Corporate Library Benchmarks, 2011 Edition gives detailed data on spending by corporate and other business libraries on spending on library staff, office staff, books, journals and other periodicals, e-books, directories, online services, and other and other services and products. The report explores the changing role of corporate librarians in market research, records management, competitive intelligence and other non-traditional areas for librarians.

Data is broken out by various measures of company size, industry type and other factors. Data is also presented on library spending per employee in the parent company. The report details developments in medical/pharmaceutical, business services, energy/utility and other sectors.