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LAW LIBRARY USE OF AMAZON ISBN 978-1-57740-551-4 ©2018 Primary Research Group Inc Law Library Use of Amazon 2|Page Law Library Use of Amazon Table of Contents LAW LIBRARY USE OF AMAZON THE QUESTIONNAIRE 14 PARTICIPANTS LIST 18 Characteristics of the Sample 19 SUMMARY OF MAIN FINDINGS 20 Purchases of Microfilm & Related Supplies from Amazon 20 Purchases of Archival Supplies from Amazon 20 Purchases of eBooks, Overall Purchase Volume and Percentage from Amazon 20 Spending on Audiobooks, Overall and Percentage from Amazon 21 Purchase of Library Shelving and Furniture from Amazon 21 Purchases of Videos Through Amazon 21 Purchases of Computer and Printer Supplies from Amazon 21 Purchases of Laptops, Desktops and other Computing Devices from Amazon 22 Purchases of Software from Amazon 22 Purchases of Photocopiers and Related Supplies from Amazon 22 Purchases of Online Courses from Amazon 22 Purchases of CD’s, Vinyl Records, and other Music Mediums from Amazon 23 Purchases of Mobile Computing Recharging Terminals & Nodes 23 Purchases of Bates Stamping Equipment from Amazon 23 Spending on and Percentage of Purchases of Legal & Other Scholarly Journals from Amazon 23 Use of Amazon Cloud Services for Web Hosting, Web Storage and other Applications 24 Law Library Spending on Print Books in the 2017-18, and 2018-19 Academic or Fiscal Years 24 Percentage of Book Purchases Through Aggregators and Percentage Purchased Directly from Publishers 25 Percentage of Law Firm Book Purchases from Aggregators Accounted for by Midwest Library Services 25 Percentage of Law Firm Book Purchases from Aggregators Accounted for by Gobi Library Services 25 Percentage of Law Firm Book Purchases from Aggregators Accounted for by Coutts/Ingram 26 Percentage of Law Firm Book Purchases from Aggregators Accounted for by Amazon 26 Percentage of Law Firm Book Purchases from Aggregators Accounted for by Barnes & Noble 26 Percentage of Law Firm Book Purchases from Aggregators Accounted for by Baker & Taylor 26 Law Library Expectations for Book Purchasing Over the Next Few Years 27 Spending on Directories and Share of Such Spending Through Amazon 27 Percentage of Purchases of Computer Paper, Legal Pads, Pens, Files and Folders and Other Basic Office Supplies Accounted for by Amazon 27 Law Library Spending for Magazines and Percentage Accounted for by Amazon 28 Table To the best or your knowledge, has your library purchased any of the following from Amazon over the past five years? 29 Table 1.1.1 Has your library purchased a microfilm scanner or reader from Amazon over the past five years? 29 Table 1.1.2 Has your library purchased a microfilm scanner or reader from Amazon over the past five years? Broken out by the number of full time equivalent library employees 29 3|Page Law Library Use of Amazon Table 1.1.3 Has your library purchased a microfilm scanner or reader from Amazon over the past five years? Broken out by type of law library 29 Table 1.1.4 Has your library purchased a microfilm scanner or reader from Amazon over the past five years? Broken out for libraries with or without an Amazon Prime account 30 Table 1.2.1 Has your library purchased microfilm supplies from Amazon over the past five years? 30 Table 1.2.2 Has your library purchased microfilm supplies from Amazon over the past five years? Broken out by the number of full time equivalent library employees 30 Table 1.2.3 Has your library purchased microfilm supplies from Amazon over the past five years? Broken out by type of law library 30 Table 1.2.4 Has your library purchased microfilm supplies from Amazon over the past five years? Broken out for libraries with or without an Amazon Prime account 31 Table 1.3.1 Has your library purchased archival boxes, files, tissue, boards, slides, albums or other similar equipment from Amazon over the past five years? 31 Table 1.3.2 Has your library purchased archival boxes, files, tissue, boards, slides, albums or other similar equipment from Amazon over the past five years? Broken out by the number of full time equivalent library employees 31 Table 1.3.3 Has your library purchased archival boxes, files, tissue, boards, slides, albums or other similar equipment from Amazon over the past five years? Broken out by type of law library 31 Table 1.3.4 Has your library purchased archival boxes, files, tissue, boards, slides, albums or other similar equipment from Amazon over the past five years? Broken out for libraries with or without an Amazon Prime account 32 Table 1.4.1 Has your library purchased tapes, glues, Velcro and other fasteners and binding agents from Amazon over the past five years? 