The final survey results reflect 39 responses out of a possible forty-six libraries in the discussion group. Eighteen reported that binding was not covered by the materials budget. Twenty-six included Center for Research Libraries membership in their materials budget. All others did not use materials budget funds for these types of purchases.
Electronic resources are of many different formats and sorts.
They become as good as ours. The other category is materials we license in order to access temporarily. When the license period is over, the CD must be returned. Or if accessed remotely, the database is lost once we stop paying an annual or by the drink access fee. This sort of arrangement leaves the library with no residual or collection.