digitized by staff (table 12).
Full Text Report
56 pages; PDF
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2012/2012365.pdf
Supplemental Tables (40 pages; PDF)
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2012/2012365_1.pdf
Links and Highlights and Key Findings are also included in this
INFOdocket post.
http://infodocket.com/2011/12/13/new-academic-library-statistics-2010-released-by-national-center-for-education-statistics-nces/
Gary D. Price, MLIS
Information Industry Analyst
Co-Founder and Editor, INFOdocket.com and FullTextReports.com
Librarian
http://INFOdocket.comhttp://FullTextReports.com
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