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This report examines academic library purchasing
policies in public affairs and political science/government
with data based on a sample of 60 academic libraries in the
United States and abroad. Comprehensive data details the
budgetary allocations for political science and related
departments over the past two years as well as projected
budgets for the coming year, including itemized spending on
print books, ebooks, databases, and scholarly journals and
special allocations from endowments and grants. The report
investigates the library's relationship with its patrons and
how patrons affect decision-making concerning acquisitions and
library technologies. What impact have ebooks and digital
repositories had on collections and collection strategies?
What are the most popular databases in political science
utilized by college libraries today? What areas of knowledge,
authors, or publishers have become "must-haves" over
the years, and how are collection needs and deficits assessed?
The 78-page report answers these questions and more, with
benchmarking data broken out by enrollment size, type of
institution, and budgetary
allocation.