32 Table 1.4.2 Has your library purchased tapes, glues, Velcro and other fasteners and binding agents from Amazon over the past five years? Broken out by the number of full time equivalent library employees 32 Table 1.4.3 Has your library purchased tapes, glues, Velcro and other fasteners and binding agents from Amazon over the past five years? Broken out by type of law library 32 Table 1.4.4 Has your library purchased tapes, glues, Velcro and other fasteners and binding agents from Amazon over the past five years? Broken out for libraries with or without an Amazon Prime account 33 Table 2.1 How much did the library spend (in US$) on eBooks in the past year? (not including spending on licenses for major services such as West or Lexis) 34 Table 2.2 How much did the library spend (in US$) on eBooks in the past year? (not including spending on licenses for major services such as West or Lexis) Broken out by the number of full time equivalent library employees 34 Table 2.3 How much did the library spend (in US$) on eBooks in the past year? (not including spending on licenses for major services such as West or Lexis) Broken out by type of law library 34 Table 2.4 How much did the library spend (in US$) on eBooks in the past year? (not including spending on licenses for major services such as West or Lexis) Broken out for libraries with or without an Amazon Prime account 35 Table 3.1 What percentage of the library's total spending for eBooks was accounted for by purchases from Amazon? 36 Table 3.2 What percentage of the library's total spending for eBooks was accounted for by purchases from Amazon? Broken out by the number of full time equivalent library employees 36 4|Page Law Library Use of Amazon Table 3.3 What percentage of the library's total spending for eBooks was accounted for by purchases from Amazon? Broken out by type of law library 36 Table 3.4 What percentage of the library's total spending for eBooks was accounted for by purchases from Amazon? Broken out for libraries with or without an Amazon Prime account 37 Table 4.1 How much did the library spend (in US$) on audiobooks in the past year? 38 Table 4.2 How much did the library spend (in US$) on audiobooks in the past year? Broken out by the number of full time equivalent library employees 38 Table 4.3 How much did the library spend (in US$) on audiobooks in the past year? Broken out by type of law library 38 Table 4.4 How much did the library spend (in US$) on audiobooks in the past year? Broken out for libraries with or without an Amazon Prime account 39 Table 5.1 What percentage of the library's spending on audiobooks in the past year was accounted for by spending through Amazon? 40 Table 5.2 What percentage of the library's spending on audiobooks in the past year was accounted for by spending through Amazon? Broken out by the number of full time equivalent library employees 40 Table 5.3 What percentage of the library's spending on audiobooks in the past year was accounted for by spending through Amazon? Broken out by type of law library 40 Table 5.4 What percentage of the library's spending on audiobooks in the past year was accounted for by spending through Amazon? Broken out for libraries with or without an Amazon Prime account 41 Table To the best of your knowledge has your library purchased any of the following through Amazon in the past year? 42 Table 6.1.1 Has your library purchased library shelving or furniture through Amazon in the past year? 42 Table 6.1.2 Has your library purchased library shelving or furniture through Amazon in the past year? Broken out by the number of full time equivalent library employees 42 Table 6.1.3 Has your library purchased library shelving or furniture through Amazon in the past year? Broken out by type of law library 42 Table 6.1.4 Has your library purchased library shelving or furniture through Amazon in the past year? Broken out for libraries with or without an Amazon Prime account 42 Table 6.2.1 Has your library purchased videos through Amazon in the past year? 43 Table 6.2.2 Has your library purchased videos through Amazon in the past year? Broken out by the number of full time equivalent library employees 43 Table 6.2.3 Has your library purchased videos through Amazon in the past year? Broken out by type of law library 43 Table 6.2.4 Has your library purchased videos through Amazon in the past year? Broken out for libraries with or without an Amazon Prime account 43 Table 6.3.1 Has your library purchased computer or printer supplies through Amazon in the past year? 43 Table 6.3.2 Has your library purchased computer or printer supplies through Amazon in the past year? Broken out by the number of full time equivalent library employees 44 Table 6.3.3 Has your library purchased computer or printer supplies through Amazon in the past year? Broken out by type of law library 44 Table 6.3.4 Has your library purchased computer or printer supplies through Amazon in the past year? Broken out for libraries with or without an Amazon Prime account 44 Table 6.4.1 Has your library purchased tablets, laptops, desktops or other computing devices through Amazon in the past year? 44 5|Page Law Library Use of Amazon Table 6.4.2 Has your library purchased tablets, laptops, desktops or other computing devices through Amazon in the past year? Broken out by the number of full time equivalent library employees 45 Table 6.4.3 Has your library purchased tablets, laptops, desktops or other computing devices through Amazon in the past year? Broken out by type of law library 45 Table 6.4.4 Has your library purchased tablets, laptops, desktops