| slide 1 The Economic Downturn & Libraries CIBER Survey 2009 Sara Brown E-Learning Advisor (Online Resources) JISC RSC Scotland North & East Celeste McLaughlin eAdvisor: Staff Development & eResources JISC RSC Scotland South & West

Question 1 Was there a library budget cut During Academic year ? | slide 2 1.Yes 2.About the same 3.No

CIBER Survey Findings Academic Library Budget Cut – Yes (44%) About the same (39%) Cut – No (17%) | slide 3 “ Most librarians are feeling the pinch in this financial year ( ), with either a standstill budget or real cut backs.”

Question 2 Is your library budget likely to be cut for academic year ? | slide 4 1.Yes 2.About the same 3.No

CIBER Survey Findings Academic Library Budget Cut – Yes (40%) About the same (47%) Cut – No (13%) | slide 5 “ Further belt tightening is inevitable as we go into the next financial year for a very large Majority.”

Question 3 For academic years , has there been or is there likely to be staffing cuts? | slide 6 1.Yes 2.No

CIBER Survey Findings Library Staffing Cuts Yes (30%) No (70%) | slide 7 “…the main threat to jobs is in the academic sector, especially in the larger European (UK) Institutions.”

Question 4 For academic years , has there been or is there likely to be library service cuts? | slide 8 1.Yes 2.No

CIBER Survey Findings Library Services and infrastructure cuts Yes (19%) No (81%) | slide 9 “Most librarians are not considering cuts: those that are are mainly large and academic.”

Question 5 For academic years , has there been or is there likely to be a cut to library information resources budgets? | slide 10 1.Yes 2.No

CIBER Survey Findings Information resources cuts Yes (40%) No (60%) | slide 11 “Information resources budgets are under severe stress, especially in larger and academic libraries.”

Question 6 For academic years , which of the following are most likely to be cut? | slide 12 1.Print books 2.e-Books 3.Print only journals 4.Online collections (excluding e-Books)

CIBER Survey Findings How institutions plan to manage information resources cuts over academic years | slide 13

CIBER Survey Findings How institutions plan to manage information resources cuts over academic years | slide 14 “Print formats are highly vulnerable targets for cost savings; the outlook for e-books is strong.”