The Survey of Higher Education Faculty: Use of Print & Electronic Library Collections of Scholarly Journals : Market Research Report

The Survey of Higher Education Faculty: Use of Print & Electronic Library Collections of Scholarly Journals

Published by: Primary Research Group

Published: Dec. 1, 2009 - 64 Pages

List Of Tables: Methodology; Faculty From The Following Colleges Participated In The Survey; The Questionnaire; Summary Of Main Findings
Chapter One: Does Your Library Have Software Or Services That Allow You To Click On A Link And Be Directly Taken To A Journal Article In The Library's Collection Of Online Journals?
Chapter Two: Have You Ever Been Inconvenienced Or Frustrated In Your Research When You Have Been Unable To, Or Found It Difficult To Obtain Journals That Are Exclusively Available Online And Which Do Not Make All Back Copies Available In An Archive?
Chapter Three: Choose The Phrase Which Best Describes Your Feelings About The Academic Journals That Your Library Keeps In Paper Formats Even Though It Also Has Them In Online Formats.
Chapter Four: In General In Which Form Do You Prefer To Use Journal Articles?
Chapter Five: About What Percentage Of The Journal Articles Needed For Your Research Within The Past Year Have You Been Able To Obtain By Using Your Library's Url Linking Software That Links Library Catalog Citations To Electronic Versions Of Journal Articles?
Chapter Six: About What Percentage Of The Journal Articles That You Have Needed For Your Research In The Past Year Would You Say That You Have Been Able To Find In Your Library's Journal Collections?
Chapter Seven: How Many Times Have You Actually Visited Any Library Associated With Your College Within The Past Month?
Chapter Eight: About How Many Times Have You Tapped Into A Database Offered Through Your College Library Database Within The Past Week?
Chapter Nine: How Would You Rate Your Level Of Satisfaction With The Quality Of The Collection Of Your College’s Academic Library For Your Scholarly Pursuits?
Chapter Ten: How Would You Rate Your Level Of Satisfaction With The Ease In Accessing Needed Journal Articles In Your College’s Academic Library?
Chapter Eleven: Imagine Yourself Running Your College Library And Subject To Its Budget Constraints. Do You Think That Your Library Should Be Spending More On Journal Subscriptions?

Abstract

This publication presents the results of a survey of more than 550 higher education faculty in the United States and Canada. Faculty present their opinions on preferences for print or paper journal formats, degree of problems with archival access, use of rl-catalog links to journals, extent to which their college library journal collection satisfies their scholarly needs, and frequency of database access and library visits. Data is broken out by 12 criteria including age, academic field or specialty, type of college, size of college, frequency of library use, and many other factors.

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The Survey of Higher Education Faculty: Use of Print & Electronic Library Collections of Scholarly Journals

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