|
All
Respondents |
 |
n |
% |
|
Weekly |
18 |
5.1 |
|
Monthly |
57 |
16.1 |
|
Few times a semester |
102 |
28.9 |
|
Once in a while |
100 |
28.3 |
|
Never |
76 |
21.5 |
|
Total |
353 |
100.0 |
Most respondents
submitted ILL requests a few times a semester or once in a while
(29% and 28%, respectively). About 19% of all respondents
indicated more frequent use – monthly or weekly -- while 22%
indicated no use at all. |
(Count)
|
|
|
All Respondents by Academic Status
|
|
(n / %)
|
Weekly |
Monthly |
Few times a semester |
Once in a while |
Never |
Total |
|
Faculty |
9 |
33 |
67 |
56 |
10 |
175 |
| |
5.1 |
18.9 |
38.3 |
32.0 |
5.7 |
100.0 |
|
Graduate |
6 |
17 |
22 |
20 |
20 |
85 |
| |
7.1 |
20.0 |
25.9 |
23.5 |
23.5 |
100.0 |
|
Undergraduate |
2 |
3 |
4 |
10 |
30 |
49 |
| |
4.1 |
6.1 |
8.2 |
20.4 |
61.2 |
100.0 |
|
Staff |
1 |
4 |
9 |
10 |
14 |
38 |
| |
2.6 |
10.5 |
23.7 |
26.3 |
36.8 |
100.0 |
|
Other |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
6 |
| |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
66.7 |
33.3 |
100.0 |
|
Total |
18 |
57 |
102 |
100 |
76 |
353 |
| |
5.1 |
16.1 |
28.9 |
28.3 |
21.5 |
100.0 |
There were some
differences in how the various academic groups responded to this
question. The graduate students provided the highest percentage
of weekly and monthly users of ILL among all the groups.
Undergraduate students were the most infrequent users of ILL
with 61% never using ILL at all. A very low percentage of
faculty responded that they had never used ILL compared to the
other groups. |
|
|
|
Faculty by
Subject Division
|
|
(n / %)
|
Weekly |
Monthly |
Few times a semester |
Once in awhile |
Never |
Total |
|
Business |
1 |
3 |
6 |
8 |
0 |
18 |
|
|
5.6 |
16.7 |
33.3 |
44.4 |
.0 |
100.0 |
|
Education |
1 |
2 |
9 |
4 |
1 |
17 |
|
|
5.9 |
11.8 |
52.9 |
23.5 |
5.9 |
100.0 |
|
Engineering |
0 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
17 |
|
|
.0 |
29.4 |
35.3 |
35.3 |
.0 |
100.0 |
|
Fine Arts |
0 |
4 |
1 |
9 |
2 |
16 |
|
|
.0 |
25.0 |
6.3 |
56.3 |
12.5 |
100.0 |
|
Health Sci. |
1 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
2 |
16 |
|
|
6.3 |
18.8 |
25.0 |
37.5 |
12.5 |
100.0 |
|
Humanities |
3 |
3 |
7 |
6 |
1 |
20 |
|
|
15.0 |
15.0 |
35.0 |
30.0 |
5.0 |
100.0 |
|
Sciences |
1 |
7 |
15 |
7 |
1 |
31 |
|
|
3.2 |
22.6 |
48.4 |
22.6 |
3.2 |
100.0 |
|
Social Sci. |
1 |
5 |
15 |
7 |
2 |
30 |
|
|
3.3 |
16.7 |
50.0 |
23.3 |
6.7 |
100.0 |
|
Library |
1 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
|
|
12.5 |
12.5 |
37.5 |
25.0 |
12.5 |
100.0 |
|
Other |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
|
.0 |
.0 |
50.0 |
50.0 |
.0 |
100.0 |
|
Total |
9 |
33 |
67 |
56 |
10 |
175 |
|
|
5.1 |
18.9 |
38.3 |
32.0 |
5.7 |
100.0 |
|
|
Most faculty respondents indicated they
used interlibrary loan services a few times a semester (38%). A
slightly lower number rated their use as “once in awhile”. Very
low number of faculty used ILL at either extreme – i.e. either
on a weekly basis or never. The results were fairly consistent
across the subject divisions. There were a few differences – for
example, a greater percentage of Humanities faculty indicated
more frequent use than faculty in other divisions while Fine
Arts faculty indicated relatively less frequent use of ILL.
|
|
Graduate
Students by Subject Division |
|
(n / %)
|
Weekly |
Monthly |
Few times a semester |
Once in awhile |
Never |
Total |
|
Business |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
|
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
33.3 |
66.7 |
100.0 |
|
Education |
1 |
0 |
8 |
3 |
7 |
19 |
|
|
5.3 |
.0 |
42.1 |
15.8 |
36.8 |
100.0 |
|
Engineering |
1 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
13 |
|
|
7.7 |
46.2 |
30.8 |
15.4 |
.0 |
100.0 |
|
Fine Arts |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
|
|
.0 |
.0 |
33.3 |
33.3 |
33.3 |
100.0 |
|
Health Sci. |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
|
.0 |
50.0 |
.0 |
50.0 |
.0 |
100.0 |
|
Humanities |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
5 |
9 |
|
|
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
44.4 |
55.6 |
100.0 |
|
Sciences |
1 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
11 |
|
|
9.1 |
36.4 |
18.2 |
27.3 |
9.1 |
100.0 |
|
Social Sci. |
3 |
6 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
22 |
|
|
13.6 |
27.3 |
27.3 |
18.2 |
13.6 |
100.0 |
|
Total |
6 |
17 |
22 |
20 |
20 |
85 |
|
|
7.1 |
20.0 |
25.9 |
23.5 |
23.5 |
100.0 |
|
|
Overall, the graduate student respondents were fairly evenly
divided in frequency in use of interlibrary loan services among
all categories between “never” and “Monthly”. Very few graduate
students indicated “weekly” use of ILL. Results were fairly
consistent across the subject divisions with some exceptions. A
higher percentages of graduate students in the Social Sciences
indicated “weekly” use of ILL compared to other divisions,
relatively high percentage of Engineering students used ILL on a
monthly basis, and the highest percentages of students who never
used ILL were from Business, Humanities, Education, and Fine
Arts.
|
|
Undergraduate Students by Subject Division |
|
(n / %)
|
Weekly |
Monthly |
Few times a semester |
Once in awhile |
Never |
Total |
|
Business |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
10 |
|
|
.0 |
.0 |
10.0 |
20.0 |
70.0 |
100.0 |
|
Education |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
50.0 |
50.0 |
100.0 |
|
Engineering |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
|
.0 |
.0 |
33.3 |
33.3 |
33.3 |
100.0 |
|
Fine Arts |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
|
|
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
40.0 |
60.0 |
100.0 |
|
Health Sci. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
|
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
33.3 |
66.7 |
100.0 |
|
Humanities |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
|
|
.0 |
33.3 |
.0 |
.0 |
66.7 |
100.0 |
|
Sciences |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
|
|
.0 |
20.0 |
20.0 |
.0 |
60.0 |
100.0 |
|
Social Sci. |
2 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
10 |
17 |
|
|
11.8 |
5.9 |
5.9 |
17.6 |
58.8 |
100.0 |
|
Other |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
|
Total |
2 |
3 |
4 |
10 |
30 |
49 |
|
|
4.1 |
6.1 |
8.2 |
20.4 |
61.2 |
100.0 |
|
|
|
A relatively high number of undergraduate
respondents never use interlibrary loan services (61%). The
total number of respondents was low so it is difficult to
interpret results across subject divisions, but there was little
more than infrequent use of ILL among all of the students who
responded
|
