[Publib] Book prices increases

[Linda Ballard]

One of my board members would like some statistics comparing book prices to
our materials budget for the past several (ten would be good) years.  I know
about Bowker's annual report, and School Library Journal seems to track
prices for YS materials.  I find Bowker difficult to use since their average
prices tend to include academic titles and seem inflated for public
libraries. Before I spin my wheels too much longer, do any of you have other
sources for this data, or have you done a similar comparison I could steal?
Cost increases for AV materials would be welcome too, but it is a smaller
portion of our total budget and the formats have changed over the years, so
isn't as meaningful.

 

Thanks!

 

 

Linda V. Ballard

Director, University City Public Library

6701 Delmar Blvd.

University City MO 63130

314.727.3150; fax, 314.727.6005

 

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