or other computing devices through Amazon in the past year? Broken out for libraries with or without an Amazon Prime account 45 Table 6.5.1 Has your library purchased software through Amazon in the past year? 45 Table 6.5.2 Has your library purchased software through Amazon in the past year? Broken out by the number of full time equivalent library employees 46 Table 6.5.3 Has your library purchased software through Amazon in the past year? Broken out by type of law library 46 Table 6.5.4 Has your library purchased software through Amazon in the past year? Broken out for libraries with or without an Amazon Prime account 46 Table 6.6.1 Has your library purchased photocopiers through Amazon in the past year? 46 Table 6.6.2 Has your library purchased photocopiers through Amazon in the past year? Broken out by the number of full time equivalent library employees 47 Table 6.6.3 Has your library purchased photocopiers through Amazon in the past year? Broken out by type of law library 47 Table 6.6.4 Has your library purchased photocopiers through Amazon in the past year? Broken out for libraries with or without an Amazon Prime account 47 Table 6.7.1 Has your library purchased photocopy Ink or other supplies through Amazon in the past year? 47 Table 6.7.2 Has your library purchased photocopy Ink or other supplies through Amazon in the past year? Broken out by the number of full time equivalent library employees 48 Table 6.7.3 Has your library purchased photocopy Ink or other supplies through Amazon in the past year? Broken out by type of law library 48 Table 6.7.4 Has your library purchased photocopy Ink or other supplies through Amazon in the past year? Broken out for libraries with or without an Amazon Prime account 48 Table 6.8.1 Has your library purchased online courses through Amazon in the past year? 48 Table 6.8.2 Has your library purchased online courses through Amazon in the past year? Broken out by the number of full time equivalent library employees 49 Table 6.8.3 Has your library purchased online courses through Amazon in the past year? Broken out by type of law library 49 Table 6.8.4 Has your library purchased online courses through Amazon in the past year? Broken out for libraries with or without an Amazon Prime account 49 Table 6.9.1 Has your library purchased CD/vinyl or other music medium through Amazon in the past year? 49 Table 6.9.2 Has your library purchased CD/vinyl or other music medium through Amazon in the past year? Broken out by the number of full time equivalent library employees 50 Table 6.9.3 Has your library purchased CD/vinyl or other music medium through Amazon in the past year? Broken out by type of law library 50 Table 6.9.4 Has your library purchased CD/vinyl or other music medium through Amazon in the past year? Broken out for libraries with or without an Amazon Prime account 50 6|Page Law Library Use of Amazon Table 6.10.1 Has your library purchased wireless access equipment through Amazon in the past year? 50 Table 6.10.2 Has your library purchased wireless access equipment through Amazon in the past year? Broken out by the number of full time equivalent library employees 51 Table 6.10.3 Has your library purchased wireless access equipment through Amazon in the past year? Broken out by type of law library 51 Table 6.10.4 Has your library purchased wireless access equipment through Amazon in the past year? Broken out for libraries with or without an Amazon Prime account 51 Table 6.11.1 Has your library purchased mobile computing recharging terminals, nodes or other means or materials for recharging through Amazon in the past year? 51 Table 6.11.2 Has your library purchased mobile computing recharging terminals, nodes or other means or materials for recharging through Amazon in the past year? Broken out by the number of full time equivalent library employees 52 Table 6.11.3 Has your library purchased mobile computing recharging terminals, nodes or other means or materials for recharging through Amazon in the past year? Broken out by type of law library 52 Table 6.11.4 Has your library purchased mobile computing recharging terminals, nodes or other means or materials for recharging through Amazon in the past year? Broken out for libraries with or without an Amazon Prime account 52 Table 6.12.1 Has your library purchased bates stamping equipment or supplies through Amazon in the past year? 52 Table 6.12.2 Has your library purchased bates stamping equipment or supplies through Amazon in the past year? Broken out by the number of full time equivalent library employees 53 Table 6.12.3 Has your library purchased bates stamping equipment or supplies through Amazon in the past year? Broken out by type of law library 53 Table 6.12.4 Has your library purchased bates stamping equipment or supplies through Amazon in the past year? Broken out for libraries with or without an Amazon Prime account 53 Table 6.13.1 Has your library purchased exhibit indexes or tabs through Amazon in the past year? 53 Table 7.1 How much did the library spend (in US$) on legal and other scholarly and professional journals in the past year? (exclude spending