All
Respondents
|
 |
n |
% |
|
Yes |
247 |
72.4 |
|
No |
23 |
6.7 |
|
Undecided |
71 |
20.8 |
|
Total |
341 |
100.0 |
A high percentage of respondents indicated that
they would like desktop delivery of articles, etc. requested
through ILL in PDF format (72%). Just over 20% of the
respondents were undecided.
|
(Count)
|
|
|
All Respondents by Academic
Status
|
|
(n / %) |
Yes |
No |
Undecided |
Total |
|
Faculty |
128 |
12 |
29 |
169 |
|
|
75.7 |
7.1 |
17.2 |
100.0 |
|
Graduate |
68 |
2 |
16 |
86 |
|
|
79.1 |
2.3 |
18.6 |
100.0 |
|
Undergraduate |
25 |
4 |
15 |
44 |
|
|
56.8 |
9.1 |
34.1 |
100.0 |
|
Staff |
22 |
4 |
10 |
36 |
|
|
61.1 |
11.1 |
27.8 |
100.0 |
|
Other |
4 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
|
|
66.7 |
16.7 |
16.7 |
100.0 |
|
Total |
247 |
23 |
71 |
341 |
|
|
72.4 |
6.7 |
20.8 |
100.0 |
The response from faculty and graduates students closely
mirrored the overall response to this question. Among
undergraduates, there were few fewer positive responses and a
much greater number of “undecided” students (34%). The response
from staff members was similar to that of the undergraduate
students.
|
 |
|
|
Faculty by
Subject Division
|
|
(n / %)
|
Yes |
No |
Undecided |
Total |
|
Business |
15 |
2 |
1 |
18 |
|
|
83.3 |
11.1 |
5.6 |
100.0 |
|
Education |
13 |
1 |
2 |
16 |
|
|
81.3 |
6.3 |
12.5 |
100.0 |
|
Engineering |
17 |
0 |
1 |
18 |
|
|
94.4 |
.0 |
5.6 |
100.0 |
|
Fine Arts |
6 |
3 |
6 |
15 |
|
|
40.0 |
20.0 |
40.0 |
100.0 |
|
Health Sciences |
13 |
0 |
3 |
16 |
|
|
81.3 |
.0 |
18.8 |
100.0 |
|
Humanities |
9 |
3 |
7 |
19 |
|
|
47.4 |
15.8 |
36.8 |
100.0 |
|
Sciences |
26 |
2 |
2 |
30 |
|
|
86.7 |
6.7 |
6.7 |
100.0 |
|
Social Sciences |
23 |
1 |
3 |
27 |
|
|
85.2 |
3.7 |
11.1 |
100.0 |
|
Library |
4 |
0 |
4 |
8 |
|
|
50.0 |
.0 |
50.0 |
100.0 |
|
Other |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
|
100.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
100.0 |
|
Total |
128 |
12 |
29 |
169 |
|
|
75.7 |
7.1 |
17.2 |
100.0 |
|
|
|
Almost 76% of faculty respondents indicated a
preference for desktop delivery of articles and other materials
requested through Interlibrary Loan. There was also a large
number of “undecided” responses – 17%. A preference for desktop
was particularly high among faculty in Engineering, Sciences,
and Social Sciences. There was less interest among Fine Arts and
Humanities faculty.
|
Graduate
Students by Subject Division
|
|
(n / %)
|
Yes |
No |
Undecided |
Total |
|
Business |
2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
|
|
66.7 |
.0 |
33.3 |
100.0 |
|
Education |
15 |
0 |
5 |
20 |
|
|
75.0 |
.0 |
25.0 |
100.0 |
|
Engineering |
13 |
1 |
1 |
15 |
|
|
86.7 |
6.7 |
6.7 |
100.0 |
|
Fine Arts |
4 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
|
|
80.0 |
.0 |
20.0 |
100.0 |
|
Health Sciences |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
|
100.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
100.0 |
|
Humanities |
5 |
0 |
4 |
9 |
|
|
55.6 |
.0 |
44.4 |
100.0 |
|
Sciences |
9 |
1 |
2 |
12 |
|
|
75.0 |
8.3 |
16.7 |
100.0 |
|
Social Sciences |
18 |
0 |
2 |
20 |
|
|
90.0 |
.0 |
10.0 |
100.0 |
|
Total |
68 |
2 |
16 |
86 |
|
|
79.1 |
2.3 |
18.6 |
100.0 |
|
 |
|
A high percentage of graduate student respondents indicated they
would like desktop delivery of articles, conference proceedings,
etc. requested through Interlibrary Loan. Among the disciplines,
the percentages ranged from 56% of Humanities students to 100%
of Health Sciences students. While only 2% of students responded
“no” to the question, a relatively high number of student (19%)
were undecided.
|
Undergraduate Students by Subject Division
|
|
(n / %)
|
Yes |
No |
Undecided |
Total |
|
Business |
7 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
|
|
70.0 |
10.0 |
20.0 |
100.0 |
|
Education |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
50.0 |
.0 |
50.0 |
100.0 |
|
Engineering |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
|
50.0 |
50.0 |
.0 |
100.0 |
|
Fine Arts |
3 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
|
75.0 |
.0 |
25.0 |
100.0 |
|
Health Sciences |
2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
|
|
66.7 |
.0 |
33.3 |
100.0 |
|
Humanities |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
|
.0 |
.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
|
Sciences |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
|
|
40.0 |
20.0 |
40.0 |
100.0 |
|
Social Sciences |
8 |
1 |
6 |
15 |
|
|
53.3 |
6.7 |
40.0 |
100.0 |
|
Other |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
100.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
100.0 |
|
Total |
25 |
4 |
15 |
44 |
|
|
56.8 |
9.1 |
34.1 |
100.0 |
|
 |
|
A majority of undergraduate
respondents expressed a preference for desktop delivery of
materials requested through Interlibrary Loan. Few students
responded in the negative, but a good number – 34% -- were
undecided. The results appeared fairly consistent across
subject divisions, but the number of overall respondents was
low.
|
