Big Deal 2014 Supplement
This supplement, at http://waltcrawford.name/bdonsupp,pdf is a 76-page 8.5" x 11" PDF providing dozens of additional graphs and tables.
This supplement is not self-sufficient: It is only fully meaningful when used in conjunction with that issue.
Tables, when they appear, are identical in design and content (except for possible changes in typography) to the “key figures” tables in the parent document.
Median spending graphs use the same methods as those in the parent document, but have been revised to fit a wider space (moving legends to the side of the graph rather than the bottom) and to take advantage of color.
Only one distribution of spending changes for serials and books (everything except serials) appears in the parent document; similar graphs in this supplement are modified to use color.
One new set of graphs appears only in this supplement: Per capita spending changes, which show changes in per capita (student FTE) spending, total and for serials and “books” (all acquisitions other than current serials), as percentage changes from 2002 as a zero point, always in inflation-adjusted dollars, and showing the Q3 (75th percentile), median (50th percentile) and Q1 (25th percentile) points to provide some sense of range.
Table and figure numbers are designed to expand on those in the parent document—thus the letters following most numbers.
Beyond the Damage: Circulation, Coverage and Staffing
This book looks at some other aspects of academic libraries and how they have changed from 2002 through 2012: circulation, coverage and staffing. It’s designed to complement the LTR report. I assume that readers will have access to the report, as it includes details on which academic libraries are included and excluded. This book uses exactly the same universe of libraries (2,594 in all) as the report, and breaks down that universe in the same way the report does.
It is available in two $45 versions from Lulu.com, and perhaps easiest to find by going to lulu.com and searching "crawford beyond damage." These links should also work:
- The print paperback (with full-color graphs) is 6" x 9" and 130 pages long (vi + 124).
- The PDF ebook has exactly the same content as the paperback (it's the same PDF), differing only in cover design. The ebook explicitly allows for multiple simultaneous uses or downloads from a single server: it's a site-licensed version.
Beyond the Damage: Online Supplement
This supplement, at http://waltcrawford.name/bd14ccsonsupp.pdf, focuses primarily on "circulation winners, the 25% of academic libraries with more circulation per capita in 2012 than in 2002, showing what else is different about those libraries. It also includes tables and graphs for some groups of libraries too small to discuss fully in the book.