Emerging Issues in Academic Library Cataloging & Technical Services

Participants

List of Tables

Summary of Main Findings

Database Licensing Volume

Spending on Electronic or Electronic/Print Combination Versions of Directories

Spending on Journals

Spending on E-Books

Historic Growth in the Number of Licenses Held

Alumni Access to Databases

Use of Passwords and Simultaneous User Restrictions

Use of Consortiums

Volume of Licenses Accounted for by the Largest Consortium Partner

Trend in the Percentage of Licenses Obtained Through Consortiums

Library Interest in Seeking New Consortiums of Partners

Spending on Consortium Dues

Shortfalls in the Range of Content Promised Under a License

Perceptions of Content Price Increases

Library Staff Time Spent Reviewing Licensing Contract Terms

Library Use of Legal Assistance for Electronic Licensing Contracts

Percentage of Libraries Threatened with Lawsuits by Database Vendors

Percentage of Libraries that Have Threatened Lawsuits

Contract Terms

Implementation of “Fair Use”

Electronic Resources and Interlibrary Loans

Negotiations with Publishers for Special Provisions for Use of Electronic Materials in Inter-library loan

Compensation for Open Access Availability

Impact of Digital Repositories on Inter-Library Loan

Current Status of and Future Plans for Digital Repositories

Use of Gratis Resources

Perpetual Access

How the Library Pays for Licenses

Course Reserves

License Renewal Decision-Making Process

Use of Databases on a Free-Trial Basis

Staff Time Spent Choosing New Databases

Reliability of Usage Statistics

Service Interruption Issues

Dimensions of the Sample

Chapter One: Database Licensing Volume

Chapter Two: Range of Access

Chapter Three: Use of Consortiums

Chapter Four: Content License Pricing

Chapter Five: Disputes and Legal Expenditures for Databases

Chapter Six: Contract Terms

Chapter Seven: Electronic Resources and Interlibrary Loans

Chapter Eight: Use of Open Access Resources

Chapter Nine: Use of Gratis Resources

Chapter ten: Perpetual Access

Chapter Eleven: Paying for LiceNSES

Chapter Twelve: Course Reserves

Chapter Thirteen: License Renewal Decision-Making Process

Chapter Fourteen: Service Interruption Issues

Other Reports from Primary Research Group Inc.

Participants

Anatolian University Library Consortium (ANKOS) (Turkey)

Attorney-General's Department, Australia

Australian Federal Police Library (Australia)

Baker College System Library

Baker University

Ballarat & Clarendon College (Australia)

Bournemouth University (UK)

Bowling Green State University

BP Information Resources

BSES Limited (Australia)

Buena Park Library District

Burnham Institute for Medical Research

Canada Revenue Agency

Canadian Forces College

Canadian Heritage, Knowledge Centre

Casey Cardinia Library Corporation (Australia)

Central Land Council (Australia)

Clark County Law Library

Conference of Rectors and Principals of Québec Universities (CREPUQ) (Canada)

D&P Information Resources

Defense Technical Information Center

Department of Emergency Services, Queensland (Australia)

Department of Finance and Administration (Australia)

Department of Parliamentary Services, Parliament of Australia (Australia)

Devereaux Library, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology

Dudley Knox Library, Naval Postgraduate School

Durban University of Technology (South Africa)

Dynogen Pharmaceuticals

eCentre Resource Centre Department of Education, Tasmania (Australia)

El Paso Public Library

FM Global

Fort Lewis College, Reed Library

Freshwater Institute, Central & Arctic Regional Library (Canada)

Gates Corporation

General Dynamics

George Washington University

Greater Victoria Public Library (Canada)

Harvard Business School

Hay Group

Industry Canada

Information and Library (INFLIBNET) Centre, UGC (India)

IP Australia

John Cox Associates Ltd

Johns Hopkins University

Judy Scott Public Library (South Africa)

Keller & Heckman Library

Live Oak Public Libraries

McGraw-Page Library, Randolph-Macon College

Miner Institute

Minter Ellison

Misericordia University

Nalco Co.

