Books and ebooks in an academic library

Figures & data

Figure 1 Electronic and physical serial titles 2010–2014. Source: CAUL Statistics.

Figure 2 Ebooks added to Curtin University Library collection by year, 2002–2009.

Table 1 Selected non-serial statistics for Curtin University Library.

	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Physical titles acquired^a	9520	7205	9378	3398	2182
Electronic titles acquired^b	6617	33,930	33,054	63,606	20,517
Electronic titles available on subscription^c	3743	5179	108,608	120,065	140,064
Electronic titles available through PDA^d	0	240,000	171,062	200,260	250,000
Total print titles available^e	489,015	493,177	503,028	516,082	521,290
Total electronic titles available exc. PDA^f	44,750	80,659	200,253	261,471	301,987
Total electronic titles available inc. PDA^g	44,750	320,659	371,315	461,731	551,987
All titles available (print & electronic) exc. PDA^h	533,765	573,836	703,281	777,553	823,277
All titles available (print & electronic) inc. PDA^i	533,765	813,836	874,343	977,813	1,073,277

Notes: Figures for 2014 are based on preliminary returns and not yet finalised. Counts for both physical and electronic titles include a small proportion of audiovisual material as well as books/ebooks.

Source: CAUL Statistics, Curtin University Library Operational Statistics.

a CAUL non-serial titles: acquired. 2010 and 2013 figures adjusted to exclude ebooks.

b CAUL e-books: acquired titles.

c CAUL e-books: subscriptions. Curtin subscribed to ebrary academic complete from October 2012.

d CAUL e-books: patron-driven packages. PDA titles in 2011 and 2012 were only accessible for a small part of each year. In 2014, the number of PDA titles available was gradually reduced from mid-year.

e CAUL non-serial titles: total minus e-books: current titles.

f CAUL: e-books: current titles.

g CAUL e-books: current titles plus e-books: patron-driven packages.

h CAUL non-serial titles: total plus e-books: subscriptions.

i CAUL non-serial titles: total plus e-books: subscriptions plus e-books: patron-driven packages.

Figure 3 Numbers of electronic and physical titles purchased.

Figure 4 Ratio of subscribed and purchased ebooks to total monograph collection.

Figure 5 Ratio of subscribed, purchased and PDA ebooks to total monograph collection.

Figure 6 Relative expenditure on electronic and physical monographs.