Collection Budget Facts for Fiscal year 2010
Collection budget allocation: $4.469 million
OhioLINK vs. local spending:
OhioLINK ebooks, ejournals, and research databases: $1.5 million
Local journals and research databases: $1.9 million
Local books and media: $1.0 million
*One third of the budget is spent on OhioLINK content.
Electronic vs. paper:
Electronic resources: $2.14 million
Non-electronic resources: $2.33 million
*Nearly half of the budget is spent on electronic
resources.
Serial vs. monograph:
Serials: $3.3 million
Paper: $1.17 million
*Three-quarters of the budget is spent on serials,
one-quarter on monographs.
Electronic serials vs. paper serials:
Electronic serials: $2.2 million
Paper serials: $1.1 million
* For journals we spend twice as much on electronic
as on paper.