This 73-page report gives extensive and detailed data on who, how often, and for what kinds of materials, do faculty request that their academic libraries make purchases of new resources. The study also gives detailed data on just how often such requests are fulfilled and for whom, enabling readers of the study to compare effective fulfillment rates - for example - for male vs female faculty, or full professors vs. instructors or associate professors - or Caucasian vs. Asian origin faculty - or faculty in visual arts vs. those in economics or history.
The study gives unique data sets for requests for each of the following types of materials; databases, journals and other periodicals, print books, eBooks, and audio-visual resources. For each type of resource, the study shows which faculty most often make requests, and 13 tables of data highlight demand for each type of resources.
Just a few of this unique report’s many findings are that:
- Faculty in history were the most likely to consider their library extremely responsive to their requests.
- The likelihood of requesting the library to purchase a print book was strongly positively correlated with the personal age of the respondent.
- Nearly 27% of tenured faculty had ever requested their library to order an eBook for them.
- Respondents at private colleges made more than twice the number of new materials requests per capita to their academic libraries than faculty from public colleges.
This study is based on data from a survey of 806 higher education faculty randomly chosen from nearly 500 colleges and universities in the USA. Data is broken out by personal variables such as work title, gender, personal income level, academic discipline, age and other variables, as well as institutional indicators such as college or university type or Carnegie class, enrollment size, public or private status and others.
Table of Contents
THE QUESTIONNAIRE
- Characteristics of the sample
INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATIONS OF THE SURVEY PARTICIPANTS
SUMMARY OF MAIN FINDINGS
- Evaluation of the Responsiveness of the Academic Library to Requests to Purchase New Materials
- Percentage of Respondents Ever Requesting the Academic Library to Subscribe to a Database
- Percentage of Respondents Ever Requesting the Academic Library to Purchase a Print Edition of a Book
- Percentage of Respondents Ever Requesting the Academic Library to Purchase an eBook
- Percentage of Respondents Ever Requesting the Academic Library to Purchase an Audio-Video Resource
- Percentage of Respondents Ever Requesting the Academic Library to Subscribe to a Journal or Other Periodical
- Mean Number of New Requests for the Library to Purchase New Materials
- Percentage of Time that Requests for New Materials from the Library Have Been Fulfilled
List of Tables
Table 1.1 How communicative and responsive is your library about its purchasing plans in your subject area?
Table 1.2 How communicative and responsive is your library about its purchasing plans in your subject area? Broken out by work title
Table 1.3 How communicative and responsive is your library about its purchasing plans in your subject area? Broken out by Carnegie class or type of college
Table 1.4 How communicative and responsive is your library about its purchasing plans in your subject area? Broken out by public or private college
Table 1.5 How communicative and responsive is your library about its purchasing plans in your subject area? Broken out by enrollment
Table 1.6 How communicative and responsive is your library about its purchasing plans in your subject area? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 1.7 How communicative and responsive is your library about its purchasing plans in your subject area? Broken out by political views
Table 1.8 How communicative and responsive is your library about its purchasing plans in your subject area? Broken out by annual income
Table 1.9 How communicative and responsive is your library about its purchasing plans in your subject area? Broken out by tenure status
Table 1.10 How communicative and responsive is your library about its purchasing plans in your subject area? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 1.11 How communicative and responsive is your library about its purchasing plans in your subject area? Broken out by sexual orientation
Table 1.12 How communicative and responsive is your library about its purchasing plans in your subject area? Broken out by race or ethnicity
Table 1.13 How communicative and responsive is your library about its purchasing plans in your subject area? Broken out by academic field
Table 2 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following?
Table 2.1.1 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Subscribe to a database
Table 2.1.2 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Subscribe to a database Broken out by work title
Table 2.1.3 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Subscribe to a database Broken out by Carnegie class or type of college
Table 2.1.4 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Subscribe to a database Broken out by public or private college
Table 2.1.5 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Subscribe to a database Broken out by enrollment
Table 2.1.6 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Subscribe to a database Broken out by age of respondent
Table 2.1.7 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Subscribe to a database Broken out by political views
Table 2.1.8 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Subscribe to a database Broken out by annual income
Table 2.1.9 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Subscribe to a database Broken out by tenure status
Table 2.1.10 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Subscribe to a database Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 2.1.11 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Subscribe to a database Broken out by sexual orientation
Table 2.1.12 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Subscribe to a database Broken out by race or ethnicity
Table 2.1.13 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Subscribe to a database Broken out by academic field
Table 2.2.1 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Purchase a Print Book
Table 2.2.2 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Purchase a Print Book Broken out by work title
Table 2.2.3 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Purchase a Print Book Broken out by Carnegie class or type of college
Table 2.2.4 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Purchase a Print Book Broken out by public or private college
Table 2.2.5 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Purchase a Print Book Broken out by enrollment
Table 2.2.6 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Purchase a Print Book Broken out by age of respondent
Table 2.2.7 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Purchase a Print Book Broken out by political views
Table 2.2.8 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Purchase a Print Book Broken out by annual income
Table 2.2.9 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Purchase a Print Book Broken out by tenure status
Table 2.2.10 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Purchase a Print Book Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 2.2.11 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Purchase a Print Book Broken out by sexual orientation
Table 2.2.12 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Purchase a Print Book Broken out by race or ethnicity
Table 2.2.13 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Purchase a Print Book Broken out by academic field
Table 2.3.1 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Purchase an eBook
Table 2.3.2 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Purchase an eBook Broken out by work title
Table 2.3.3 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Purchase an eBook Broken out by Carnegie class or type of college
Table 2.3.4 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Purchase an eBook Broken out by public or private college
Table 2.3.5 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Purchase an eBook Broken out by enrollment
Table 2.3.6 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Purchase an eBook Broken out by age of respondent
