The Survey of Academic Libraries, 2008-09 Edition
Primary Research Group has published The Survey of Academic Libraries 2008-09
Edition, ISBN #1-57440-102-5. The Survey of Academic Libraries, 2008-09 Edition is
based on data from 75 college libraries in the United States and Canada. Data is broken
out by size and type of college, as well as for public and private institutions, to allow for
easier benchmarking. The report’s more than 300 tables of data present findings about
trends in staffing and salaries, budgets, grants and endowments, special collections,
content and materials spending, use of e-books and online services, capital budgets
library building renovation and facilities management, information literacy, and many
other issues of interest to academic librarians. Read More
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Survey of Assessment Practices in Higher Education
Primary Research Group has published the Survey of Assessment Practices in
Higher Education (ISBN#1-57440-100-9). The Survey of Assessment Practices in
Higher Education presents results from an assessment benchmarking study with more
than 80 participants. The study presents data on college assessment efforts, including
but not limited to: the size, budget and scope college assessment offices, salaries for
assessment officers, number of employees working on assessment issues in and out of
assessment offices, the use of standardized testing, types of tests used, use and type of
remedial courses, use of incentives to take standardized assessment tests, use of instructor
evaluation questionnaires and other methods of instructor evaluation, impact of
assessment on merit-based pay, tenure and other personnel decisions; methods for
evaluating adjunct and regular faculty; level of faculty involvement in assessment; impact
of curriculum changes, use of survey software in assessment, use of assessment
consultants, seminars and other services – and many other aspects of college assessment
programs and policies.
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Library Use of E-Books, 2008-09 Edition
E-book spending by libraries is growing rapidly in 2008 but by significantly less than in 2007, according to Library Use
of E-books, 2008-09 Edition, (isbn 1-57440-101-7)
just published by Primary Research Group, Inc.
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College Information Literacy Efforts Benchmarks
College libraries in a world sample experienced a dramatic upsurge in the number
of information literacy classes or presentations given in 2007, according to a new
report from Primary Research Group.
Primary Research Group’s new report – College Information Literacy Efforts
Benchmarks (ISBN# 1-57440-099-1) is a North American survey presenting data on
the information literacy efforts of colleges from the United States and Canada.
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Research Library International Benchmarks
Primary Research Group has published Research Library International Benchmarks (isbn
1-57440-101-3). The 200-page study, based on data from 45 major research libraries
from the USA, Canada, Australia, Germany, the UK, Italy, Japan, Spain, Argentina, and
other countries. The 200-page report presents a broad range of data on current and
planned materials, salary, info technology and capital spending, hiring plans, spending
trends for e-books, journals, books and much, much more. Provides data on trends in
personnel deployment, discount margins from vendors, relations with consortiums,
information literacy efforts, workstation, laptop and learning space development, use of
scanners and digital cameras, use of RFID technology, federated search and many other
pressing issues for major research libraries, university and otherwise.
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Trends in Rare Book & Documents Special Collections Management
This special report examines the management practices and business decisions of special collections libraries with
a focus on rare books, manuscripts, maps, and other
historical documents. Read More
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Library Services for Distance Learning Programs
Primary Research Group Inc. has published The Survey of Library Services for
Distance Learning Programs (ISBN: 1-57440-098-3). The Survey of Library Services
for Distance Learning Programs presents benchmarking data from more than 100 college
libraries concerning their programs for serving their distance learning students. This 145
page report gives extensive data, broken out by size and type of college, for public and
private colleges, and for U.S. and Non-U.S. libraries. Among the more than 500 tables of
data presented is information about: use of real time chat and virtual reference services
for distance learners; percentage of libraries that offer special classes for distance learners;
future plans to offer information literacy courses to distance learners; policies on
providing web pages, blogs or listservs that specifically serve the needs of distance
learners; number of interactive online tutorials provided to distance learners; state of
relations between the library and distance learning instructors and data on many, many other facets of distance learning librarianship.