National Art School (Australia)

New England School of Law

New South Wales Department of Commerce (Australia)

New South Wales Department of Lands (Australia)

New York University Medical Center

Orange Beach Public Library

Platteville Public Library

Public Library Services (Australia)

Purdue Pharma L.P.

Queens County Law Library

San Diego Public Library

San Joaquin College of Law

Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt

SCHWARZ BioSciences

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

State Library of Queensland (Australia)

State Library of Victoria (Australia)

Stockton San Joaquin County Public Library

Tactical Training Group Atlantic

TAFE NSW Library Services (Australia)

The Academic College of Tel-Aviv Yaffo (Israel)

The Pennsylvania State University

The Treasury (Australia)

Thuringowa Library Services (Australia)

U.S. Geological Survey Library

U.S. Navy Submarine School

University of Balamand (Lebanon)

University of Indianapolis

University of Maastricht (Netherlands)

University of Melbourne (Australia)

University of New South Wales (Australia)

University of Texas at Dallas Libraries

University of Wisconsin - La Crosse

Varsity College (South Africa)

William Mitchell College of Law

Wilmette Public Library

Worthington Public Library

List of Tables

Table 1.1: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Annual Spending for Electronic or Electronic/Print Licenses for Directories (in US$)

Table 1.2: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Annual Spending for Electronic or Electronic/Print Licenses for Directories (in US$), Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 1.3: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Annual Spending for Electronic or Electronic/Print Licenses for Directories (in US$), Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 1.4: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Annual Spending for Electronic or Electronic/Print Licenses for Directories (in US$), Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 1.5: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Spent Annually for Electronic or Electronic/Print Licenses for Journals (in US$)

Table 1.6: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Spent Annually for Electronic or Electronic/Print Licenses for Journals (in US$), Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 1.7: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Spent Annually for Electronic or Electronic/Print Licenses for Journals (in US$), Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 1.8: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Spent Annually for Electronic or Electronic/Print Licenses for Journals (in US$), Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 1.9: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Spent Annually for Electronic or Electronic/Print Licenses for E-Books (in US$)

Table 1.10: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Spent Annually for Electronic or Electronic/Print Licenses for E-Books (in US$), Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 1.11: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Spent Annually for Electronic or Electronic/Print Licenses for E-Books (in US$), Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 1.12: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Spent Annually for Electronic or Electronic/Print Licenses for E-Books (in US$), Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 1.13: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Annual Spending for Electronic or Electronic/Print Licenses for Magazines and Newspapers (in US$)

Table 1.14: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Annual Spending for Electronic or Electronic/Print Licenses for Magazines and Newspapers (in US$), Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 1.15: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Annual Spending for Electronic or Electronic/Print Licenses for Magazines and Newspapers (in US$), Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 1.16: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Annual Spending for Electronic or Electronic/Print Licenses for Magazines and Newspapers (in US$), Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 1.17: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Number of Independent Licenses Maintained for Electronic Content or Electronic Content Combined with Print in the year 2000 (or 2000-2001 for Academic Institutions)

Table 1.18: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Number of Independent Licenses Maintained for Electronic Content or Electronic Content Combined with Print in the year 2000 (or 2000-2001 for Academic Institutions), Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 1.19: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Number of Independent Licenses Maintained for Electronic Content or Electronic Content Combined with Print in the year 2000 (or 2000-2001 for Academic Institutions), Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 1.20: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Number of Independent Licenses Maintained for Electronic Content or Electronic Content Combined with Print in the year 2000 (or 2000-2001 for Academic Institutions), Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 1.21: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Independent Licenses for Electronic Content or Electronic Content Combined with Print for 2006 (or 2006-2007 for Academic Institutions)

Table 1.22: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Independent Licenses for Electronic Content or Electronic Content Combined with Print for 2006 (or 2006-2007 for Academic Institutions), Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 1.23: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Independent Licenses for Electronic Content or Electronic Content Combined with Print for 2006 (or 2006-2007 for Academic Institutions), Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 1.24: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Independent Licenses for Electronic Content or Electronic Content Combined with Print for 2006 (or 2006-2007 for Academic Institutions), Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 1.25: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Independent Licenses for Electronic Content or Electronic Content Combined with Print for 2007 (or 2007-2008 for Academic Institutions)

