From: "Bargheer, Margo" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 27 May 2016 10:07:58 +0000

Hello Adam,

For Germany and Austria there is reliable data available on

https://www.bibliotheksstatistik.de/

All menues and data in German only, sorry, plus -- as usual with such
large data collection -- that the reporting schemes for libraries
aren't standardised to perfection. But as the libraries  as individual
data providers usually apply their own standards to their reporting
the collected data should allow you to extrapolate reliable trends.

Kind Regards
Margo

Margo Bargheer
Leitung Elektronisches Publizieren ǀ Head of Electronic Publishing
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Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen
Goettingen State and University Library

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From: adam hodgkin <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 26 May 2016 12:39:41 +0200

Dear Colleagues:

Can anybody point me to some published research on the breakdown of
funds for the acquisition of periodicals (and serials) and books in
university and college libraries.

I would be interested to have some definite and reliable data on the
relative balance between these two types of expenditure over the last
5, 10, 20 or 30 years. I would be interested in the trends by global
total, by major regions or countries, or even for specific
universities. The global trend would be particularly interesting but I
guess it may be hard to discern.

I have not been very successful at trying to pinpoint such data
sources from Google  -- but I am sure some members of the community
know exactly where such data can be found.

Thanks

adam

Adam Hodgkin