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Press Release from Primary Research Group, Inc.
Primary Research Group has published The Survey of Higher Education Faculty:Use of Academic Library Interlibrary Loan Services.
The report presents data on who uses academic library interlibrary loan services, and
what its patrons think of various aspects of the interlibrary loan service. The study
presents detailed data on what faculty think of the cost of interlibrary loan service, its
timeliness, and the preparedness and knowledge of library interlibrary loan staff. Overall
satisfaction ratings are broken down and listed separately for faculty from various
academic disciplines, for tenured and non tenured faculty, and for faculty broken out by many other criteria. Precise data on the extent to which faculty have bypassed interlibrary loan to procure materials without library staff assistance is also included.
The data is based on a survey of more than 550 higher education faculty in the United
States and Canada. Data is presented in the aggregate and for 12 criteria including size of
college, type of college, academic title and other factors.
Just a few of the report¡¦s many findings are that:
ƒö In the entire sample, 81.36% have used their college library¡¦s interlibrary loan services, 18.64% have not.
ƒö Nearly 90% of full professors have used inter-library loan services, whereas only a bit less than 69% of lecturers and instructors have done so.
ƒö Half of faculty at institutions with less than 1,000 students had tried in the past two years to source materials on their own rather than through interlibrary loan.
ƒö Private college faculty were somewhat more likely than public college faculty to rate their interlibrary loan service as excellent.
ƒö At schools with an enrollment level of 1,000 to 2,500 students, 53.33% of the faculty found the costs of obtaining inter-library loan services to be excellent.
For further information contact Primary Research Group at 212-736-2316 or view our website at www.PrimaryResearch.com.
The 50 page study is available from Primary Research Group or from major book distributors; for further information, view our website at www.PrimaryResearch.com or
call us at 212-736-2316. The report is available for $80.00; site licenses are also available.
Results from The Survey of Higher Education Faculty: Use of Educational Technology
The Survey of Higher Education Faculty: Use of Educational Technology, ISBN 1-
57440-142-4 presents data on how higher education faculty in the United States and
Canada view the usefulness of college library technology centers and other forms of
educational technology such as course management systems, clickers, document cameras,
electronic and interactive whiteboards, in-class use of video and internet access,
PowerPoint and other technologies. The report also presents data on faculty evaluation of
the effectiveness of their college¡¦s information technology training for faculty, and
information on how faculty view the teaching distance learning courses.
The 135+ page report presents the results of a survey of more than 550 higher education
faculty in the United States and Canada. Data is presented in the aggregate and for 12
criteria including academic field, size of college, type of college, academic title and other
factors.
Just a few of the report¡¦s many finding are that:
26.51% of American faculty say that they use the library computer labs frequently
while only 14.29% of Canadian faculty say the same.
More than a third of faculty in the sample said that in using their college¡¦s course
management system they were either ¡§pretty much lost¡¨ or that they ¡§know a little, a
few basics.¡¨
34.83% of the faculty in the sample have ever used electronic whiteboards.
53.42% of those sampled said that they would like to teach a DL course if the pay
were equivalent to that of a traditional class.
Among faculty in various disciplines, faculty in psychology and counseling were
the most supportive of PowerPoint in the classroom and more than 72% considered its use highly beneficial.
Faculty in computer science/math/engineering were the most supportive of
documents cameras in the classroom.
In-class internet access had strong support among faculty. Less than 8% thought it
harmful or worthless.
More than 40% of full time U.S faculty in higher education have taught a distance
learning course.
The 135+ page study is available from Primary Research Group or from major book
distributors; for further information, view our website at www.PrimaryResearch.com or
call us at 212-736-2316. The report is available for $89.50.00; site licenses are also
available.
Primary Research Group has published The Survey of Higher Education Faculty: Use of
Library Reference, Info Literacy and Subject Specialist Staff, ISBN 1-57440-138-6.