on magazines, directories and other periodicals that are not scholarly or professional journals) 54 Table 7.2 How much did the library spend (in US$) on legal and other scholarly and professional journals in the past year? (exclude spending on magazines, directories and other periodicals that are not scholarly or professional journals) Broken out by the number of full time equivalent library employees 54 Table 7.3 How much did the library spend (in US$) on legal and other scholarly and professional journals in the past year? (exclude spending on magazines, directories and other periodicals that are not scholarly or professional journals) Broken out by type of law library 55 Table 7.4 How much did the library spend (in US$) on legal and other scholarly and professional journals in the past year? (exclude spending on magazines, directories and other periodicals that are not scholarly or professional journals) Broken out for libraries with or without an Amazon Prime account 55 Table 8.1 What percentage of the library 's spending on legal and other scholarly and professional journals in the past year was through Amazon? 56 7|Page Law Library Use of Amazon Table 8.2 What percentage of the library 's spending on legal and other scholarly and professional journals in the past year was through Amazon? Broken out by the number of full time equivalent library employees 56 Table 8.3 What percentage of the library 's spending on legal and other scholarly and professional journals in the past year was through Amazon? Broken out by type of law library 56 Table 8.4 What percentage of the library 's spending on legal and other scholarly and professional journals in the past year was through Amazon? Broken out for libraries with or without an Amazon Prime account 57 Table Does the law library use Amazon Cloud Services or other Amazon Services for any of the following? 58 Table 9.1.1 Does the law library use Amazon Cloud Services or other Amazon Services for website hosting? 58 Table 9.2.1 Does the law library use Amazon Cloud Services or other Amazon Services for cloud storage and back up? 58 Table 9.3.1 Does the law library use Amazon Cloud Services or other Amazon Services for crowdsourcing or outsourcing tasks? 58 Table 9.4.1 Does the law library use Amazon Cloud Services or other Amazon Services for databases or other applications? 58 Table 9.4.2 Does the law library use Amazon Cloud Services or other Amazon Services for databases or other applications? Broken out by the number of full time equivalent library employees 58 Table 9.4.3 Does the law library use Amazon Cloud Services or other Amazon Services for databases or other applications? Broken out by type of law library 59 Table 9.4.4 Does the law library use Amazon Cloud Services or other Amazon Services for databases or other applications? Broken out for libraries with or without an Amazon Prime account 59 Table 9.5.1 Does the law library use Amazon Cloud Services or other Amazon Services for content delivery to clients, collaborators or staff? 59 Table 9.5.2 Does the law library use Amazon Cloud Services or other Amazon Services for content delivery to clients, collaborators or staff? Broken out by the number of full time equivalent library employees 59 Table 9.5.3 Does the law library use Amazon Cloud Services or other Amazon Services for content delivery to clients, collaborators or staff? Broken out by type of law library 60 Table 9.5.4 Does the law library use Amazon Cloud Services or other Amazon Services for content delivery to clients, collaborators or staff? Broken out for libraries with or without an Amazon Prime account 60 Table 10 What was the library's approximate total spending (in US$) on print books for each of the following years? 61 Table 10.1.1 What was the library's approximate total spending (in US$) on print books in 2017-18 academic or fiscal year? 61 Table 10.1.2 What was the library's approximate total spending (in US$) on print books in 2017-18 academic or fiscal year? Broken out by the number of full time equivalent library employees 61 Table 10.1.3 What was the library's approximate total spending (in US$) on print books in 2017-18 academic or fiscal year? Broken out by type of law library 61 Table 10.1.4 What was the library's approximate total spending (in US$) on print books in 2017-18 academic or fiscal year? Broken out for libraries with or without an Amazon Prime account 62 8|Page Law Library Use of Amazon Table 10.2.1 What was the library's approximate total spending (in US$) on print books in 2018-19 academic or fiscal year (anticipated)? 62 Table 10.2.2 What was the library's approximate total spending (in US$) on print books in 2018-19 academic or fiscal year (anticipated)? Broken out by the number of full time equivalent library employees 62 Table 10.2.3 What was the library's approximate total spending (in US$) on print books in 2018-19 academic or fiscal year (anticipated)? Broken out by type of law library 63 Table 10.2.4 What was the library's approximate total spending (in US$) on print books in 2018-19 academic or fiscal year (anticipated)? Broken out for libraries with or without an Amazon Prime account 63 Table 11 About what percentage of your law book spending is placed directly with law book publishers that only or predominantly offer their own books for sale vs aggregators such as Amazon, Hein, YBP, Barnes and Noble and others that offer books from many publishers? 