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2008 Library Market Size, Share & Forecast Report

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Authors: Roger Strouse, Vice President & Lead Analyst; Harry Henry, Vice President, Data Solutions; Susan Brown, Senior Analyst

This report focuses on libraries’ buying power and the trends affecting content spending by this $22.5 billion market. It is the first report of its kind to analyze the global library market for all types of libraries and information centers: traditional physical libraries as well as non-traditional centralized digital information centers and other kinds of centralized content management functions. This analysis provides useful total available market (TAM) information for publishers and information providers who sell into this marketplace, and is an essential tool for publishers and information providers that target the dynamic and changing library market and seek to understand its key trends and issues. The report includes:

- Data on the demand market for content among government, public, academic, school, corporate, and other special libraries;
- Data covering demand across the global regions of North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia/Pacific, and Africa/Middle East;
- Forecasts and compound annual growth rates (CAGR) for library content buying through 2010;
- Library content spending by information type;
- Analysis of key drivers and library market trends;
- Essential actions for publishers and information providers that sell to the library market.

Pub Date: March 24, 2008
Pages: 18
Format: PDF Application_pdf

Table of Contents

  • Why This Topic?
  • Methodology
  • Library Market Size and Growth
    1. Number of Libraries by Type and Geography
    2. Spending by Library Type, by Region
    3. Content Spending Growth, by Library Type
  • Library Content Spending by Information Type: Selected Library Types
    1. Changes in Allocation of Content Budgets
  • Key Drivers and Library Market Trends
  • Essential Actions

    • Tables & Figures

  • Figure 1. 2007 Global Content Spending, by Library Type
  • Figure 2. 2007-2010 Content Spending CAGR by Library Type
  • Table 1. Estimated Number of Libraries, by Type and Geography
  • Figure 3. 2007 Global Library Content Spending, by Region
  • Figure 4. 2007 Library Content Spending by Library Type and Geography
  • Table 2. Content Spending, by Library Type and Geography – 2007
  • Figure 5. Projected Global Library Content Spending 2007-2010
  • Table 3. Content Spending Projections by Library Type, 2007-2010
  • Figure 6. Content Spending by Information Type: Corporate, Government, Academic, and Healthcare Libraries
  • Table 4. Percent of Content Budgets Spent on Various Information Types: Government,Corporate, Academic, and Healthcare Libraries
  • Figure 7. Changes in Spending, Percent of Content Budget 2004-2007