SPRING 2002 UNDERGRAD STUDENT LIBRARY USE SURVEY REVISED 15 July 2002

ALL RESPONSES IN PERCENT (%) UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED

1998 Results in parenthesis

 

1A. Primary college/school

 

College/school

2002%

2002#

1998%

1998#

College/School

2002%

2002#

1998%

1998#

Architecture

  1.8

  9

  2.8

  22

Health Sciences

  3.1

 15

  3.4

  27

Arts & Sciences

54.5

271

47.3

372

  Dentistry

 

 

 

 

  Fine Arts

  4.8

24

  6.6

  52

  Medicine

  0.8

  4

  2.3

  18

  Humanities

  7.8

39

  6.2

  49

  Nursing

  0.8

  4

  0.8

    6

  Social Science

22.6

112

15.5

122

  Pharmacy

  0.2

  1

 

 

  Science

19.3

 96

18.4

145

  Public Health  

  0.4 

  2

  0.1

    1

  Other A&S

 

 

  0.5

    4

  Social Work

  0.8

  4

  0.5

    4

Business

  8.7

 43

  8.0

  63

Other

  1.2

  6

  0.5

    4

Engineering

  6.6

 33

10.0

  79

No major

23.8

117

25.5

201

Forestry

  0.4

   2

  1.7

  13

 

 

 

 

 

Ocean-Fisheries

  0.2

   1

  0.8

    6

Total Response

100.0

497

100.0

787

 

1B. Class (Spring 2002 enrollment percentages in parenthesis)

 

Frosh

14.5

(16.7)

Sophomore

12.1

(19.0)

Junior

29.8

(26.2)

Senior

35.8

(35.4)

Fifth Year

  7.2

  (1.6)

Other

  0.6

  (1.0)

 

1C. Gender (%) (Spring 2002 enrollment percentages in parenthesis)

    

Female

64.6

(51.3)

Male

 34.8

(48.7)

Did not state

0.6

 

2.       How important are the following sources for your work?  

 

Very Important                         Not Important

Source

 5   

4

3

2

1

No reply

MEAN

UW Libraries

49.7 (44.0)

29.2 (29.7)

14.3 (17.8)

  5.2 (5.8)

  1.4 (2.4)

  0.2 (0.3)

4.20 (4.06)

Other libraries

  8.2 (8.9)

13.9 (14.9)

21.1 (25.9)

26.8 (27.1)

29.6 (21.0)

  0.4 (2.3)

2.44 (2.59)

World Wide Web

34.8 (41.2)

33.0 (31.8)

18.3 (15.8)

  8.9 (6.7)

  4.2 (3.7)

  0.8 (0.7)

3.84 (3.98)

Depart. resources

24.3 (28.1)

28.8 (30.7)

27.2 (24.8)

12.7 (10.9)

  5.8 (3.9)

  1.2 (1.5)

3.51 (3.65)

Personal files

21.5 (21.5)

24.7 (27.1)

28.0 (29.2)

19.1 (15.0)

  6.4 (6.2)

  0.2 (1.0)

3.35 (3.41)

Faculty/students

31.2 (28.6)

32.0 (27.8)

20.1 (22.9)

  7.4 (8.0)

  2.8 (3.0)

  6.4 (9.7)

3.68 (3.52)

 

 

3.  Have you used the UW Libraries services or collections during this academic year?

 

                                                Yes      97.2% (96.0%)            No  2.8% (4.0%)

 

 

4.  How do you use UW Libraries services and collections?  Mark frequency for each type of use.

 

Method

Weekly+

Weekly

Monthly

Quarterly

Less often

No answer

Visit in person

32.8 (38.8)

27.6 (31.5)

21.7 (16.3)

12.1  (8.4)

  4.4 (2.9)

  1.4 (2.2)

Use campus computer

18.1 (13.0)

17.9 (21.1)

29.2 (31.0)

20.1 (17.7)

13.3 (14.6)

  1.4 (2.7)

Use residence computer

18.7 (8.8)

21.3 (12.1)

26.6 (18.6)

18.3 (16.5)

13.5 (40.5)

  1.6 (3.6)

Use email/Web to communicate with library

16.9 (14.0)

  9.1 (9.9)

14.7 (12.6)

19.9 (17.0)