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Dimensions and use of the scholarly information environment.
Question 13: Tables 549-580
Digital Library Federation.
Copyright, 2002, Council on Library and Information Resources.

Table 549
Q13a_1. Would you say Medium (print, electronic, etc.) is extremely important, very important, somewhat important, not very important or
        not at all important to you?
Base Faculty Member Graduate Student Faculty / Graduate Student Under Graduate Student Public Private Liberal Arts Biological Sciences Physical Sciences Social Sciences Arts and Humanities Engineering Business Law Undecided Major Male Female
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q
Base - Total Responding 1391 426 427 853 537 546 375 469 190 242 404 251 55 191 15* 43* 791 600
Top 2 Box 761 227 252 479 283 321 211 228 115 116 229 138 28 109 9 18 422 339
54.7 53.2 58.9 56.1 52.6 58.9 56.4 48.6 60.6 47.9 56.7 54.9 50.3 57.1 56.8 41.9 53.3 56.6
G G IL
  Extremely Important 197 42 76 118 79 80 68 49 33 20 60 44 7 27 4 3 111 86
14.2 9.9 17.8 13.9 14.7 14.7 18.1 10.5 17.1 8.3 14.9 17.4 13.2 14.1 23.9 7 14.1 14.3
A A G I I I I IJLM
  Very Important 564 184 176 360 204 241 144 179 83 96 169 94 20 82 5 15 311 253
40.6 43.3 41.1 42.2 38 44.2 38.3 38.1 43.5 39.7 41.9 37.5 37 42.9 33 34.9 39.3 42.3
Somewhat Important 420 125 113 238 182 147 109 164 58 77 105 83 18 56 4 19 243 177
30.2 29.2 26.5 27.9 33.9 26.9 29.1 34.9 30.6 31.8 26 33 33.3 29.3 26.1 44.2 30.8 29.5
BC E
Bottom 2 Box 181 58 58 115 65 65 45 70 12 42 60 27 8 23 2 6 108 72
13 13.6 13.5 13.5 12.1 11.9 12.1 14.9 6.5 17.4 14.9 10.7 14.8 12.2 12.5 14 13.7 12.1
HK H H H
  Not Very Important 142 46 44 90 52 49 39 54 8 33 47 22 7 18 2 6 83 59
10.2 10.7 10.4 10.5 9.7 9 10.5 11.4 4.2 13.6 11.6 8.9 12.2 9.3 10.2 14 10.5 9.9
H H H H H H
  Not at all Important 38 12 13 26 13 16 6 17 4 9 13 4 1 6 0 0 25 13
2.8 2.9 3.1 3 2.4 2.9 1.6 3.5 2.3 3.7 3.3 1.8 2.6 2.9 2.3 0 3.2 2.2
DK/Refused 29 17 4 22 7 12 9 7 4 7 9 3 1 3 1 0 17 11
2 4 1 2.5 1.3 2.3 2.4 1.5 2.3 2.9 2.3 1.3 1.6 1.5 4.5 0 2.2 1.9
BD K
Mean 3.54 3.49 3.61 3.55 3.53 3.6 3.62 3.41 3.71 3.36 3.55 3.61 3.47 3.57 3.69 3.35 3.52 3.58
G G IL I I I I

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