Table 1.26: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Independent Licenses for Electronic Content or Electronic Content Combined with Print for 2007 (or 2007-2008 for Academic Institutions), Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 1.27: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Independent Licenses for Electronic Content or Electronic Content Combined with Print for 2007 (or 2007-2008 for Academic Institutions), Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 1.28: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Independent Licenses for Electronic Content or Electronic Content Combined with Print for 2007 (or 2007-2008 for Academic Institutions), Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 2.1: Percentage of Educational Institutions that Grant Alumni Access to Library Databases from Home

Table 2.2: Percentage of Educational Institutions that Grant Alumni Access to Library Databases from Home, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 2.3: Percentage of Educational Institutions that Grant Alumni Access to Library Databases from Home, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 2.4: Percentage of Educational Institutions that Grant Alumni Access to Library Databases from Home, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 2.5: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Percentage of the Library’s Content Licenses that Require Individual User Passwords or Other Means of Individual Identification

Table 2.6: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Percentage of the Library’s Content Licenses that Require Individual User Passwords or Other Means of Individual Identification, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 2.7: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Percentage of the Library’s Content Licenses that Require Individual User Passwords or Other Means of Individual Identification, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 2.8: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Percentage of the Library’s Content Licenses that Require Individual User Passwords or Other Means of Individual Identification, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 2.9: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Percentage of the Library’s Content Licenses that Restrict Access to a Specified Number of Simultaneous Users

Table 2.10: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Percentage of the Library’s Content Licenses that Restrict Access to a Specified Number of Simultaneous Users, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 2.11: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Percentage of the Library’s Content Licenses that Restrict Access to a Specified Number of Simultaneous Users, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 2.12: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Percentage of the Library’s Content Licenses that Restrict Access to a Specified Number of Simultaneous Users, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 3.1: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Number of Library Database Licensing Consortiums through which the Library has at Least One Active Contract

Table 3.2: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Number of Library Database Licensing Consortiums through which the Library has at Least One Active Contract, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 3.3: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Number of Library Database Licensing Consortiums through which the Library has at Least One Active Contract, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 3.4: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Number of Library Database Licensing Consortiums through which the Library has at Least One Active Contract, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 3.5: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Percentage of the Library’s Total Licenses for Electronic Content that are Contracted through Consortiums

Table 3.6: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Percentage of the Library’s Total Licenses for Electronic Content that are Contracted through Consortiums, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 3.7: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Percentage of the Library’s Total Licenses for Electronic Content that are Contracted through Consortiums, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 3.8: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Percentage of the Library’s Total Licenses for Electronic Content that are Contracted through Consortiums, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 3.9: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Percentage of All of the Library’s Content Licensing Contracts Accounted for by the Library’s Single Largest Consortium Partner

Table 3.10: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Percentage of All of the Library’s Content Licensing Contracts Accounted for by the Library’s Single Largest Consortium Partner, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 3.11: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Percentage of All of the Library’s Content Licensing Contracts Accounted for by the Library’s Single Largest Consortium Partner, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 3.12: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Percentage of All of the Library’s Content Licensing Contracts Accounted for by the Library’s Single Largest Consortium Partner, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 3.13: Trends in the Percentage of Electronic Licensing Contracts Purchased through Consortiums over the Past Two Years

Table 3.14: Trends in the Percentage of Electronic Licensing Contracts Purchased through Consortiums over the Past Two Years, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 3.15: Trends in the Percentage of Electronic Licensing Contracts Purchased through Consortiums over the Past Two Years, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 3.16: Trends in the Percentage of Electronic Licensing Contracts Purchased through Consortiums over the Past Two Years, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 3.17: Expected Trends in Electronic Content Licensing Contracts Obtained through Consortium Licensing over the Next Two Years

Table 3.18: Expected Trends in Electronic Content Licensing Contracts Obtained through Consortium Licensing over the Next Two Years, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 3.19: Expected Trends in Electronic Content Licensing Contracts Obtained through Consortium Licensing over the Next Two Years, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 3.20: Expected Trends in Electronic Content Licensing Contracts Obtained through Consortium Licensing over the Next Two Years, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 3.21: Attitudes toward Seeking Additional Consortium Partners

