Data in the report is based on a survey of 75 academic, public and special libraries. Data is broken out by library budget size, for US and non-US libraries and for academic and non-academic libraries. The report presents more than 300 tables of data on e-book use by libraries, as well as analysis and commentary. Librarians detail their plans on how they plan to develop their e-book collections, what they think of e-book readers and software, and which e-book aggregators and publishers appeal to them most and why.

Other issues covered include: library production of e-books and collection digitization, e-book collection information literacy efforts, use of e-books in course reserves and inter-library loan, e-book pricing and inflation issues, acquisition sources and strategies for e-books and other issues of concern to libraries and book publishers.

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List of Tables

Table 1.1: Median, Minimum And Maximum Annual Spending On E-Books, Including Contracts And Purchases, In 2006 (In Us$) 25

Table 1.2: Mean, Median, Minimum And Maximum Annual Spending On E-Books, Including Contracts And Purchases, In 2006 (In Us$), Broken Out By Type Of Institution 25

Table 1.3: Mean, Median, Minimum And Maximum Annual Spending On E-Books, Including Contracts And Purchases, In 2006 (In Us$), Broken Out By U.S. Or Non-U.S. Libraries 25

Table 1.4: Mean, Median, Minimum And Maximum Annual Spending On E-Books, Including Contracts And Purchases, In 2006 (In Us$), Broken Out By Library Budget 25

Table 1.5: Mean, Median, Minimum And Maximum Annual Spending On E-Books, Including Contracts And Purchases, In 2007 (In Us$) 25

Table 1.6: Mean, Median, Minimum And Maximum Annual Spending On E-Books, Including Contracts And Purchases, In 2007 (In Us$), Broken Out By Type Of Institution 26

Table 1.7: Mean, Median, Minimum And Maximum Annual Spending On E-Books, Including Contracts And Purchases, In 2007 (In Us$), Broken Out By U.S. Or Non-U.S. Libraries 26

Table 1.8: Mean, Median, Minimum And Maximum Annual Spending On E-Books, Including Contracts And Purchases, In 2007 (In Us$), Broken Out By Library Budget 26

Table 1.9: Mean, Median, Minimum And Maximum Annual Spending On E-Books, Including Contracts And Purchases, In 2008 (In Us$) 26

Table 1.10: Mean, Median, Minimum And Maximum Annual Spending On E-Books, Including Contracts And Purchases, In 2008 (In Us$), Broken Out By Type Of Institution 27

Table 1.11: Mean, Median, Minimum And Maximum Annual Spending On E-Books, Including Contracts And Purchases, In 2008 (In Us$), Broken Out By U.S. Or Non-U.S. Libraries 27

Table 1.12: Mean, Median, Minimum And Maximum Annual Spending On E-Books, Including Contracts And Purchases, In 2008 (In Us$), Broken Out By Library Budget 27

Table 1.13: Percentage Of Libraries With A Current Contract For E-Books With Netlibrary 27

Table 1.14: Percentage Of Libraries With A Current Contract For E-Books With Netlibrary, Broken Out By Type Of Institution 27

Table 1.15: Percentage Of Libraries With A Current Contract For E-Books With Netlibrary, Broken Out By U.S. Or Non-U.S. Libraries 28

Table 1.16: Percentage Of Libraries With A Current Contract For E-Books With Netlibrary, Broken Out By Library Budget 28

Table 1.17: Percentage Of Libraries With A Current Contract For E-Books With Safari 28

Table 1.18: Percentage Of Libraries With A Current Contract For E-Books With Safari, Broken Out By Type Of Institution 28

Table 1.19: Percentage Of Libraries With A Current Contract For E-Books With Safari, Broken Out By U.S. Or Non-U.S. Libraries 28

Table 1.20: Percentage Of Libraries With A Current Contract For E-Books With Safari, Broken Out By Library Budget 28

Table 1.21: Percentage Of Libraries With A Current Contract For E-Books With Ellibs 29

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Table 1.23: Percentage Of Libraries With A Current Contract For E-Books With Myilibrary 29

Table 1.24: Percentage Of Libraries With A Current Contract For E-Books With Myilibrary, Broken Out By Type Of Institution 29

Table 1.25: Percentage Of Libraries With A Current Contract For E-Books With Myilibrary, Broken Out By U.S. Or Non-U.S. Libraries 29

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Table 1.27: Percentage Of Libraries With A Current Contract For E-Books With Myilibrary, Broken Out By Library Budget 29

Table 1.28: Percentage Of Libraries With A Current Contract For E-Books With Ebrary 29

Table 1.29: Percentage Of Libraries With A Current Contract For E-Books With Ebrary, Broken Out By Type Of Institution 30