64 Table 11.1.1 About what percentage of your law book spending is placed directly with law book publishers that only or predominantly offer their own books for sale? 64 Table 11.1.2 About what percentage of your law book spending is placed directly with law book publishers that only or predominantly offer their own books for sale? Broken out by the number of full time equivalent library employees 64 Table 11.1.3 About what percentage of your law book spending is placed directly with law book publishers that only or predominantly offer their own books for sale? Broken out by type of law library 64 Table 11.1.4 About what percentage of your law book spending is placed directly with law book publishers that only or predominantly offer their own books for sale? Broken out for libraries with or without an Amazon Prime account 65 Table 11.2.1 About what percentage of your law book spending is placed directly with aggregators such as Amazon, Hein, YBP, Barnes and Noble and others that offer books from many publishers? 65 Table 11.2.2 About what percentage of your law book spending is placed directly with aggregators such as Amazon, Hein, YBP, Barnes and Noble and others that offer books from many publishers? Broken out by the number of full time equivalent library employees 65 Table 11.2.3 About what percentage of your law book spending is placed directly with aggregators such as Amazon, Hein, YBP, Barnes and Noble and others that offer books from many publishers? Broken out by type of law library 66 Table 11.2.4 About what percentage of your law book spending is placed directly with aggregators such as Amazon, Hein, YBP, Barnes and Noble and others that offer books from many publishers? Broken out for libraries with or without an Amazon Prime account 66 Table 12 Approximately what percentage of print book purchases from aggregators in the past year were accounted for by purchases through or from any of the following venues (if none for a particular venue put in "0") The answers here should be a percentage and add to 100% Exclude from your estimate books purchased directly from publishers such as BNA, Lexis/Nexis, West and others 67 Table 12.1.1 Approximately what percentage of print book purchases from aggregators in the past year were accounted for by purchases through or from Hein? 67 Table 12.1.2 Approximately what percentage of print book purchases from aggregators in the past year were accounted for by purchases through or from Hein? Broken out by the number of full time equivalent library employees 67 9|Page Law Library Use of Amazon Table 12.1.3 Approximately what percentage of print book purchases from aggregators in the past year were accounted for by purchases through or from Hein? Broken out by type of law library 68 Table 12.1.4 Approximately what percentage of print book purchases from aggregators in the past year were accounted for by purchases through or from Hein? Broken out for libraries with or without an Amazon Prime account 68 Table 12.2.1 Approximately what percentage of print book purchases from aggregators in the past year were accounted for by purchases through or from Midwest Library Services? 68 Table 12.2.2 Approximately what percentage of print book purchases from aggregators in the past year were accounted for by purchases through or from Midwest Library Services? Broken out by the number of full time equivalent library employees 69 Table 12.2.3 Approximately what percentage of print book purchases from aggregators in the past year were accounted for by purchases through or from Midwest Library Services? Broken out by type of law library 69 Table 12.2.4 Approximately what percentage of print book purchases from aggregators in the past year were accounted for by purchases through or from Midwest Library Services? Broken out for libraries with or without an Amazon Prime account 69 Table 12.3.1 Approximately what percentage of print book purchases from aggregators in the past year were accounted for by purchases through or from Gobi Library Services? 70 Table 12.3.2 Approximately what percentage of print book purchases from aggregators in the past year were accounted for by purchases through or from Gobi Library Services? Broken out by the number of full time equivalent library employees 70 Table 12.3.3 Approximately what percentage of print book purchases from aggregators in the past year were accounted for by purchases through or from Gobi Library Services? Broken out by type of law library 70 Table 12.3.4 Approximately what percentage of print book purchases from aggregators in the past year were accounted for by purchases through or from Gobi Library Services? Broken out for libraries with or without an Amazon Prime account 71 Table 12.4.1 Approximately what percentage of print book purchases from aggregators in the past year were accounted for by purchases through or from ProQuest/Coutts/Ingram? 