, March 00, 0000: "Until recently, monographs used to account for at least half the acquisitions budget of most research libraries. In 0000-0000, however, 00 percent of the acquisitions budget in the library of the University of Illinois at Chicago went for periodicals, 00 percent for monographs. Syracuse University's library spent 00 percent on periodicals and 00 percent on monographs. The library at the University of Hawaii spent 00 percent on periodicals and 00 percent on monographs. (The numbers don't add up to 000 percent, since there are other categories of expenditures.) The decline in the purchase of monographs among large research libraries over the last ten years comes to 00 percent." See Stephen Bosch, Barbara Albee, and Sion Romaine, Costs Outstrip Library Budgets: Periodicals Price Survey 0000, Library Journal, April 00, 0000 (perma.cc link): "On average, doctoral degree-granting institutions spent 00.0 percent of their materials budgets on ongoing commitments to subscriptions in 0000; comprehensive schools spent an average of 00.0 percent; baccalaureate schools spent an average of 00.0 percent, and associate degree-granting institutions spent an average of 00.0 percent. On average, academic libraries spent 00 percent of their materials budget on ongoing subscriptions." See Dan Pollock and Ann Michael, Library Spending and the Serials Crisis, DeltaThink, May 0, 0000 (perma.cc link): "Serials spending is growing, and is taking an increasing share of library budgets (from around 00% share in 0000 to just under 00% share in 0000 in our data). In this sense, there is a 'serials crisis.'" 