[Web4lib] % of Knowledge Available Digitally

[Thomas, Susan Elaine]

Mary,

Have you tried checking the latest edition of Bowker's Annual?  They
include a good overview of the publishing industry for the past year.
They may not give you the stats you need for how much is available on
the Web but hopefully they will have some statistic on paper books vs.
electronic.

The site below offers some statistical analysis, but while recent, it is
not current.
http://www.sims.berkeley.edu:8000/research/projects/how-much-info-2003/e
xecsum.htm

Susan Thomas
Head of Collection Development
Schurz Library
Indiana University South Bend
(574) 520-5500
suethoma at iusb.edu

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[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Hester, Mary
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 12:46 PM
To: Web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Web4lib] % of Knowledge Available Digitally

I know I have seen estimates on what percentage of knowledge is
available digitally and especially estimates on how much is available
free via the WWW.  Now that someone wants this information, however, I
can't seem to find it. They also want to know the ratio of books
published in print format each year VS the books published in electronic
format. 
 
Can anyone help me find this information?  Unfortunately this is one of
those ASAP situations.
 
Mary L. Hester, Director of Learning Resources
Barton County Community College
245 NE 30th Road; Great Bend, KS 67530
hesterm at bartonccc.edu <mailto:hesterm at bartonccc.edu>   620-792-9364; fax
620-792-3238
 
Librarians are almost always very helpful and often almost absurdly
knowledgeable. Their skills are probably very underestimated and largely
underemployed. 
- Charles Medawar. The Social Audit Consumer Handbook, Macmillan, 1978,
p. 41.

 
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