71 Table 12.4.2 Approximately what percentage of print book purchases from aggregators in the past year were accounted for by purchases through or from ProQuest/Coutts/Ingram? Broken out by the number of full time equivalent library employees 71 Table 12.4.3 Approximately what percentage of print book purchases from aggregators in the past year were accounted for by purchases through or from ProQuest/Coutts/Ingram? Broken out by type of law library 72 Table 12.4.4 Approximately what percentage of print book purchases from aggregators in the past year were accounted for by purchases through or from ProQuest/Coutts/Ingram? Broken out for libraries with or without an Amazon Prime account 72 Table 12.5.1 Approximately what percentage of print book purchases from aggregators in the past year were accounted for by purchases through or from Amazon? 72 Table 12.5.2 Approximately what percentage of print book purchases from aggregators in the past year were accounted for by purchases through or from Amazon? Broken out by the number of full time equivalent library employees 73 10 | P a g e Law Library Use of Amazon Table 13.3 Do you expect that over the next few years, your library will obtain about the same percentage of its books from Amazon, an increased percentage or a decreased percentage? Broken out by type of law library Which of the following best describes your law library? University law library Law Firm Library Courthouse Law Library Other No Answer A much A About the An A much decreased decreased same increased increased percentage percentage percentage percentage percentage 27.27% 0.00% 0.00% 54.55% 18.18% 0.00% 17.65% 0.00% 0.00% 64.71% 17.65% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 75.00% 25.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 57.14% 42.86% 0.00% Table 13.4 Do you expect that over the next few years, your library will obtain about the same percentage of its books from Amazon, an increased percentage or a decreased percentage? Broken out for libraries with or without an Amazon Prime account Does your library have an Amazon Prime account? Yes No 82 | P a g e No Answer A much A About the decreased decreased same percentage percentage percentage An increased percentage A much increased percentage 0.00% 20.69% 0.00% 0.00% 40.00% 17.24% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 60.00% 62.07% Law Library Use of Amazon If your library uses Amazon for print book acquisitions does it use it for particular types of books or other acquisitions and not for others? Or in certain circumstances and not in others? If so, explain Broken out by type of law library University law library 1) Monographs 2) Law titles 3) Monographs from Amazon unless they are not available, then from the publisher Some ABA publications are only available from the ABA All NC Bar publications must be purchased from NC Bar 4) Just in a pinch 5) Strictly for faculty requested purchases for their classes or scholarship 6) rush titles 7) Depends on availability, cost and shipping costs 8) Used for rush orders and for orders of less than titles at a time Law Firm Library 1) Use for out of print titles and books from small publishers who don't offer direct sales 2) Used when it is the cheapest option 3) Whenever necessary 4) Odd titles, ones that fit a specific subject being dealt with in a case for our attorneys 5) Books that are no longer quickly available in a library 6) Not really We are looking for the best price, not necessarily by type 7) Just for a one off rush 8) Single purchase material that is not on standing order with any other publisher 9) Only when we are purchasing an item outside of the legal subject area for which we have a direct publisher relationship 10) Usually just for obscure titles, not regular subscriptions Courthouse Law Library 1) To find requested items that are not published by our typical vendors 2) Yes, I use Amazon for weird stuff and special orders for OTHER offices such as IT or the coroner I use amazon for NOLO press books and few other individual titles All standard legal material is purchased from the publishers lexis, west, BNA, ALM etc I not use any services but go directly to the publisher if the book is not on Amazon 3) We use it for Nolo resources 4) For books not published by Lexis, Westlaw, Juris, etc 83 | P a g e Law Library Use of Amazon Other 1) We use Amazon when titles are available However, if they are not, or the publisher will give a discount, we order that way 2) n/a 3) Occasionally we purchase books on education practices, or by authors being used as presenters at our programs 4) Not yet 5) Mostly legal history books 84 | P a g e Law Library Use of Amazon Table 14.1 How much did your library spend (in US$) on law and other directories in the past year? Entire sample Mean 673.15 Median 200.00 Minimum 0.00 Maximum 5000.00 Table 14.2 How much did your library spend (in US$) on law and other directories in the past year? Broken out by the number of full time equivalent library employees How many full time equivalent employees does your library have? (including student employees) Less than 2-4 5-10 More than 10 Mean Median Minimum Maximum 1539.29 230.00 250.00 683.33 375.00 150.00 0.00 500.