By the Stats: Catalogers Software Expenditures Plunge by More Than 40 Percent

A report released recently by research firm The Industry Measure shows that catalogers will spend 42.6 percent less on software this year than last year. Specifically, the firm estimates that catalogers will spend $5.89 million, compared to $10.26 million last year.

The reason for the huge drop, The Industry Measure says, is because this year will represent the culmination of a wholesale transition from outsourced to insourced prepress for catalogers that began in the early 2000s.