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]