<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Cambria,serif">This study presents data on the spending plans of
50 academic libraries; survey participants discuss spending plans for a myriad
of purposes and resources including but not limited to personnel, print books,
eBooks, databases, av resources and other content vehicles, streaming media,
bundled serials packages, and more.  The
study also looks at spending plans for conferences and travel reimbursement,
open access publishing fees, digitization initiatives, library maintenance,
technology and other purposes. In addition to looking at spending plans for the
upcoming year, the report also gives data on the extent to which libraries
spent more, less, or the exact amounts allocated in their 2024-25 budgets, </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Cambria,serif">Just a few of this 83-page report’s many findings
are that: </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">        
</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Cambria,serif">62% of libraries sampled spent
their allocated budget amounts in the 2024-25 academic year, without upward or
downward adjustments.</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">        
</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Cambria,serif">48% of survey participants plan
to increase spending on personnel in the upcoming budget year.</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">        
</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Cambria,serif">70% of community college librarians
in the sample plan to increase spending on streamed media.</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">        
</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Cambria,serif">10% of libraries sampled planned
to decrease spending on eBooks in the next year.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Cambria,serif">Data in the report is reported in the aggregate
for the entire sample and broke out by many institutional  criteria such as enrollment size, tuition
level, Carnegie class and other 
variables. </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Cambria,serif">To view a table of contents and an excerpt, follow
the following link:  </span></p>

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excerpt – view the product page at:  </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.primaryresearch.com/AddCart.aspx?ReportID=828" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Cambria,serif">https://www.primaryresearch.com/AddCart.aspx?ReportID=828</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Cambria,serif"></span></p></div>