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Making the Most of the Crisis
Rick Anderson
Associate Director
Scholarly Resources & Collections
J. Willard Marriott Library
Two Main Problems
Chronic and longstanding: We buy the wrong things We buy UP titles often because we “should,” not
because of demonstrated need We fail to buy what is needed, and use ILL as a
solution Use of printed books is rapidly declining in
research libraries
J. Willard Marriott Library
Two Main Problems
Acute and recent: We have no money
J. Willard Marriott Library
The Numbers
2008-09 2009-10
Library budget $13,543,500 $10,970,500
Acquisitions budget $3,941,000 $2,397,000
(Backfilled to $3,519,000)
Book budget $1,180,000 $830,000
Serials budget $2,761,000 $2,689,000
J. Willard Marriott Library
Implications for the Future
Less speculative buying (firm orders ↓ 50%) More on-demand buying (EBL, NetLibrary,
etc.) Less focus on the collection; more focus on
services More focus on stewardship of locally-
produced documents and data Espresso Book Machine