Table 3.22: Attitudes toward Seeking Additional Consortium Partners, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 3.23: Attitudes toward Seeking Additional Consortium Partners, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 3.24: Attitudes toward Seeking Additional Consortium Partners, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 3.25: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Man Hours Spent in the Past Year on Finding New Consortium or Other Partners to Make Collaborative Purchases

Table 3.26: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Man Hours Spent in the Past Year on Finding New Consortium or Other Partners to Make Collaborative Purchases, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 3.27: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Man Hours Spent in the Past Year on Finding New Consortium or Other Partners to Make Collaborative Purchases, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 3.28: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Man Hours Spent in the Past Year on Finding New Consortium or Other Partners to Make Collaborative Purchases, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 3.29: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Total Spending in the Past Year on Dues and Fees to be a Member of Database Licensing Consortiums (in US$)

Table 3.30: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Total Spending in the Past Year on Dues and Fees to be a Member of Database Licensing Consortiums (in US$), Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 3.31: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Total Spending in the Past Year on Dues and Fees to be a Member of Database Licensing Consortiums (in US$), Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 3.32: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Total Spending in the Past Year on Dues and Fees to be a Member of Database Licensing Consortiums (in US$), Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 4.1: Library Experiences in Dealing with Database Vendors that Reduce the Contracted Scope of Information Provided During the Life of the Contract

Table 4.2: Library Experiences in Dealing with Database Vendors that Reduce the Contracted Scope of Information Provided During the Life of the Contract , Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 4.3: Library Experiences in Dealing with Database Vendors that Reduce the Contracted Scope of Information Provided During the Life of the Contract , Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 4.4: Library Experiences in Dealing with Database Vendors that Reduce the Contracted Scope of Information Provided During the Life of the Contract , Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 4.5: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year for Electronic and Electronic/Print Combination Journals, in %

Table 4.6: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year for Electronic and Electronic/Print Combination Journals, in %, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 4.7: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year for Electronic and Electronic/Print Combination Journals, in %, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 4.8: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year for Electronic and Electronic/Print Combination Journals, in %, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 4.9: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year for E-Books, in %

Table 4.10: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year for E-Books, in %, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 4.11: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year for E-Books, in %, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 4.12: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year for E-Books, in %, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 4.13: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year for Indexes and Full Text Newspaper and Magazine Databases, in %

Table 4.14: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year for Indexes and Full Text Newspaper and Magazine Databases, in %, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 4.15: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year for Indexes and Full Text Newspaper and Magazine Databases, in %, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 4.16: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year for Indexes and Full Text Newspaper and Magazine Databases, in %, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 4.17: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year for Directories, in %

Table 4.18: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year for Directories, in %, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 4.19: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year for Directories, in %, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 4.20: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year for Directories, in %, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 4.21: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year for Market Research, in %

Table 4.22: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year for Market Research, in %, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 4.23: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year for Market Research, in %, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 4.24: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year of Business and Financial Information

Table 4.25: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year of Business and Financial Information, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 4.26: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year of Business and Financial Information, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 4.27: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year of Business and Financial Information, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 4.28: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year for Medical and Biochemical Information

Table 4.29: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year for Medical and Biochemical Information, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 4.30: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year for Medical and Biochemical Information, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 4.31: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year for Medical and Biochemical Information, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 4.32: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year of Engineering Information

Table 4.33: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year of Engineering Information, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 4.34: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year of Engineering Information, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 4.35: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year of Engineering Information, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 4.36: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year of Humanities

Table 4.37: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year of Humanities, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 4.38: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year of Humanities, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 4.39: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year of Humanities, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 4.40: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year of Social Sciences

Table 4.41: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year of Social Sciences, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 4.42: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year of Social Sciences, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 4.43: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year of Social Sciences, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 4.44: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year of Legal Information, in %

Table 4.45: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year of Legal Information, in %, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 4.46: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year of Legal Information, in %, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 4.47: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year of Legal Information, in %, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 4.48: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year of General News Information

