Libraries Achieve Equilibrium Between Digital And Print As Budgets Flounder The Library Resource Guide Benchmark Study On 2016 Academic Library Spending Plans

062A70A2-3280-44BD-9B71-E7592E2D6263Academic library budgets have been either stagnant or declining in recent years, as institutions seek to redefine and re-orient the roles of their on-campus libraries. Half of all spending now goes to digital materials and services (online databases and ebooks). Only one in three content acquisitions is for print material (printed books and print periodicals), a share that continues to decline