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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
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.