Table 4.49: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year of General News Information, in % Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 4.50: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year of General News Information, in % Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 4.51: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Perceived Price Increase Experienced in the Past Year of General News Information, in % Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 5.1: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Hours Spent by Library Staff in the Past Year on Reviewing Contract Terms from Vendors for All Kinds of Licenses for Content

Table 5.2: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Hours Spent by Library Staff in the Past Year on Reviewing Contract Terms from Vendors for All Kinds of Licenses for Content, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 5.3: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Hours Spent by Library Staff in the Past Year on Reviewing Contract Terms from Vendors for All Kinds of Licenses for Content, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 5.4: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Hours Spent by Library Staff in the Past Year on Reviewing Contract Terms from Vendors for All Kinds of Licenses for Content, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 5.5: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Hours of Professional Legal Assistance (from Lawyers Within or Outside of the Organization) Required for Contract Review or Disputes Related to Library Databases

Table 5.6: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Hours of Professional Legal Assistance (from Lawyers Within or Outside of the Organization) Required for Contract Review or Disputes Related to Library Databases, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 5.7: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Hours of Professional Legal Assistance (from Lawyers Within or Outside of the Organization) Required for Contract Review or Disputes Related to Library Databases, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 5.8: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Hours of Professional Legal Assistance (from Lawyers Within or Outside of the Organization) Required for Contract Review or Disputes Related to Library Databases, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 5.9: Percentage of Libraries that have been Threatened by a Publisher or Information Vendor with Any Form of Legal Action for Contract Abrogation, Non-Payment, or Any Other Reason

Table 5.10: Percentage of Libraries that have been Threatened by a Publisher or Information Vendor with Any Form of Legal Action for Contract Abrogation, Non-Payment, or Any Other Reason, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 5.11: Percentage of Libraries that have been Threatened by a Publisher or Information Vendor with Any Form of Legal Action for Contract Abrogation, Non-Payment, or Any Other Reason, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 5.12: Percentage of Libraries that have been Threatened by a Publisher or Information Vendor with Any Form of Legal Action for Contract Abrogation, Non-Payment, or Any Other Reason, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 5.13: Percentage of Libraries that have Threatened a Publisher or Information Vendor with Legal Action Over Nonperformance, Contract Abrogation, or Any Other Reason

Table 5.14: Percentage of Libraries that have Threatened a Publisher or Information Vendor with Legal Action Over Nonperformance, Contract Abrogation, or Any Other Reason, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 5.15: Percentage of Libraries that have Threatened a Publisher or Information Vendor with Legal Action Over Nonperformance, Contract Abrogation, or Any Other Reason, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 5.16: Percentage of Libraries that have Threatened a Publisher or Information Vendor with Legal Action Over Nonperformance, Contract Abrogation, or Any Other Reason, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 6.1: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Percentage of Electronic Licensing Contracts that Require that the Financial Terms of the Contract be Kept Secret

Table 6.2: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Percentage of Electronic Licensing Contracts that Require that the Financial Terms of the Contract be Kept Secret, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 6.3: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Percentage of Electronic Licensing Contracts that Require that the Financial Terms of the Contract be Kept Secret, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 6.4: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Percentage of Electronic Licensing Contracts that Require that the Financial Terms of the Contract be Kept Secret, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 6.5: Assessment of the Awareness of Librarians of the Library Database Financial Contract Terms of Peer Institutions

Table 6.6: Assessment of the Awareness of Librarians of the Library Database Financial Contract Terms of Peer Institutions, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 6.7: Assessment of the Awareness of Librarians of the Library Database Financial Contract Terms of Peer Institutions, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 6.8: Assessment of the Awareness of Librarians of the Library Database Financial Contract Terms of Peer Institutions, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 6.9: Description of Personal Experience in Applying the Term “Fair Use”

Table 6.10: Description of Personal Experience in Applying the Term “Fair Use,” Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 6.11: Description of Personal Experience in Applying the Term “Fair Use,” Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 6.12: Description of Personal Experience in Applying the Term “Fair Use,” Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 7.1: Attitudes towards Providing Electronic Materials via Interlibrary Loan

