The report looks closely at the extent and kinds of cooperative arrangements between academic libraries and academic departments to pay for specialized resources and services. The study gives data on the frequency of such arrangements, which resources that they help to pay for, and what percentage of library resource spending is accounted for by such arrangements. The study also describes the nature of these deals, including the “split” on expenses, the share typically paid for by the library and the share paid for by the academic departments.
Data in the report is broken out by many different institutional and personal characteristics of the survey participants including size, type, public/private status and tuition level of the institutions, and age and gender of the individuals participating in the survey.
Just a few of the report’s many findings are that:
- More than 56% of the research library institutions in the sample share costs of some resources or services with academic departments.
- Use of shared expenses agreements was much greater outside of the USA than in the USA.
- The most frequently mentioned partners for cost sharing agreements were business and management departments.
Table of Contents
THE QUESTIONNAIRE
PARTICIPANTS LIST
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SAMPLE
SUMMARY OF MAIN FINDINGS
Percentage of Academic Libraries Sharing Content Costs with Mon-Library Academic or Administrative Departments
Percentage of Academic Libraries that Share the Costs of Certain Library Services with Non-Library Academic or Administrative Departments
The Economics of the Cost Sharing Arrangements Between the Academic Library and Non-Library Academic & Administrative Departments
Examples of Academic Library-Academic/Administrative Cost Sharing Arrangements for Provision of Library Services
DATA AND COMMENTARY
List of Tables
Table 1.1 Does your library share the cost of any databases or other materials with particular academic or administrative departments?
Table 1.2 Does your library share the cost of any databases or other materials with particular academic or administrative departments? Broken out for public and private colleges/universities
Table 1.3 Does your library share the cost of any databases or other materials with particular academic or administrative departments? Broken out by type or Carnegie class of the college/university
Table 1.4 Does your library share the cost of any databases or other materials with particular academic or administrative departments? Broken out by enrollment
Table 1.5 Does your library share the cost of any databases or other materials with particular academic or administrative departments? Broken out by tuition, $
Table 1.6 Does your library share the cost of any databases or other materials with particular academic or administrative departments? Broken out by the geographic location of the college/university
Table 1.7 Does your library share the cost of any databases or other materials with particular academic or administrative departments? Broken out by gender of the survey participant
Table 1.8 Does your library share the cost of any databases or other materials with particular academic or administrative departments? Broken out by what is your annual salary range (in US$)?
Specific Cost Sharing Arrangements and What the Money is Spent On
In general what has been the split on costs on some of the more important of these arrangements? Broken out by type or Carnegie class of the college/university
Table 2.1 About what percentage of total library materials purchases would you say are funded by academic departments or other departments outside of the library? (Exclude endowments and grants)
Table 2.2 About what percentage of total library materials purchases would you say are funded by academic departments or other departments outside of the library? (Exclude endowments and grants) Broken out for public and private colleges/universities
Table 2.3 About what percentage of total library materials purchases would you say are funded by academic departments or other departments outside of the library? (Exclude endowments and grants) Broken out by type or Carnegie class of the college/university
Table 2.4 About what percentage of total library materials purchases would you say are funded by academic departments or other departments outside of the library? (Exclude endowments and grants) Broken out by enrollment
Table 2.5 About what percentage of total library materials purchases would you say are funded by academic departments or other departments outside of the library? (Exclude endowments and grants) Broken out by tuition, $
Table 2.6 About what percentage of total library materials purchases would you say are funded by academic departments or other departments outside of the library? (Exclude endowments and grants) Broken out by the geographic location of the college/university
Table 2.7 About what percentage of total library materials purchases would you say are funded by academic departments or other departments outside of the library? (Exclude endowments and grants) Broken out by gender of the survey participant
Table 2.8 About what percentage of total library materials purchases would you say are funded by academic departments or other departments outside of the library? (Exclude endowments and grants) Broken out by what is your annual salary range (in US$)?
