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Part I: The Sample: Faculty and Students

Table Number asReferencedinNarrative Original Table Number inFull Set of Data Tables Name/question
1 1 Institution type
2 2 Respondent type
3 659 Gender
4 658 Which of the following categories includes your age?
5 651 What is your position title?
6 652 How many years have you been teaching?
7 653 Are you employed full-time, part-time or are you not employed?
8 654 How may years have you been working toward your current degree?
9 655 What degree are you working toward?
10 656 Do you live in on-campus housing or off-campus?
11 657 What year of college are you in?
12 4 What is your primary area of work or research/study within your college/university?
13 5 For each of the following, please tell me if this is one of your responsibilities [research, teaching, service, attending classes, other]?
14 587 Mean summary table (average percentages spent in research, teaching, service and coursework)
15 580 On average, about how many hours did you yourself spend each week obtaining, reviewing, and analyzing information from all sources to assist you in your (teaching or research/studies)?
16 183 Do you use hard copy print all of the time, most of the time, some of the time, or none of the time? [research]
17 184 Do you use electronic sources all of the time, most of the time, some of the time, or none of the time? [research]
18 185 Do you use some other medium all of the time, most of the time, some of the time, or none of the time? [research]
19 311 Do you use hard copy print all of the time, most of the time, some of the time, or none of the time? [teaching]
20 312 Do you use electronic sources all of the time, most of the time, some of the time, or none of the time? [teaching]
21 313 Do you use some other medium all of the time, most of the time, some of the time, or none of the time? [teaching]
22 439 Do you use hard copy print all of the time, most of the time, some of the time, or none of the time? [coursework]
23 440 Do you use electronic sources all of the time, most of the time, some of the time, or none of the time? [coursework]
24 441 Do you use some other medium all of the time, most of the time, some of the time, or none of the time? [coursework]
25 588 What unmet needs for information types and content do you have?
26 629 Major problem summary table
27 630 Minor problem summary table
28 601 Top two box summary table [values perceived in different forms of information access]

 

Part II: Infrastructure, Facilities, and Services

29 54 Summary table: What equipment do you use for accessing information from your off-campus residence?
30 55 Summary table: What equipment is available at the library?
31 56 Summary table: What equipment do you have in your office?
32 45 Thinking about the past year, what percent of the time that you are accessing information for your (teaching or research/studies) is spent at each location?
33 181 What percent of the information that you use for your research comes from your institution’s physical or virtual library?
34 182 What percent of the information that you use for your research comes from another source?
35 186 What percent of your current information needs for your research are available online?
36 187 What percent of your current information needs for your research that are available online are available through your institution’s library Web site?
37 188 And, what percent of your current information needs for your research that are available online are available through the Internet?
38 309 What percent of the information that you use for teaching comes from your institution’s physical or virtual library?
39 310 What percent of the information that you use for your teaching comes from another source?
40 314 What percent of your current information needs for your teaching are available online?
41 315 And, what percent of your current information needs for your teaching that are available online are available through your institution’s library Web site?
42 316 And, what percent of your current information needs for your teaching that are available online are available through the Internet?
43 602 Once you’ve gained access to the Internet, how do you usually get pointed to the right information sources?
44 603 How do you verify the information you receive from the Internet? That is, how do you establish the accuracy of the information you receive from the open Internet?
45 604 How do you determine the authoritativeness of the information you receive from the Internet? That is, how do you decide how much it should influence your current thinking?
46 437 What percent of the information that you use for your coursework comes from your institution’s physical or virtual library?
47 438 What percent of the information that you use for your coursework comes from another source?
48 442 What percent of your current information needs for your classes are available online?
49 443 And, what percent of your current information needs for your classes that are available online are available through your institution’s library Web site?
50 444 And, what percent of your current information needs for your classes that are available online are available through the Internet?
51 482 All/most summary table [availability of course information to undergraduates]
52 494 All/most summary table [availability of course readings to undergraduates]
53 507 All/most summary table [availability of course information for graduate students]
54 519 All/most summary table [availability of course readings for graduate students]
55 532 All/most summary table [availability of course information by instructors]
56 544 All/most summary table [availability of course readings]
57 495 How many additional course readings, beyond what you make available, do your undergraduate students need to access to meet the requirements of their class? Would you say they have to independently find [all, most, some, none, don’t know/refused]?
58 520 How many additional course readings, beyond what you make available, do your graduate students need to access to meet the requirements of their class? Would you say they have to independently find [all, most, some, none, don’t know/refused]?
59 545 How many additional course readings, beyond what your instructors make available, do you need to access to meet the requirements of your class? Would you say you have to independently find [all, most, some, none, don’t know/refused]?
60 548 Summary table [resources to stay abreast of developments]
61 579 Summary table [adequacy of current systems]
62 589 What additional information content does your library need to provide to meet your needs? What else?
63 590 What services would you like your institution’s library to offer?
64 591 What types of information content does your academic library offer that you find no longer necessary? Why isn’t this information content necessary?
65 592 What types of information services does your academic library offer that are no longer necessary? Why aren’t these information services necessary?
66 650 Top two box summary table [current and anticipated use of systems and facilities]

