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The Survey of Library Database Licensing Practices
Primary Research Group, Dec 2007

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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

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 Non-performance, Contract Abrogation, or Any Other Reason 72
Table 5.14: Percentage of Libraries that have Threatened a Publisher or Information Vendor with Legal Action Over Non-performance, 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 Non-performance, 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 Non-performance, 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 85
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 Cancelled 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 Cancelled 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 Cancelled 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 Cancelled a Content License Because of the Provider’s Inability to Effectively Deal with Service Interruption Issues, Broken Out by Type of Library


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