Table 7.2: Attitudes towards Providing Electronic Materials via Interlibrary Loan, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 7.3: Attitudes towards Providing Electronic Materials via Interlibrary Loan, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 7.4: Attitudes towards Providing Electronic Materials via Interlibrary Loan, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 7.5: Results Achieved in Negotiating Contract Language Allowing the Provision of Electronic Content Through Interlibrary Loan

Table 7.6: Results Achieved in Negotiating Contract Language Allowing the Provision of Electronic Content Through Interlibrary Loan, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 7.7: Results Achieved in Negotiating Contract Language Allowing the Provision of Electronic Content Through Interlibrary Loan, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 7.8: Results Achieved in Negotiating Contract Language Allowing the Provision of Electronic Content Through Interlibrary Loan, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 8.1: Percentage of Libraries that have Received a Rebate or Reduction in Subscription Price from a Publisher as Compensation for Open Access Availability

Table 8.2: Percentage of Libraries that have Received a Rebate or Reduction in Subscription Price from a Publisher as Compensation for Open Access Availability, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 8.3: Percentage of Libraries that have Received a Rebate or Reduction in Subscription Price from a Publisher as Compensation for Open Access Availability, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 8.4: Percentage of Libraries that have Received a Rebate or Reduction in Subscription Price from a Publisher as Compensation for Open Access Availability, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 8.5: Percentage of Libraries that have Ever Paid an Article Processing Fee for an Author

Table 8.6: Percentage of Libraries that have Ever Paid an Article Processing Fee for an Author, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 8.7: Percentage of Libraries that have Ever Paid an Article Processing Fee for an Author, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 8.8: Percentage of Libraries that have Ever Paid an Article Processing Fee for an Author, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 8.9: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Percentage of Journal Articles Acquired from Other Institutions which Come from the Institutional Repositories of Other Institutions or from a Digital Repository Consortium

Table 8.10: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Percentage of Journal Articles Acquired from Other Institutions which Come from the Institutional Repositories of Other Institutions or from a Digital Repository Consortium, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 8.11: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Percentage of Journal Articles Acquired from Other Institutions which Come from the Institutional Repositories of Other Institutions or from a Digital Repository Consortium, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 8.12: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Percentage of Journal Articles Acquired from Other Institutions which Come from the Institutional Repositories of Other Institutions or from a Digital Repository Consortium, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 8.13: Expected Trends in Establishing an Institutional Digital Repository

Table 8.14: Expected Trends in Establishing an Institutional Digital Repository, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 8.15: Expected Trends in Establishing an Institutional Digital Repository, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 8.16: Expected Trends in Establishing an Institutional Digital Repository, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 9.1: Use of Free Access to Back Issues of Journals Offered for No Fee after an “Embargo” Period

Table 9.2: Use of Free Access to Back Issues of Journals Offered for No Fee after an “Embargo” Period, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 9.3: Use of Free Access to Back Issues of Journals Offered for No Fee after an “Embargo” Period, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 9.4: Use of Free Access to Back Issues of Journals Offered for No Fee after an “Embargo” Period, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 9.5: Extent to which Library Patrons Make Use of Google Scholar

Table 9.6: Extent to which Library Patrons Make Use of Google Scholar, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 9.7: Extent to which Library Patrons Make Use of Google Scholar, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 9.8: Extent to which Library Patrons Make Use of Google Scholar, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 10.1: Percentage of Libraries in the Sample that have Lost Access to Journal Archives to which it had a Contractual Right to Perpetual Access

Table 10.2: Percentage of Libraries in the Sample that have Lost Access to Journal Archives to which it had a Contractual Right to Perpetual Access, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 10.3: Percentage of Libraries in the Sample that have Lost Access to Journal Archives to which it had a Contractual Right to Perpetual Access, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 10.4: Percentage of Libraries in the Sample that have Lost Access to Journal Archives to which it had a Contractual Right to Perpetual Access, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 10.5: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Percentage of the Electronic or Electronic/Print Journal Subscriptions Maintained by the Library that Guarantee Perpetual Access to Archives

