DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/3b604d/the_survey_of_high)
has announced the addition of the "The
Survey of Higher Education Faculty: Level of Faculty Satisfaction with
the Academic Library" report to their offering.
The Survey of Higher Education Faculty 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, rendering judgments on journals, books,
e-books, workstations and other info technologies, library facilities
and even additional librarians. The report also details 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.
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:
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28.44% of faculty said that they were highly satisfied with their
academic library's level of physical comfort.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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27.44% of faculty in the sample felt that their library should
increase spending on traditional print books.
The Survey of Higher Education Faculty
The Survey of Higher Education Faculty is a series of twelve reports
based on a survey of 555 full time higher education faculty in the
United States and Canada. An initial representative sample of 350
colleges was chosen from the more than 4,500 accredited colleges in the
United States and Canada. Lists of faculty from these colleges were
aggregated and randomly sampled. Studies in this series include reports
on trends in research, teaching, tenure, faculty use of the academic
library and other topics. Data is broken out by 12 criteria including
academic rank, field of study, tenure status, age of faculty member,
political opinions of the faculty member, size of college, type of
college, USA or Canada and other factors.
Key Topics Covered:
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METHODOLOGY
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THE QUESTIONNAIRE
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SUMMARY OF MAIN FINDINGS
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CHAPTER ONE: HOW WOULD YOU RATE YOUR LEVEL OF SATISFACTION WITH THE
COMFORT OF YOUR COLLEGE'S ACADEMIC LIBRARY?
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CHAPTER TWO: HOW WOULD YOU RATE YOUR LEVEL OF SATISFACTION WITH THE
HOURS OF ACCESS OF YOUR COLLEGE'S ACADEMIC LIBRARY
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CHAPTER THREE: HOW WOULD YOU RATE YOUR LEVEL OF SATISFACTION WITH YOUR
COLLEGE ACADEMIC LIBRARY'S CAPACITY TO GIVE YOU HELP WHEN YOU NEED IT?
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CHAPTER FOUR: HOW WOULD YOU RATE YOUR LEVEL OF SATISFACTION WITH YOUR
ACADEMIC LIBRARY'S ABILITY TO DEVELOP THE INFORMATION LITERACY SKILLS
OF STUDENTS?
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CHAPTER FIVE: HOW WOULD YOU RATE YOUR LEVEL OF SATISFACTION WITH THE
QUALITY OF THE COLLECTION OF YOUR COLLEGE'S ACADEMIC LIBRARY FOR YOUR
SCHOLARLY PURSUITS?
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CHAPTER SIX: HOW WOULD YOU RATE YOUR LEVEL OF SATISFACTION WITH THE
EASE OF ACCESSING JOURNAL ARTICLES IN YOUR ACADEMIC LIBRARY?
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CHAPTER SEVEN: HOW WOULD YOU RATE YOUR LEVEL OF SATISFACTION WITH YOUR
COLLEGE ACADEMIC LIBRARY'S INTERLIBRARY LOAN SERVICES?
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CHAPTER EIGHT: HOW WOULD YOU RATE YOUR LEVEL OF SATISFACTION WITH THE
QUALITY OF YOUR COLLEGE'S ACADEMIC LIBRARY CAFÉ?
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CHAPTER NINE: HOW WOULD YOU RATE YOUR LEVEL OF SATISFACTION WITH THE
QUALITY AND DEPTH OF THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE IN YOUR
COLLEGE'S ACADEMIC LIBRARY?
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CHAPTER TEN: DO YOU THINK THAT YOUR LIBRARY SHOULD BE SPENDING MORE ON
ADDITIONAL COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS AND OTHER ADVANCED HARDWARE
TECHNOLOGY IN THE LIBRARY?
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CHAPTER ELEVEN: DO YOU THINK THAT YOUR LIBRARY SHOULD BE SPENDING MORE
ON MORE JOURNAL SUBSCRIPTIONS?
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CHAPTER TWELVE: DO YOU THINK THAT YOUR LIBRARY SHOULD BE SPENDING MORE
ON TRADITIONAL PRINT BOOKS?
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CHAPTER THIRTEEN: DO YOU THINK THAT YOUR LIBRARY SHOULD BE SPENDING
MORE ON E BOOKS?
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CHAPTER FOURTEEN: DO YOU THINK THAT YOUR LIBRARY SHOULD BE SPENDING
MORE ON ADDITIONAL LIBRARIANS?
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CHAPTER FIFTEEN: DO YOU THINK THAT YOUR LIBRARY SHOULD BE SPENDING
MORE ON BETTER FACILITIES?
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CHAPTER SIXTEEN: HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU ACTUALLY VISITED ANY LIBRARY
ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR COLLEGE WITHIN THE PAST MONTH?
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LIST OF TABLES
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