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Survey of Student Retention Policies in Higher Education
Primary Research Group has published the Survey of Student Retention Policies in
Higher Education (ISBN: 1-57440-097-5). The Survey of Student Retention Policies in
Higher Education presents data from a benchmarking study of the retention policies of
40 American colleges. Data is broken out for public and private colleges, by Carnegie
class and enrollment level, to allow for easier benchmarking.
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The Survey of Library Database Licensing Practices
Primary Research Group has published The Survey of Library Database
Licensing Practices (ISBN #: 1-57440-093-2). The study presents data from 90
libraries – corporate, legal, college, public, state, and non-profit libraries – about
their database licensing practices.
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Libraries & the Mega-Internet Sites
his report presents data from more than 120 academic, special and public libraries
about how they use and relate to the mega-internet sites such as Google,
Yahoo, Facebook, MySpace, eBay, Amazon, and others. In many ways the mega-sites have transformed library management,
fostering change in information literacy education, library marketing
and public relations, cataloging, digitization, collection management and other aspects of
librarianship. The report provides hard data on exactly how libraries are dealing with the
emerging internet giants, how they are adopting, negotiating,
repelling, and embracing them. Read More
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The Survey of Institutional Digital Repositories
Primary Research Group has published The Survey of Institutional Digital Repositories. The study presents data from 56 institutional digital repositories
from eleven countries, including the USA, Canada, Australia, Germany, South Africa, India, Turkey and other countries.
The 121-page study presents more than 300 tables of data and commentary and is based on data from higher education libraries
and other institutions involved in institutional digital repository development.
The report covers costs, budgets, software, personnel, open access policies,marketing, relations with faculty and other contributors of content,
and many other issues relevant to those managing or designing an institutional digital depository. Data is broken out by geographic
region, type of college or institution, and scope of the repository, defined by the number of man-hours per year needed for operation. Read More
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The Survey of College Offices of Institutional Advancement or Fundraising
The report’s 140 pages and 400+ tables give hard data on a myriad of important issues
confronting college advancement, development, alumni relations and fundraising offices.
Among the many tables are those that give: rankings of the effectiveness of auctions,
capital campaigns, appeals to faculty and staff, brick campaigns, facility naming
campaigns, telethons and other types of fundraising appeals. The report also gives hard
data on trends in advancement office funding, personnel, budgets, costs, use of
consultants and future spending plans.
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College Alumni Relations Benchmarks
Twenty three percent of alumni currently alive have ever made a financial contribution to the
college from which they graduated, according to a new study from Primary Research Group,
College Alumni Relations Benchmarks,
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The Survey of College Website Management Practices
North American colleges spent a mean of nearly $28,000 on
website development consulting fees in the 2006-07 academic
year, according to The Survey of College Website Management
Practices, just published by Primary Research Group. The 171-
page study presents more than 500 tables of data about college
websites, and is based on data from 68 North American colleges. Read More
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The Survey of Library Cafes
Snacks account for nearly 71% of the income of library cafes, though lunch adds a not at
all negligible 20.83% of total revenue and breakfast chips in with another 8.33%,
according to The Survey of Library Cafes, ISBN 1-57440-089-4, a new study published
by Primary Research Group.
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The Survey of Distance Learning Programs in Higher Education, 2007-08 Edition
Distance learning revenues grew by a mean of 15.52% in 2006, according to The Survey of
Distance Learning Programs in Higher Education, 2007-2008 edition, just published by Primary
Research Group. Read More
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The Survey of Academic Libraries, 2006-07 Edition
Spending on electronic books by academic libraries has reached a cumulative
total of 11% of their spending on print books, and will reach 20% by 2011,
according to The Survey of Academic Libraries, (ISBN 157440-080-0),
a benchmarking report published by Primary Research Group Inc.
