Michael Cairns, former president of R.R. Bowker and Managing Partner, Information Media Partners has published a paper titled “A Database of Riches: Measuring the Options for Google’s Book Settlement Roll Out."

 

An executive summary is at: http://bit.ly/cB2NgY

 

The full report is at: http://bit.ly/aA5VrX

 

And a Library Journal interview with Cairns is at: http://bit.ly/c2IY0C

 

The LJ article notes: "In a paper titled 'A Database of Riches: Measuring the Options for Google’s Book Settlement Roll Out,' Michael Cairns, former president of R.R. Bowker and Managing Partner, Information Media Partners, offers some informed—though admittedly not definitive—analysis of 'the potential market opportunity that the Google Book Settlement could represent.'"

 

Among other things, Cairns estimates that 47% of the 9198 public libraries in the US will subscribe, at an average price of $21,000, and that 65% of academic libraries would subscribe at average price of $55,000 price. (Library Journal asked him to explain those estimates).

 

Bernie Sloan