The study presents data on how higher education faculty in the United States & Canada
use the virtual reference services, subject specialists and info literacy staff of their
academic library. It includes specific data on the percentage of faculty that use virtual
reference, how often they use it, and similar data on awareness and use of library subject
specialists, as well as data on contact with information literacy staff and tendency to
incorporate info literacy concepts into teaching.
The data is based on a survey of more than 550 higher education faculty in the United
States and Canada. Data is presented in the aggregate and for 12 criteria including size of
college, type of college, academic title, academic field and other factors.
Just a few of the report’s many findings are that:
70.53% of faculty in the sample have ever used their academic library’s virtual
reference services. Use was far more likely in the USA than in Canada.
Only 37.76% of the faculty in the sample believed that their college library had a subject specialist in their area of scholarship.
Faculty at research universities were the least likely among faculty at various
types of colleges to have added an info literacy component to their classes.
Faculty at specialized colleges, such as music conservatories and seminaries, for
example, were more likely to need help than faculty at other types of colleges. More
than 30% said that they needed help frequently and that the librarians usually come through for them.
Use of subject specialists was much higher by faculty at private than at public colleges.
The 68-page study is available from Primary Research Group or from major book
distributors; for further information, view our website at www.PrimaryResearch.com or
call us at 212-736-2316. The report is available for $89.50; site licenses are also available.
Primary Research Group has published The Survey of Higher Education Faculty: Use
of Academic Library Special Collections, ISBN 1-57440-135-1.
The Survey of Higher Education Faculty: Use of Academic Library Special Collections
(ISBN 1-57440-135-1) presents data on how college faculty use special collections for
teaching and research. The report presents data on overall use of special collections and
on use of specific special collections such as film & video, photography, rare books and
historic documents, scientific history and rare specimens; posters, catalogs and other
commercial materials; personal archives and estates, music collections, and art and
graphics collections.
The report also presents data on faculty satisfaction with special collections, generally,
and in specific areas such as ease of use, ease of finding them in library catalogs, ease of
finding them online, ease of obtaining reproductions and photocopies, and satisfaction
with hours of access, among other issues. The study also presents precise data on how
often faculty visit special collections and how often they recommend their use to students
and professional colleagues.
The report is based no results of a survey of more than 550 higher education faculty in
the United States and Canada. Data is presented in the aggregate and for 12 criteria
including academic field, size of college, type of college, academic title and other factors.
Just a few of the report’s many findings are that:
8.3% of the faculty in the sample have used a collection of catalogs, posters,
guides or other commercial materials for research purposes with in the past three years.
Only 1.12% of Americans were highly dissatisfied with the ease in obtaining
photocopies or reproductions from special collections while 12.5% of Canadians were
highly dissatisfied with the same issue.
More than 18% of faculty who describe themselves as left of liberal have used a
rare books or historic document collection within the past three years but only a little
more than 12% of liberals and 10 1/2 percent of those who call themselves middle-of-
the-road used a rare book or manuscript special collection in this period; 5.15% of
conservatives have done so and no faculty member in the sample self described as
right of conservative had used such collection within the past three years.
Satisfaction was great with the terms of borrowing or use offered by special
collections. Nearly 70% of those sampled were either highly satisfied or satisfied and
only a little more than 12% were dissatisfied to some degree.
Only a bit more than 6% were highly satisfied with online access to
supplementary materials offered by these collection.
The 136+ page study is available from Primary Research Group or from major book
distributors; for further information, view our website at www.PrimaryResearch.com or
call us at 212-736-2316. The report is available for $95.00; site licenses are also available.
Primary Research Group has published The Survey of Higher Education Faculty: Use of
Print & Electronic Library Collections of Scholarly Journals, ISBN 1-57440-134-3. The
study is based on a survey of 550+ higher education faculty in the USA and Canada.
Faculty present their opinions on preferences for print or paper journal formats, degree of
problems with archival access, use of url-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.
Just a few findings of the report are:
Canadian faculty were more likely than American faculty to think of the paper
copies as a waste of time – nearly 45% thought so.
