The item cited below has statistics on costs of books and periodicals.
It's an annual and gives data by subject categories (can't remember if Art
is lumped with or separate from The Arts) and compares the most current
figures with those for several years back. It's very likely Sterling Lib.
has a long backfile of this publication if you want to compare decades.
You also may find info in the databases Art Abstracts and Library
Literature. Best wishes.
Title: The Bowker annual of library and book trade information /
sponsored by the Council of National Library
Associations.
Variant Title: Bowker annual of library & book trade information
Bowker annual library and book trade almanac
Bowker annual
Library and book trade almanac 1989-90-
Publisher: New York : R.R. Bowker, c1961-
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On Mon, 19 Dec 2005, Jennifer Krivickas wrote:
> Hi everyone and happy holidays!
>
> Has anyone done research/crunched numbers related to the rising cost of
> [art] publications? I am looking for some hard data/stats and am having
> a hard time finding any.
>
> Specificially, I am interested in proving that unit cost of art books
> has indeed risen over the last 5-10 years, why, and how much cost has
> increased.
>
> Any info you might be able to offer up is much appreciated.
>
> Many thanks!
> Jennifer
>
> Jennifer Krivickas
> Assistant Librarian
> Yale Center for British Art
> Reference Library & Photo Archive
> http://ycba.yale.edu/index.asp
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