Table 10.6: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Percentage of the Electronic or Electronic/Print Journal Subscriptions Maintained by the Library that Guarantee Perpetual Access to Archives, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 10.7: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Percentage of the Electronic or Electronic/Print Journal Subscriptions Maintained by the Library that Guarantee Perpetual Access to Archives, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 10.8: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Percentage of the Electronic or Electronic/Print Journal Subscriptions Maintained by the Library that Guarantee Perpetual Access to Archives, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 11.1: Percentage of Libraries in the Sample that Fund Database Subscriptions Through the Library Budget

Table 11.2: Percentage of Libraries in the Sample that Fund Database Subscriptions Through the Library Budget, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 11.3: Percentage of Libraries in the Sample that Fund Database Subscriptions Through the Library Budget, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 11.4: Percentage of Libraries in the Sample that Fund Database Subscriptions Through the Library Budget, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 11.5: Percentage of Libraries that Use Grants to Help Pay for Any of the Library’s Databases Licenses

Table 11.6: Percentage of Libraries that Use Grants to Help Pay for Any of the Library’s Databases Licenses, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 11.7: Percentage of Libraries that Use Grants to Help Pay for Any of the Library’s Databases Licenses, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 11.8: Percentage of Libraries that Use Grants to Help Pay for Any of the Library’s Databases Licenses, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 11.9: Percentage of Libraries that Use Internal Charge Backs to End Users of the Database to Help Pay for Any of the Library’s Databases Licenses

Table 11.10: Percentage of Libraries that Use Internal Charge Backs to End Users of the Database to Help Pay for Any of the Library’s Databases Licenses, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 11.11: Percentage of Libraries that Use Internal Charge Backs to End Users of the Database to Help Pay for Any of the Library’s Databases Licenses, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 11.12: Percentage of Libraries that Use Internal Charge Backs to End Users of the Database to Help Pay for Any of the Library’s Databases Licenses, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 11.13: Percentage of Libraries that Use Contributions by Departments Within the Organization that are Heavy Users of a Particular Database to Help Pay for Any of the Library’s Databases Licenses

Table 11.14: Percentage of Libraries that Use Contributions by Departments Within the Organization that are Heavy Users of a Particular Database to Help Pay for Any of the Library’s Databases Licenses, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 11.15: Percentage of Libraries that Use Contributions by Departments Within the Organization that are Heavy Users of a Particular Database to Help Pay for Any of the Library’s Databases Licenses, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 11.16: Percentage of Libraries that Use Contributions by Departments Within the Organization that are Heavy Users of a Particular Database to Help Pay for Any of the Library’s Databases Licenses, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 11.17: Percentage of Libraries in the Sample with an Endowment or Special Donated Fund Allocated for the Support of Electronic Resources of Any Kind

Table 11.18: Percentage of Libraries in the Sample with an Endowment or Special Donated Fund Allocated for the Support of Electronic Resources of Any Kind, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 11.19: Percentage of Libraries in the Sample with an Endowment or Special Donated Fund Allocated for the Support of Electronic Resources of Any Kind, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 11.20: Percentage of Libraries in the Sample with an Endowment or Special Donated Fund Allocated for the Support of Electronic Resources of Any Kind, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 12.1: Trends in Managing Copyright Clearance

Table 12.2: Trends in Managing Copyright Clearance, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 12.3: Trends in Managing Copyright Clearance, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 12.4: Trends in Managing Copyright Clearance, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 12.5: Use of Electronic Content for Course Reserve

Table 12.6: Use of Electronic Content for Course Reserve, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 12.7: Use of Electronic Content for Course Reserve, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 12.8: Use of Electronic Content for Course Reserve, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 12.9: Attitudes toward the Elimination of Paper Based Materials in Course Reserve and the Adoption of All Electronic Reserves

Table 12.10: Attitudes toward the Elimination of Paper Based Materials in Course Reserve and the Adoption of All Electronic Reserves, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 12.11: Attitudes toward the Elimination of Paper Based Materials in Course Reserve and the Adoption of All Electronic Reserves, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 12.12: Attitudes toward the Elimination of Paper Based Materials in Course Reserve and the Adoption of All Electronic Reserves, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 13.1: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Percentage of the Library’s Content Licensing Contracts Subject to Renewal that the Library Expects to Renew