Table 3.1 Do you have any such arrangements for outside departments to partially or full pay for specialized support services supplied by the library? (for example, payments for librarians to train on highly subject-specific databases or other forms of highly specialized, field-specific training or services)
Table 3.2 Do you have any such arrangements for outside departments to partially or full pay for specialized support services supplied by the library? (for example, payments for librarians to train on highly subject-specific databases or other forms of highly specialized, field-specific training or services) Broken out for public and private colleges/universities
Table 3.3 Do you have any such arrangements for outside departments to partially or full pay for specialized support services supplied by the library? (for example, payments for librarians to train on highly subject-specific databases or other forms of highly specialized, field-specific training or services) Broken out by type or Carnegie class of the college/university
Table 3.4 Do you have any such arrangements for outside departments to partially or full pay for specialized support services supplied by the library? (for example, payments for librarians to train on highly subject-specific databases or other forms of highly specialized, field-specific training or services) Broken out by enrollment
Table 3.5 Do you have any such arrangements for outside departments to partially or full pay for specialized support services supplied by the library? (for example, payments for librarians to train on highly subject-specific databases or other forms of highly specialized, field-specific training or services) Broken out by tuition, $
Table 3.6 Do you have any such arrangements for outside departments to partially or full pay for specialized support services supplied by the library? (for example, payments for librarians to train on highly subject-specific databases or other forms of highly specialized, field-specific training or services) Broken out by the geographic location of the college/university
Table 3.7 Do you have any such arrangements for outside departments to partially or full pay for specialized support services supplied by the library? (for example, payments for librarians to train on highly subject-specific databases or other forms of highly specialized, field-specific training or services) Broken out by gender of the survey participant
Table 3.8 Do you have any such arrangements for outside departments to partially or full pay for specialized support services supplied by the library? (for example, payments for librarians to train on highly subject-specific databases or other forms of highly specialized, field-specific training or services) Broken out by what is your annual salary range (in US$)?
Samples
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Sources / Contributors
- Abilene Christian University
- Arkansas State University
- Baker University
- Berry College
- Binghamton University
- Brooklyn College
- Bryn Athyn College, Swedenborg Library
- Christian Brothers University
- Cincinnati Christian University
- College of DuPage
- College of the Desert
- Cornell College
- Eastern University
- Florida Memorial University
- Florida State University
- Frederick Community College
- Gogebic Community College LRC
- Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute @ Florida Atlantic University
- Harding University
- Hawkeye Community College
- Iowa Lakes Community College
- Lawrence Technological University
- Madonna University
- Mansfield University
- Marian University
- Marshall University
- Mercer County Community College
- Miami University
- Middle Tennessee State University
- Mikkelsen Library, Augustana University
- Mississippi Valley State University
- Moravian College
- MSU-West Plains
- Northwest Nazarene University
- Northwestern Health Sciences University
- Orange Coast College
- Oregon Institute of Technology
- Peru State College
- Pfeiffer University
- Providence College
- Reed Library at SUNY Fredonia
- Regent University
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Rocky Mountain College
- Saint Joseph's University
- Samford University
- San Jose State University
- SFCC
- South Texas College of Law Houston
- Southern Utah University
- Southwestern Adventist University
- Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
- SUNY Adirondack
- Swansea University
- Syracuse University
- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
- The Australian National University
- Tiffin University
- Toccoa Falls College
- Tri-County Technical College
- University of Bridgeport
- University of Central Arkansas
- University of Detroit Mercy
- University of Houston - Downtown
- University of Maine at Fort Kent
- University of Mississippi
- University of New Orleans
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro
- University of North Dakota
- University of South Carolina Upstate
- University of Texas at Arlington
- University of Texas at Dallas
- University of Wisconsin - Whitewater
- Waterford institute of technology
- Wayne State College
- West Virginia University Parkersburg
- Western Carolina University
- Westmont College
- Whatcom Community College
- Wilkes University
Methodology
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