美国《图书馆杂志》2014年购书调查及读者的阅读倾向

Library Journal's 2014 Annual Book Buying Survey in the U. S. A and the Reading Tendency of the Readers

美国《图书馆杂志》2014年对公共图书馆购书情况进行了调查,结果表明,图书预算有缓慢增长的趋势,图书资料发生着悄然的变化,电子图书最终进入图书馆馆藏。这次调查的一个亮点就是绘制了五年来电子图书在公共图书馆日益增长的轨迹,并按类别把电子图书预算和流通情况进行了统计分析,反映了读者的阅读倾向,具有启发性效果。

Library Jounal has done its 2014 annum book buying survey of public libraries in the U. S. A. The survey shows that the book budgets has a tendency of slow growth, the materials are shifting quietly, and that ebooks have been integrated into the library collection. This year＇ s survey has a highlighted point： it shows the growth track of ebooks over the past five years in the public libraries and analyzes statistically ebook budgets and circulation by cat- egory. It reflects the readers＇ reading tendency and has instructive effects.