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Out of date materials 41 13 29 41 0 25 13 3 6 6 19 4 1 5 0 0 18 23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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