Dimensions and use of the scholarly information environment.
Question 17: Table 591
Digital Library Federation.
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Table 591

Q17. What types of information content does your academic library offer that you
     find no longer necessary?  Why isn't this information content necessary?
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 - Faculty and graduate students 983 453 530 983 0** 460 364 159 175 171 299 161 45 117 15* 0* 610 373
Can't think of anything /
 Everything is useful 603 246 357 603 0 280 243 80 118 105 180 109 27 54 10 0 361 242
61.3 54.2 67.4 61.3 0 60.9 66.6 50.5 67.3 61.4 60.4 67.4 60.4 46 65.6 0 59.2 64.8
A G G M M M M M M
Print materials (magazines,
 journals etc.) 93 70 23 93 0 37 22 35 13 23 23 12 3 17 2 0 73 20
9.5 15.5 4.3 9.5 0 8 6 21.9 7.5 13.5 7.5 7.6 7.8 14.3 13.3 0 12 5.4
B EF Q
Out of date materials 41 13 29 41 0 25 13 3 6 6 19 4 1 5 0 0 18 23
4.2 2.8 5.4 4.2 0 5.5 3.7 1.8 3.5 3.5 6.3 2.8 2.6 4 1.1 0 3 6.2
P
Microfiche 25 12 13 25 0 10 8 6 4 1 13 4 1 1 0 0 13 12
2.5 2.6 2.5 2.5 0 2.2 2.3 3.9 2 0.6 4.4 2.8 3.2 0.8 2.2 0 2.1 3.2
I I
Card catalogues 19 5 14 19 0 10 6 2 4 1 8 4 0 1 0 0 14 5
1.9 1 2.6 1.9 0 2.3 1.7 1.2 2.5 0.6 2.5 2.8 0.6 0.8 0 0 2.2 1.4
All Others 64 37 27 64 0 28 24 13 9 14 17 6 4 13 2 0 45 19
6.5 8.2 5 6.5 0 6 6.5 7.9 5 8.2 5.7 3.5 9.1 11.1 10 0 7.3 5.1
K HK K
Don't Know/Refused 144 73 71 144 0 72 52 20 21 21 45 21 8 27 1 0 87 57
14.7 16.1 13.5 14.7 0 15.6 14.3 12.8 12.1 12.3 15.1 13.2 16.9 23 7.8 0 14.2 15.4
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