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Rising Cost & Demand for Digital Materials
This chart illustrates a 99% increase in the costs of library digital materials vs. only a 51% increase in the demand for them.
The table below displays details of expenditures and circulation from 2019 to 2024.
Year | Expenditures | Circulation |
|---|---|---|
2019 | 626,822 | 647,431 |
2020 | 790,781 | 795,877 |
2021 | 743,454 | 706,045 |
2022 | 854,437 | 738,351 |
2023 | 1,026,050 | 833,620 |
2024 | 1,248,214 | 978,535 |
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