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. ****** 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.com http://FullTextReports.com **************