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5000.00 1200.00 1000.00 2000.00 Table 14.3 How much did your library spend (in US$) on law and other directories in the past year? Broken out by type of law library Which of the following best describes your law library? University law library Law Firm Library Courthouse Law Library Other 85 | P a g e Mean Median Minimum Maximum 585.71 500.00 0.00 2000.00 1111.36 187.50 250.00 200.00 0.00 0.00 5000.00 350.00 220.00 0.00 0.00 1000.00 Law Library Use of Amazon Table 14.4 How much did your library spend (in US$) on law and other directories in the past year? Broken out for libraries with or without an Amazon Prime account Does your library have an Amazon Prime account? Yes No 86 | P a g e Mean Median Minimum Maximum 442.86 753.75 100.00 200.00 0.00 0.00 2000.00 5000.00 Law Library Use of Amazon Table 15.1 What percentage of the library's directory purchases or rentals by dollar volume in the past year were accounted for by purchases from Amazon? Entire sample Mean 0.71 Median 0.00 Minimum 0.00 Maximum 20.00 Table 15.2 What percentage of the library's directory purchases or rentals by dollar volume in the past year were accounted for by purchases from Amazon? Broken out by the number of full time equivalent library employees How many full time equivalent employees does your library have? (including student employees) Less than 2-4 5-10 More than 10 Mean Median Minimum Maximum 0.00 0.00 4.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.00 0.00 Table 15.3 What percentage of the library's directory purchases or rentals by dollar volume in the past year were accounted for by purchases from Amazon? Broken out by type of law library Which of the following best describes your law library? University law library Law Firm Library Courthouse Law Library Other 87 | P a g e Mean Median Minimum Maximum 2.50 0.00 0.00 20.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Law Library Use of Amazon Table 15.4 What percentage of the library's directory purchases or rentals by dollar volume in the past year were accounted for by purchases from Amazon? Broken out for libraries with or without an Amazon Prime account Does your library have an Amazon Prime account? Yes No 88 | P a g e Mean Median Minimum Maximum 2.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.00 0.00 Law Library Use of Amazon Table 16.1 In the past year, about what percentage of the computer paper, legal pads, pens, files and folders and other basic office supplies purchased by the library would you say were purchased from Amazon? Entire sample Mean 8.75 Median 0.00 Minimum 0.00 Maximum 80.00 Table 16.2 In the past year, about what percentage of the computer paper, legal pads, pens, files and folders and other basic office supplies purchased by the library would you say were purchased from Amazon? Broken out by the number of full time equivalent library employees How many full time equivalent employees does your library have? (including student employees) Less than 2-4 5-10 More than 10 89 | P a g e Mean Median Minimum Maximum 0.00 8.90 25.83 0.14 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 80.00 80.00 1.00 Law Library Use of Amazon Table 16.3 In the past year, about what percentage of the computer paper, legal pads, pens, files and folders and other basic office supplies purchased by the library would you say were purchased from Amazon? Broken out by type of law library Which of the following best describes your law library? University law library Law Firm Library Courthouse Law Library Other Mean Median Minimum Maximum 9.50 0.00 0.00 75.00 0.00 2.25 0.00 1.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 6.00 26.67 0.00 0.00 80.00 Table 16.4 In the past year, about what percentage of the computer paper, legal pads, pens, files and folders and other basic office supplies purchased by the library would you say were purchased from Amazon? Broken out for libraries with or without an Amazon Prime account Does your library have an Amazon Prime account? Yes No 90 | P a g e Mean Median Minimum Maximum 29.50 0.45 0.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 80.00 6.00 Law Library Use of Amazon Table 17.1 How much did the library spend (in US$) on subscriptions to magazines in the past year? (exclude spending on academic and scholarly journals) Entire sample Mean 746.85 Median 100.00 Minimum 0.00 Maximum 5000.00 Table 17.2 How much did the library spend (in US$) on subscriptions to magazines in the past year? (exclude spending on academic and scholarly journals) Broken out by the number of full time equivalent library employees How many full time equivalent employees does your library have? (including student employees) Less than 2-4 5-10 More than 10 Mean Median Minimum Maximum 660.83 650.00 1525.00 514.29 282.50 0.00 550.