Figure 1
The proportion of respondents from each stakeholder group
Table 1
Categories of outsourcing (with numbers of sub-categories in brackets)
| 1. | Accountancy (2) | 8. | Library services (4) |
| 2. | Business Development (2) | 9. | Marketing (3) |
| 3. | Content Management (7) | 10. | Peer Review (1) |
| 4. | HR (3) | 11. | Production (3) |
| 5. | IT – Data (3) | 12. | Sales (2) |
| 6. | IT – Hosting/content (3) | 13. | Subscription management (1) |
| 7. | IT – Hosting/content (3) | Other |
Figure 2
Top five functions outsourced across all three stakeholder groups (publishers, librarians and suppliers)
Figure 3
Top five functions outsourced by librarians
Figure 4
Top five functions outsourced by publishers
Figure 5
Top five functions outsourced by suppliers
Figure 6
Top five functions being considered for outsourcing across all three stakeholder groups (publishers, librarians and suppliers)
Figure 7
Functions being considered for outsourcing by librarians
Figure 8
Functions being considered for outsourcing by publishers
Figure 9
Functions being considered for outsourcing by suppliers