SPRING 2004 GRAD/PROFESSIONAL STUDENT LIBRARY USE SURVEY   16 June 2004         

ALL RESPONSES IN PERCENT UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED

 

1A. Primary college/school          623 returns/1564 sample (39.8% nominal response rate)          

 

College/school

2004%

2004#

2001%

2001#

College/School

2004%

2004#

2001%

2001#

Architecture

2.2

14

  3.7

  21

Health Sciences

 

 

 

 

Arts & Sciences

 

 

 

 

  Dentistry

0.5

3

  1.8

  10

  Fine Arts

3.2

20

  2.1

  12

  Medicine

4.8

30

  9.6

  54

  Humanities

6.9

43

  7.1

  40

  Nursing

3.5

22

  4.1

  23

  Social Science

9.5

59

  9.9

  56

  Pharmacy

0.8

5

  2.3

  13

  Science

11.4

71

14.4

  81

  Public Health

6.9

43

  5.0

  28

Business

9.1

57

  4.4

  25

  Social Work

3.0

19

  4.1

  23

Education

6.4

46

  5.3

  30

  Other Health Sci

1.0

6

 

 

Engineering

13.2

82

  8.7

  49

Other Sci

0.3

2

 

  

Forest Resource

2.7

17

  3.0

  17

Interschool (hs&sci)

1.4

9

2.5

14

Ocean-Fisheries

2.7

17

  3.4

  19

Other Hum/Soc Sci

1.0

6

  0.7

    4

Library/Info

5.1

32

  4.3

  24

Other/none given

1.0

6

  0.2

    1

Public Affairs

2.2

14

  3.4

  19

Total Response

 

623

 

563

Does not include Law (4 responses)

 

1.B      Degree Program (2001 in parenthesis)

 

Doctoral

47.0

(44.6)

Professional

  1.0

(7.1)

Masters

47.0

 (46.5)

Other

  5.0

(1.7)

 

 

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

 

 

Very important

Not important

Mean

Source

 5   

4

3

2

1

2004

2001

UW Libraries

82.5

11.1

  3.9

  1.6

  1.0

4.73

4.79

World Wide Web

49.8

29.7

16.9

2.6

1.1

4.24

3.87

Departmental resources

22.8

25.4

31.6

14.3

5.9

3.45

3.49

Personal files

35.2

28.6

23.4

9.5

3.4

3.83

3.91

Faculty or other students

48.3

31.9

14.0

3.2

2.6

4.20

3.80

 

 

3.  During this academic year have you:

 

                                   

 

Yes

No

No reply

Taught as a teaching assistant

28.3

69.8

1.9

Taught as an instructor

9.3

86.8

3.9

Worked on federally funded research project

34.0

62.4

3.5

Used other external funding for research

28.1

67.7

4.2

Used the UW Libraries

94.9

4.2

1.0

 

4.  How often do you use UW Libraries services and collections?

 

Method

Weekly+

2001

Weekly

2001

Monthly

Quart

Less

No reply

Visit in person

23.9

27.2

28.3

32.3

28.4

12.5

5.6

1.3

Use campus computer

47.7

34.5

23.8

24.2

9.5

5.9

11.4

1.8

Use residence computer

43.7

28.4

25.4

26.6

14.1

5.8

9.1

1.9

Use for someone else

1.6

  1.1

2.2

  2.5

7.5

11.7

74.0

2.9

 

 

5.   How frequently do you visit the Libraries for these activities?

 

Activity

Weekly+

2001

Weekly

2001

Monthly

Quarterly

Less often

No reply

Look for a journal

15.4

14.9

16.9

26.3

29.5

20.4

15.6

2.2

Look for a book

14.6

12.1

17.5

21.0

30.5

22.0

13.6

1.8

Consult library staff

3.2