Corporate Library Benchmarks, 2009 Edition
Title | Corporate Library Benchmarks, 2009 Edition PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Primary Research Group Inc |
Pages | 97 |
Release | 2008-12 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1574401092 |
Corporate Library Benchmarks, 2009 Edition presents extensive data from 52 corporate and other business-oriented libraries; data is broken out by company size, type of industry and other criteria. The mean number of employees for the organizations in the sample is 16,000; the median, 1700. Some of the many issues covered in the report are: spending on electronic and print forms of books, directories, journals and other information resources; library staffing trends, number of library locations maintained and the allocation of office space to the library, disputes with publishers, allocation of library staff time, level of awareness of database contract terms of peer institutions, reference workload, and the overall level of influence of the library in corporate decision making.
Corporate Library Benchmarks
Title | Corporate Library Benchmarks PDF eBook |
Author | Primary Research Group |
Publisher | Primary Research Group Inc |
Pages | 118 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1574400843 |
This report, our sixth survey of corporate libraries, presents a broad range of data, broken out by size and type of organization. Among the issues covered are: spending trends on books, magazines, journals, databases, CD-ROM, directories and other information vehicles, plans to augment or reduce the scope and size of the corporate library, hiring plans, salary spending and personnel use, librarian research priorities by type of subject matter, policies on information literacy and library education, library relations with management, budget trends, breakdown in spending by the library vs other corporate departments that procure information, librarian use of blogs and RSS feeds, level of discounts received from book jobbers, use of subscription agents and other issues of concern to corporate and other business librarians.
Academic Library Statistics
Title | Academic Library Statistics PDF eBook |
Author | Association of Research Libraries |
Publisher | Association of Research Libr |
Pages | 76 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Academic libraries |
ISBN |
Corporate & Business Library Benchmarks 2013 Edition
Title | Corporate & Business Library Benchmarks 2013 Edition PDF eBook |
Author | Primary Research Group |
Publisher | Primary Research Group Inc |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1574402102 |
This 230+ page study looks at trends among corporate and other business libraries, such as those of MBA programs or trade associations. The report gives data on trends in spending, materials purchasing, employment, virtual library development, technology acquisitions, evolving role of the corporate librarian, use of internet resources and many other issues of interest to corporate and business librarians. Data is broken out for corporate and non-corporate business libraries, and also by library size and focus (sci-tech, business, etc.). For corporate libraries, the study presents per employee spending data on a range of library materials and services.
Corporate Library Benchmarks, 2004-05 Edition
Title | Corporate Library Benchmarks, 2004-05 Edition PDF eBook |
Author | Primary Research Group |
Publisher | Primary Research Group Inc |
Pages | 69 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 157440069X |
This special report presents results from a survey of 50 corporate and other business libraries. Data is broken out by company sales volume and by type of industry, and the report presents a similar range of data for corporate libraries that Law Library Benchmarks presents for legal libraries. More than 200 detailed tables of data highlight developments in purchasing, digital licensing, use of ebooks and site licenses, policies in knowledge management and virtual library development, as well as spending on books, journals, databases, reference works, directories, cataloging systems, and other information vehicles.
Law Library Benchmarks
Title | Law Library Benchmarks PDF eBook |
Author | Primary Research Group |
Publisher | Primary Research Group Inc |
Pages | 129 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Computers |
ISBN | 1574401041 |
. Data in the report is based on a survey of 55 North American law libraries drawn from law firm, private company, university, courthouse and government agency law libraries. Data is broken out by size and type of library for ease in benchmarking. The 120+ page report covers developments in staffing, salaries, budgets, materials spending, use of blogs & wikis, use of legal directories, the library role in knowledge management, records management and content management systems. Patron and librarian training, reimbursement for library-related education and other issues are also covered in this latest edition.
Library Energy Conservation Benchmarks
Title | Library Energy Conservation Benchmarks PDF eBook |
Author | Primary Research Group |
Publisher | Primary Research Group Inc |
Pages | 79 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1574401114 |