Research Library Trends · 11
-25%
25%
75%
125%
175%
225%
275%
325%
1986 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007
Source: ARL Statistics 2006–2007, Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC
*Includes electronic resources from 1999–2000 onward.
Serial
Expenditures
(+340%)
Monograph
Unit Cost
(+85%)
Monograph
Expenditures
(+87%)
Monographs
Purchased
(+12%)
Graph 2
Median Monograph and Serial Expenditures in ARL Libraries, 1986–2007*
%
Change
Since
1986