Table 13.2: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Percentage of the Library’s Content Licensing Contracts Subject to Renewal that the Library Expects to Renew, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 13.3: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Percentage of the Library’s Content Licensing Contracts Subject to Renewal that the Library Expects to Renew, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 13.4: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Percentage of the Library’s Content Licensing Contracts Subject to Renewal that the Library Expects to Renew, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 13.5: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Number of Databases the Library Tested on a Free-Trial Basis within the Past Year

Table 13.6: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Number of Databases the Library Tested on a Free-Trial Basis within the Past Year, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 13.7: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Number of Databases the Library Tested on a Free-Trial Basis within the Past Year, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 13.8: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Number of Databases the Library Tested on a Free-Trial Basis within the Past Year, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 13.9: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Number of Librarians in the Organization that Spend at Least Ten Percent of Their Work Time Reviewing and Choosing New Electronic Resources

Table 13.10: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Number of Librarians in the Organization that Spend at Least Ten Percent of Their Work Time Reviewing and Choosing New Electronic Resources, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 13.11: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Number of Librarians in the Organization that Spend at Least Ten Percent of Their Work Time Reviewing and Choosing New Electronic Resources, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 13.12: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Number of Librarians in the Organization that Spend at Least Ten Percent of Their Work Time Reviewing and Choosing New Electronic Resources, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 13.13: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Percentage of the Sets of Access and Usage Statistics Received from Vendors of Electronic Information that can be Described as Highly Reliable

Table 13.14: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Percentage of the Sets of Access and Usage Statistics Received from Vendors of Electronic Information that can be Described as Highly Reliable, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 13.15: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Percentage of the Sets of Access and Usage Statistics Received from Vendors of Electronic Information that can be Described as Highly Reliable, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 13.16: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Percentage of the Sets of Access and Usage Statistics Received from Vendors of Electronic Information that can be Described as Highly Reliable, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 13.17: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Percentage of the Sets of Access and Usage Statistics Received from Vendors of Electronic Information that can be Described as Generally Reliable

Table 13.18: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Percentage of the Sets of Access and Usage Statistics Received from Vendors of Electronic Information that can be Described as Generally Reliable, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 13.19: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Percentage of the Sets of Access and Usage Statistics Received from Vendors of Electronic Information that can be Described as Generally Reliable, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 13.20: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Percentage of the Sets of Access and Usage Statistics Received from Vendors of Electronic Information that can be Described as Generally Reliable, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 13.21: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Percentage of the Sets of Access and Usage Statistics Received from Vendors of Electronic Information that can be Described as Problematic

Table 13.22: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Percentage of the Sets of Access and Usage Statistics Received from Vendors of Electronic Information that can be Described as Problematic, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 13.23: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Percentage of the Sets of Access and Usage Statistics Received from Vendors of Electronic Information that can be Described as Problematic, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 13.24: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Percentage of the Sets of Access and Usage Statistics Received from Vendors of Electronic Information that can be Described as Problematic, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 14.1: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Total Staff Hours per Year Spent Dealing with Database Access Interruption Issues

Table 14.2: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Total Staff Hours per Year Spent Dealing with Database Access Interruption Issues, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 14.3: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Total Staff Hours per Year Spent Dealing with Database Access Interruption Issues, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 14.4: Mean, Median, Minimum and Maximum Total Staff Hours per Year Spent Dealing with Database Access Interruption Issues, Broken Out by Type of Library

Table 14.5: Percentage of Libraries who have Ever Canceled a Content License Because of the Provider’s Inability to Effectively Deal with Service Interruption Issues

Table 14.6: Percentage of Libraries who have Ever Canceled a Content License Because of the Provider’s Inability to Effectively Deal with Service Interruption Issues, Broken Out for U.S. and Non-U.S. Libraries

Table 14.7: Percentage of Libraries who have Ever Canceled a Content License Because of the Provider’s Inability to Effectively Deal with Service Interruption Issues, Broken Out by Expenditures for Databases

Table 14.8: Percentage of Libraries who have Ever Canceled a Content License Because of the Provider’s Inability to Effectively Deal with Service Interruption Issues, Broken Out by Type of Library