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Training College Students in Information Literacy, 2006-07 Edition
Primary Research Group has published a new edition of TRAINING COLLEGE
STUDENTS IN INFORMATION LITERACY, the 2006-07 Edition (ISBN-1-57440-
081-9) The report profiles the information literacy efforts of a broad range of North
American colleges including: Read More
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Emerging Issues in Academic Library Cataloging & Technical Services
Primary Research Group has published Emerging Issues in Academic Library Cataloging
& Technical Services (ISBN# 1-574440-086-X). The study explores emerging trends in
areas such as 1) the productivity of library cataloging personnel, 2) the enhancement of
online catalogs, Read More
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The Survey of College Marketing Programs, 2007 Edition
More than 47% of American colleges use web advertising of some type to market the
college including more than 59% of private colleges, according to a new study from
Primary Research Group, The Survey of College Marketing Programs. The 170 page
study presents more than 650 tables of data relating to college marketing efforts, Read More
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Drug Store Shopping Habits of Americans Aged Fifty and Over
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Corporate Library Benchmarks, 2007 Edition
About 35% of corporate libraries participate in a knowledge management program, according
to Corporate Library Benchmarks, 2007 Edition (ISBN 1-57440-084-3), just released by
Primary Research Group Inc. Read More
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Sleep Aid and Remedies Market for Americans Aged Fifty and Over
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The Marketing of Historic Sites, Museums, Exhhibits and Archives
History museums, historical societies and historic sites have fallen behind other institutions in
their use of internet marketing, concludes a new study from Primary Research Group: The
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Law Library Benchmarks 2006-2007 Edition
Primary Research Group has published LAW LIBRARY BENCHMARKS, 2006-07 Edition, ISBN
# 1-57440-079-7. The study presents data from a survey of 84 law libraries; data is broken out
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Products and Services for Dieting: Usage Data and Spending Patterns of Americans Aged Fifty and Over
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Trends in the Management of Library Special Collections in Film & Photography
Library special collections in photography and film are thriving, concludes Trends in the
Management of Library Special Collections in Film and Photography (ISBN#1-57440-001-01), Read More
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The 50+ Market for Sports and Exercise Equipment, Products and Services
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Vitamin Pills and Mineral/Herbal Supplements: Usage Data and Spending Plans of Americans Aged Fifty and Over
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Corporate Library Benchmarks 2002-03 Edition
Approximately 13% of a sample of 70 corporate librarians felt that management would likely phase out the physical library over
the next five years, but the overwhelming majority of librarians surveyed felt that their institutions enjoyed
strong management support, according to a new report
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Library Use of Ebooks (2002)
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The Survey of Academic and Special Libraries
July 27th, 2000: The information buying balance of power has subtly shifted in favor of libraries, especially those
that tend to be aware of alternative web access to databases often carried by commercial online services, according to
a new study just published by Primary Research Group. The study-The Survey of Academic and Special Libraries,
2001 edition (isbn#:1-57440-042-8)-is based on a random sample of 125 academic, legal, medical, corporate
and government libraries. The survey data is broken out by library type (corporate, legal, medical/health,
academic, and government/non-profit), by school type (public, private, or non-academic), and by size of the
library, based on the library's level of expenditures. Read More
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Trends in Training College Faculty, Staff & Students in Computer Literacy
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The Survey of Law Firm Marketing Practices [November 4, 1999]
New York, November 4, 1999: American law firms spend an estimated 3.5 percent of their annual billings on
marketing, according to a new study just published by Primary Research Group. The study - The Survey of
Law Firm Marketing Practices (ISBN# 1-57440-040-1) - is based on a survey of 75 randomly selected American
law firms with a mean of 59 partners. It provides the survey data for the entire sample as well as broken down
by number of partners per firm. For select questions, it provides the data on a per partner basis. Read More
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Creating the Digital Art Library
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Corporate Library Benchmarks, 2004-05 Edition
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Best Practices of Academic Library Information Technology Directors
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Current Practices and Future Plans of Public Library Webmasters
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Creating the Digital Law Library
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The Survey of Law Firm eMarketing Practices
Primary Research Group (www.primaryresearch.com) has published a new study -- The Survey of
Law Firm E-marketing Practices. Data in the report is based on a survey of 46 (mostly major) law
firms. A few results are presented Read More
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Creating the Digital Medical Library
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Licensing and Copyright Management: Best Practices of Academic, Special and Research Libraries
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Law Library Benchmarks, 2005 Edition
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Best Practices of Public Library Information Technology Directors
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Marketing Medical Education
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