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The Survey of Library Database Licensing Practices 2011 Edition
Primary Research Group, Jan 2011, Pages: 115+
This report looks closely at database licensing issues in the USA, Australia, continental Europe, the UK and other countries and areas. The study is based on data from 70 major libraries, predominantly academic and special The report covers spending and procurement trends, use of eBooks and electronic directories as well as major databases, the impact of mobile computing and many other issues. The study looks closely at librarian preferences for the inclusion of various kinds of cyber materials in full text databases. Also covered in great detail are library spending plans, subscription renewal plans and views of price increases for various kinds of electronic content.
The report also covers the impact of digital repositories and open access publishing on database procurement, as well as providing detailed data on the prevalence of legal disputes between publishers and libraries. The 115+ page report presents a plethora of unique data on library purchasing practices for databases.
Just a few of the study's many findings are that:
- The libraries in the sample spent a mean of $1.259 million USA for content licensed in electronic or joint electronic print format in 2010.
- Libraries in the sample were more interested in seeing videos and podcasts indexed in databases than listservs, wikis, blogs or other cybermaterials.
- Consortium contracts account for a mean of 43.72% of libraries' total licenses for electronic content.
- 17% of higher education libraries in the sample have paid a journal processing fee for an author.
- Prices for journals and market research rose the most in the past year.
- Libraries in the sample required a mean of 7.74 hours of legal assistance in contract disputes though the range was 0 to 200 hours.
- Less than 10% of higher education libraries use e-Book lending services, and all were very large libraries.
- Nearly 43% of libraries with annual licensed electronic content spending of greater than $1.2 million annually track patron use of open access journals.
- Digital repositories now account for 17% of the journal articles obtained when libraries need an article that is not in their own collection.
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