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Primary Research Group has published Survey of Library & Museum Archival Equipment & Supplies Purchasing Practices, ISBN 1-57440-208-0.
This report looks closely at how academic, public, and special libraries, museums, and archives purchase archival equipment and supplies. The 162-page report helps these institutions and their suppliers to answer questions such as: how much do libraries and museums spend on archival equipment and supplies? What kinds of equipment do they buy and in what quantities? Where does funding come from? Which vendors do they use for what type of services? When do they outsource? Which firms supply digitization equipment or preservation supplies? How do they negotiate discounts and what are their needs in the near future?
Just a few of the many findings from this report are:
- In the past year, survey participants spent a mean of $8,491 on archival materials and supplies
- 41.18 percent of survey participants have at one time purchased archival supplies with a discount coupon
- Labels and ID tags have been among the most popular purchases made by users of archival equipment and supplies, with 50 percent of survey participants having made such a purchase in the past two years
- On average, survey participants spend about $4,211 of their departmental budget on expenses relating to digitization efforts
- Staff salaries account for the bulk of total annual spending among survey participants, with those in higher education libraries spending a mean of $140,135 to this end
- 19.23 percent of survey participants say they are "dissatisfied" with their supply of environmental control equipment, while another 26.92 percent say they are "not fully satisfied"
- 23.53 percent of survey participants have at one time purchased used or refurbished archival equipment or tools
The study is available in print and PDF format for $95.00. Site licenses cost $269.00. To view a table of contents, list of questions and participants, and sample data, or to order a copy of the report, please visit our website at www.PrimaryResearch.com.