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Review of “Ithaka S+R US Library Survey 2013,” by Matthew P. Long and Roger C. Schonfeld

The recent survey of academic library deans and directors, ably done by Ithaka S+R, the strategic and research service, offers a high-level view of libraries poised for major changes, with a major push toward the all-digital future. The Ithaka S+R US Library Survey 2013 offers the collection development librarian some very interesting priorities from library administrators that point to changes in the ways that library collections and services are perceived by researchers as well as university administrators. The study makes the reader aware of the decision making and loyalties of library administration, pointing out that some library deans at larger institutions may be more closely aligned with senior university staff, due the nature of their positions. The 2013 survey makes heavy comparative use of its own data from 2010, which allows the reader to see where library roles, strategies, priorities, and services are changing and some areas where they are not. Worth noting here is that Ithaka S+R is planning to make all of its data from this study available to interested parties through the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research in 2014, as they have done previously surveys. Collection librarians have been struggling to cope with tight budgets for years, across different types of libraries, and the Ithaka survey, which tracks responses by libraries at the baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral levels, demonstrates quite noticeable variations across these library types. The response rate of the survey was high, with a significantly better response rate from doctoral institutions. One topic worth making note of here is the stronger emphasis many library directors are placing in the information literacy needs of their undergraduate students, and this can often have a major impact on the library collection in terms of resources and instruction. In terms of library print collections, perhaps the budget declines have finally hit home, and the Ithaka S+R US Library Survey 2013 is worth reviewing for confirmation that many library administrators are placing much less emphasis on building their individual print collections. Also worth