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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Friday, May 31, [log in to unmask] wrote: >Colleagues, >Has anyone seen any specific data on recent rates of increase in the price >of art/architecture library materials (monographs and/or serials), or >projected rates of increase for the coming year? > >Yes, it's Budget Request Time, and I'd be very grateful for any information. > > Regards, > Alex The Acquisitions Librarian here just sent me a photocopy of a chart which listed book prices by LC Class for the 1994 and 1995 calendar years. In "N" (Fine Arts), the price went from $44.36 in 1994 to $45.63 in 1995--a 2.86% increase. Sorry, but she couldn't recall the exact citation for the article, just "<Publisher's Weekly> sometime in the last month or so". I hope this is enough to put you on the right track. Deborah Barlow, Branch Head Emery A. Gunnin Architectural Library Clemson University, Clemson, SC [log in to unmask]