Overall expenditures for purchasing electronic resources have increased from an estimated 3.6% of library materials budget in 1992-93 to 12.9% in 1999-2000. In 1999-2000, 105 ARL university libraries reported spending almost $100 million on electronic resources, an increase of close to $23 million from the previous year. A total of $9.5 million in additional funds was spent on behalf of 38 ARL libraries through centrally funded consortia. The vast majority of electronic resource spending is on electronic serials and subscription services. Document delivery/interlibrary loan services account for $11 million spent by 101 ARL libraries. Detailed data and tables are available in the ARL Supplementary Statistics 1999-2000. This publication is a useful benchmarking tool for libraries; information industry analysts can also judge the extent and growth of the electronic publishing market. The collected data is not found elsewhere. ARL Supplementary Statistics 1999-2000 is available online at http://www.arl.org/stats/annualsurveys/sup/. Printed copies of this publication are available for $100 ($44 ARL members) from the ARL Publications Distribution Center, P.O. Box 531, Annapolis Junction, MD 20701-0531 pubs@arl.org, or order online at http://www.arl.org/resources/pubs/pubsorderinfo.shtml.

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"ARL Libraries Spend Nearly $100 Million on Electronic Resources," ARL, no. 219 (December 2001): 9, http://www.arl.org/resources/pubs/br/br219/br219eresources.shtml.