Table 2.3.7 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Purchase an eBook Broken out by political views
Table 2.3.8 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Purchase an eBook Broken out by annual income
Table 2.3.9 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Purchase an eBook Broken out by tenure status
Table 2.3.10 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Purchase an eBook Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 2.3.11 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Purchase an eBook Broken out by sexual orientation
Table 2.3.12 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Purchase an eBook Broken out by race or ethnicity
Table 2.3.13 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Purchase an eBook Broken out by academic field
Table 2.4.1 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Obtain access to an audio or visual resource
Table 2.4.2 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Obtain access to an audio or visual resource Broken out by work title
Table 2.4.3 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Obtain access to an audio or visual resource Broken out by Carnegie class or type of college
Table 2.4.4 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Obtain access to an audio or visual resource Broken out by public or private college
Table 2.4.5 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Obtain access to an audio or visual resource Broken out by enrollment
Table 2.4.6 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Obtain access to an audio or visual resource Broken out by age of respondent
Table 2.4.7 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Obtain access to an audio or visual resource Broken out by political views
Table 2.4.8 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Obtain access to an audio or visual resource Broken out by annual income
Table 2.4.9 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Obtain access to an audio or visual resource Broken out by tenure status
Table 2.4.10 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Obtain access to an audio or visual resource Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 2.4.11 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Obtain access to an audio or visual resource Broken out by sexual orientation
Table 2.4.12 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Obtain access to an audio or visual resource Broken out by race or ethnicity
Table 2.4.13 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Obtain access to audio or visual resource Broken out by academic field
Table 2.5.1 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Subscribe to a journal or other periodical
Table 2.5.2 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Subscribe to a journal or other periodical Broken out by work title
Table 2.5.3 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Subscribe to a journal or other periodical Broken out by Carnegie class or type of college
Table 2.5.4 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Subscribe to a journal or other periodical Broken out by public or private college
Table 2.5.5 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Subscribe to a journal or other periodical Broken out by enrollment
Table 2.5.6 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Subscribe to a journal or other periodical Broken out by age of respondent
Table 2.5.7 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Subscribe to a journal or other periodical Broken out by political views
Table 2.5.8 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Subscribe to a journal or other periodical Broken out by annual income
Table 2.5.9 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Subscribe to a journal or other periodical Broken out by tenure status
Table 2.5.10 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Subscribe to a journal or other periodical Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 2.5.11 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Subscribe to a journal or other periodical Broken out by sexual orientation
Table 2.5.12 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Subscribe to a journal or other periodical Broken out by race or ethnicity
Table 2.5.13 Have you ever requested your academic library to do any of the following? Subscribe to a journal or other periodical Broken out by academic field
Table 3.1 How many times in the past year have you requested that your library make a purchase for you?
Table 3.2 How many times in the past year have you requested that your library make a purchase for you? Broken out by work title
Table 3.3 How many times in the past year have you requested that your library make a purchase for you? Broken out by Carnegie class or type of college
Table 3.4 How many times in the past year have you requested that your library make a purchase for you? Broken out by public or private college
Table 3.5 How many times in the past year have you requested that your library make a purchase for you? Broken out by enrollment
Table 3.6 How many times in the past year have you requested that your library make a purchase for you? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 3.7 How many times in the past year have you requested that your library make a purchase for you? Broken out by political views
Table 3.8 How many times in the past year have you requested that your library make a purchase for you? Broken out by annual income
Table 3.9 How many times in the past year have you requested that your library make a purchase for you? Broken out by tenure status
Table 3.10 How many times in the past year have you requested that your library make a purchase for you? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 3.11 How many times in the past year have you requested that your library make a purchase for you? Broken out by sexual orientation
Table 3.12 How many times in the past year have you requested that your library make a purchase for you? Broken out by race or ethnicity
Table 3.13 How many times in the past year have you requested that your library make a purchase for you? Broken out by academic field
Table 4.1 If you have made requests to the library to purchase items, about what percentage of the time have your requests been fulfilled?
Table 4.2 If you have made requests to the library to purchase items, about what percentage of the time have your requests been fulfilled? Broken out by work title
Table 4.3 If you have made requests to the library to purchase items, about what percentage of the time have your requests been fulfilled? Broken out by Carnegie class or type of college
Table 4.4 If you have made requests to the library to purchase items, about what percentage of the time have your requests been fulfilled? Broken out by public or private college
Table 4.5 If you have made requests to the library to purchase items, about what percentage of the time have your requests been fulfilled? Broken out by enrollment
Table 4.6 If you have made requests to the library to purchase items, about what percentage of the time have your requests been fulfilled? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 4.7 If you have made requests to the library to purchase items, about what percentage of the time have your requests been fulfilled? Broken out by political views
Table 4.8 If you have made requests to the library to purchase items, about what percentage of the time have your requests been fulfilled? Broken out by annual income
Table 4.9 If you have made requests to the library to purchase items, about what percentage of the time have your requests been fulfilled? Broken out by tenure status
Table 4.10 If you have made requests to the library to purchase items, about what percentage of the time have your requests been fulfilled? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 4.11 If you have made requests to the library to purchase items, about what percentage of the time have your requests been fulfilled? Broken out by sexual orientation
Table 4.12 If you have made requests to the library to purchase items, about what percentage of the time have your requests been fulfilled? Broken out by race or ethnicity
Table 4.13 If you have made requests to the library to purchase items, about what percentage of the time have your requests been fulfilled? Broken out by academic field
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