 

Part III: Formats

67 60 Summary table: Of those information categories you just mentioned as using, which is the most important? And which is the second most important?
68 61 Which of the following information types do you use for your research?
69 189 Which of the following information types do you use for your teaching?
70 317 Which of the following information types do you use for your coursework?
71 62 When you are doing research, how do you find information about print or hardcopy books? [about research]
72 68 Print or hardcopy books summary table [research]
73 193 Print or hardcopy books summary table [about teaching materials]
74 196 Print or hardcopy books summary table [teaching materials]
75 321 Print or hardcopy books summary table [coursework]
76 324 Print or hardcopy books summary table [coursework]
77 72 When you are doing research, how do you findinformation about print or hardcopy journals? [research]
78 75 Print or hardcopy journals summary table [research]
79 200 Print or hardcopy journals summary table [teaching materials]
80 203 Print or hardcopy journals summary table [teaching materials]
81 328 Print or hardcopy journals summary table [coursework]
82 331 Print or hardcopy journals summary table [coursework]
83 86 When you are doing research, how do you find information about e-journals? [research]
84 89 E-journals summary table [research]
85 214 E-journals summary table [teaching materials]
86 217 E-journals summary table [teaching materials]
87 342 E-journals summary table [coursework]
88 345 E-journals summary table [coursework]
89 82 E-books summary table [research]
90 96 Magazines summary table [research]
91 103 Papers delivered at professional meetings summary table [research]
92 110 Print abstracts and indexes summary table [research]
93 117 Online abstracts and indexes summary table [research]
94 124 Online databases, data sets or data sources summary table [research]
95 131 Manuscripts and other primary source documents summary table [research
96 138 Proprietary software or application summary table [research]
97 145 Data summary table [research]
98 152 Photographs, prints and other visual resources summary table [research]
99 159 Technical reports summary table [research]
100 166 Pre-prints summary table [research]
101 173 Dissertations summary table [research]
102 180 News summary table [research]
103 207 E-books summary table [teaching materials]
104 210 E-books summary table [teaching materials]
105 221 Magazines summary table [teaching materials]
106 224 Magazines summary table [teaching materials]
107 228 Papers delivered at professional meetings summary table [teaching materials]
108 231 Papers delivered at professional meetings summary table [teaching materials]
109 235 Print abstracts and indexes summary table [teaching materials]
110 238 Print abstracts and indexes summary table [teaching materials]
111 242 Online abstracts and indexes summary table [teaching materials]
112 245 Online abstracts and indexes summary table [teaching materials]
113 249 Online databases, data sets or data sources summary table [teaching materials]
114 252 Online databases, data sets or data sources summary table [teaching materials]
115 256 Manuscripts and other primary source documents summary table [teaching materials]
116 259 Manuscripts and other primary source documents summary table [teaching materials]
117 263 Proprietary software or application summary table [teaching materials]
118 266 Proprietary software or application summary table [teaching materials]
119 270 Data summary table [teaching materials]
120 273 Data summary table [teaching materials]
121 277 Photographs, prints and other visual resources summary table [teaching materials]
122 280 Photographs, prints and other visual resources summary table [teaching materials]
123 284 Technical reports summary table [teaching materials]
124 287 Technical reports summary table [teaching materials]
125 291 Pre-prints summary table [teaching materials]
126 294 Pre-prints summary table [teaching materials]
127 298 Dissertations summary table [teaching materials]
128 301 Dissertations summary table [teaching materials]
129 305 News summary table [teaching materials]
130 308 News summary table [teaching materials]
131 335 E-books summary table [coursework]
132 338 E-books summary table [coursework]
133 349 Magazines summary table [coursework]
134 352 Magazines summary table [coursework]
135 356 Papers delivered at professional meetings summary table [coursework]
136 359 Papers delivered at professional meetings summary table [coursework]
137 363 Print abstracts and indexes summary table [coursework]
138 366 Print abstracts and indexes summary table [coursework]
139 370 Online abstracts and indexes summary table [coursework]
140 373 Online abstracts and indexes summary table [coursework]
141 377 Online databases, data sets or data sources summary table [coursework]
142 380 Online databases, data sets or data sources summary table [coursework]
143 384 Manuscripts and other primary source documents summary table [coursework]
144 387 Manuscripts and other primary source documents summary table [coursework]
145 391 Proprietary software or application summary table [coursework]
146 394 Proprietary software or application summary table [coursework]
147 398 Data summary table [coursework]
148 401 Data summary table [coursework]
149 405 Photographs, prints and other visual resources summary table [coursework]
150 408 Photographs, prints and other visual resources summary table [coursework]
151 412 Technical reports summary table [coursework]
152 415 Technical reports summary table [coursework]
153 419 Pre-prints summary table [coursework]
154 422 Pre-prints summary table [coursework]
155 426 Dissertations summary table [coursework]
156 429 Dissertations summary table [coursework]
157 433 News summary table [coursework]
158 436 News summary table [coursework]

 

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