In general, age was highly inversely correlated with the tendency to think of paper
copies as wasteful and redundant when online versions were available.
Only 13.86% of faculty at research universities prefer paper to online journal
formats.
Only a third of community college faculty express support for increased spending
on academic journals while about 64.3% of faculty in MA/Ph.D. granting colleges expressed such support.
For further information, view our website at www.PrimaryResearch.com or call us at 212-736-2316.
Primary Research Group has published The Survey of Higher Education Faculty:
Evaluation of Library Efforts to Index, Preserve and Catalog Blogs, Websites, Email
Archives and other Cyber Resources, ISBN, 1-57440-13X-X.
The Survey of Higher Education Faculty: Evaluation of Library Efforts Index,
Preserve and Catalog Blogs, Websites, Email Archives and other Cyber Resources,
(ISBN 1-57440-13X-X ) presents data on how higher education faculty in the United
States and Canada view the usefulness and quality of academic library efforts to further
scholarship based on internet sources such as websites, blogs, listervs, social networking
sites, online ads and other internet resources. The report presents highly detailed data on
how faculty use blogs, websites, social networking sites, email archives, listservs,
webcasts and podcasts, ezines, online ads and other cyber resources in scholarship. It
also highlights how faculty rate the efforts of academic libraries to index, preserve and
catalog these resources. In addition, the report discusses other pertinent trends, such as
the degree of use of web archiving software.
The report presents the results of a survey of more than 550 higher education faculty in
the United States and Canada. Data is presented in the aggregate and for 12 criteria
including academic field, size of college, type of college, academic title and other factors.
Just a few of the report’s many finding are that:
More than 53% of faculty in the sample refer to websites in scholarly papers.
Research university faculty were the most likely among faculty at all types of institutions to refer to websites in their scholarly papers – 62.5% of them do so.
15.34% of faculty sampled refer to listserv or usenet postings in presentations.
31.25% of faculty in colleges with fewer than 1,000 students refer to listserv or usenet
postings in presentations, the highest among all types of colleges defined by size
range in the sample.
14.71% of faculty sampled had ever used a web archive in their scholarly work.
Faculty in psychology/counseling, religion and philosophy, and English and other
language oriented majors were the most likely to have used such sites.
More than 14.5% of scholars in psychology and counseling have used web
archiving software, as have 12.5% in biology and medicine.
14% of faculty in the sample thought that it was important or very important to
index and catalog social networking sites. Scholars in art and the performing arts
were the most likely to view these sites as important to index and catalog.
For further information view our website at www.PrimaryResearch.com.
Primary Research Group has published The Survey of Higher Education Faculty:
Level of Faculty Satisfaction with the Academic Library, (ISBN 1-57440-133-5).
The report presents the results of a survey of more than 550 higher education faculty in
the United States and Canada. Faculty present their opinions on what academic libraries
should be spending more money on; they render judgments on journals, books, e-books,
workstations and other info technologies, library facilities and even additional librarians.
The report details the level of faculty satisfaction with library creature comforts,
information literacy efforts, hours of access, research support for faculty, collection
adequacy and other areas. Data is presented in the aggregate and for 12 criteria including
academic field, size of college, type of college, academic title and other factors.
Just a few findings of the report are:
28.44% of faculty said that they were highly satisfied with their academic
library’s level of physical comfort.
Satisfaction was high on the issue of the library staff’s capacity to deliver help
when needed. More than 47% said that they were highly satisfied and 38.53%
said that they were satisfied with their library’s capacity to deliver help when needed.
Only 14.33% of the faculty in the sample said that they were highly satisfied with
the adequacy of their college library’s materials collection for their own personal scholarly pursuits.
More than 44% of US-based faculty but only 30.77% of Canadian faculty were
highly satisfied with their academic library’s inter-library loan services.
27.44% of faculty in the sample felt that their library should increase spending on
traditional print books.
The 100+ page study is available from Primary Research Group or from major book distributors; for
further information, view our website at www.PrimaryResearch.com or call us at 212-736-2316.
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