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2500.00 5000.00 5000.00 2400.00 Table 17.3 How much did the library spend (in US$) on subscriptions to magazines in the past year? (exclude spending on academic and scholarly journals) Broken out by type of law library Which of the following best describes your law library? University law library Law Firm Library Courthouse Law Library Other 91 | P a g e Mean Median Minimum Maximum 1085.71 100.00 0.00 5000.00 1009.09 125.00 500.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5000.00 500.00 193.00 0.00 0.00 600.00 Law Library Use of Amazon Table 17.4 How much did the library spend (in US$) on subscriptions to magazines in the past year? (exclude spending on academic and scholarly journals) Broken out for libraries with or without an Amazon Prime account Does your library have an Amazon Prime account? Yes No 92 | P a g e Mean Median Minimum Maximum 428.57 858.25 0.00 150.00 0.00 0.00 2400.00 5000.00 Law Library Use of Amazon Table 18.1 How much of the library's spending (in US$) on magazines in the past year, including subscriptions, was accounted for by purchases through Amazon? Entire sample 93 | P a g e Mean 0.00 Median 0.00 Minimum 0.00 Maximum 0.00 Law Library Use of Amazon What else does the library purchase from Amazon that you have not noted in prior answers? Broken out by type of law library University law library 1) Audio visual equipment and supplies 2) Ear plugs, anti-bacterial wipes, and those types of supplies 3) Videos, computer equipment such as cables and presenters Also, small electronics such as digital voice recorders, lamps, surge protectors etc 4) Nothing They are not an approved vendor 5) Book stands 6) nothing Law Firm Library 1) nothing 2) Nothing 3) Nothing 4) Nothing 5) Party supplies 6) nothing Courthouse Law Library 1) Nothing at present 2) We sometimes purchase videos, learning card sets for Juvenile probation, DSM v books, CCH Tax guide most of the Amazon material is for OTHER offices, not the law library But we are the purchasing office for books, videos, and other related material like workbooks for Juvenile Probation, maps, whatever isn't office supplies or machines or toner, or furniture That goes thru procurement office of the county Other 1) 2) 3) 4) Nothing We did purchase a replacement lamp via a staff person's account N/A Nothing that I know of as of this time 94 | P a g e Law Library Use of Amazon What advice can you offer your peers about how your library can benefit (or not) from Amazon? Broken out by type of law library University law library 1) Love Amazon for purchase of monographs 2) If each department signs up for Amazon Prime, it's beneficial to have items shipped quickly 3) Check prices with other vendors often Amazon is least expensive 4) Shop around 5) We have a university wide Amazon Prime account which saves us quite a lot in shipping charges 6) quick turnaround 7) Be smart Law Firm Library 1) Amazon is a great resource for obscure and unique materials often needed at spur of the moment occasions for cases 2) If not looking for upkeep services, Amazon will typically offer a less expensive price 3) Amazon is great for getting one off and third party out of print books quickly 4) Amazon is pretty good for locating obscure titles usually at a lower cost 5) n/a Courthouse Law Library 1) Good for locating inexpensive books /supplies great delivery and return practices (normally) but not easy to reach customer service for questions 2) Amazon's corporate account makes it possible for me to get items like IT study guides and tests fast, easy and without prepayment Before Amazon, we had to prepay with a county check and the number of phone calls and work before the product even arrived was sort of stupid Now all purchases from Amazon arrive promptly and we pay later I can put multiple offices' order in to Amazon at once and pay from different line items later Also, the fact that the USERS of the material can pick it out on Amazon and email me the link means I order exactly what they want without paper catalogs and order forms, etc This makes the other offices very happy and we no longer have a 6-8 week wait to get an IT study guide! 3) It saves money to purchase used law books from Amazon 95 | P a g e Law Library Use of Amazon Other 1) The speed with which Amazon Prime delivers is very helpful, especially when time is of the essence! 2) Unless they have a Law Library credit card or want to use their personal cards, there is not much at this time other than to price comparisons 3) Prices are often lower than some law publishing companies 4) To consider Amazon 5) When you need an item quickly, consider using Amazon 96 | P a g e .. .Law Library Use of Amazon 2|Page Law Library Use of Amazon Table of Contents LAW LIBRARY USE OF AMAZON THE QUESTIONNAIRE ... reader from Amazon over the past five years? Broken out by type of law library Which of the following best describes your law library? University law library Law Firm Library Courthouse Law Library. .. supplies from Amazon over the past five years? Broken out by type of law library Which of the following best describes your law library? University law library Law Firm Library Courthouse Law Library

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