I've also been trying to find just this sort of Art-specific/collection-metrics info. So, thanks for posting any responses. Martha Ruddy University of Minnesota At 02:07 PM 8/7/2006, [log in to unmask] wrote: >Has anyone come across recent data on the unit cost of art books >relative to other areas, or general usage figures of art books in >their increased role as visual information sources? My library is >again dividing up institutional budget increases according to the >needs case individual selectors can make. I combed some marketing >data and the news sources; I was wondering if ARLIS colleagues had >discovered any interesting ways of making a case for the bigger part >of the pie. > >I'll post results to the list. > >[Hope it's cool you are!] > >Lee Sorensen >Duke University > >__________________________________________________________________ >Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] >For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: > http://www.arlisna.org/join.html >Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) > to [log in to unmask] >ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: > http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html >Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask]