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Impact of Online Electronic Resources on Scholarly Communication: Summary Report

This summary report evaluates the effect of electronic resources on different stakeholders in the scholarly communication process, including publishers, librarians, faculty, and students. The report presents findings from research projects, focus groups, and surveys conducted with librarians, faculty, and students. Changes in library staffing, responsibilities, and skills are discussed, along with changes in teaching, research, and learning for faculty and students. The report also highlights observations and conclusions regarding the changing role of libraries and the impact of electronic resources on work habits. Critical areas for further research are identified.

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Impact of Online Electronic Resources on Scholarly Communication: Summary Report

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  1. EPIC Online Publishing Use and Costs Evaluation Program:Summary Report

  2. Purpose of EPIC Evaluation Program • To investigate how online electronic resources affect different aspects of the scholarly communication process. • a) general perspective • b) through lens of EPIC projects

  3. How Does the Shift to Electronic Resources Affect the Following Groups? • Publishers • Information Technology • Librarians • Faculty • Students

  4. Research Projects • Librarian Focus Group • Faculty Interviews • Student Interviews • Librarian Online Survey (1007 respondents) • Faculty Online Survey (845 respondents) • Student Online Survey (1233 respondents) • http://www.epic.columbia.edu/eval/

  5. Librarians: Changes in Library Staffing, Responsibilities, and Skills

  6. Staffing • 64% of librarians report that additional staff have been added: • IT staff (48%) • Webmaster (38%) • Site licensing specialists (12%) • Data management librarian (7%)

  7. New Responsibilities • Instructing users in use of electronic resources (91%) • Reviewing/evaluating/ electronic resources for purchase (80%) • Recommend for purchase (78%) • Evaluate usage (50%) • Make retention decisions (50%) • Review license agreements (22%)

  8. New Job Skills • When asked to list out new skills needed, respondents mentioned: • Overall knowledge of computers and software • Web development/programming • Computer search skills • Database knowledge • Troubleshooting skills • Decision making skills for purchase of new electronic resources

  9. Faculty and Students:Changes in Teaching, Research, and Learning

  10. Teaching • 99.8% use electronic resources in some capacity for teaching • Enhanced lectures/course assignments: • Use of current events information (81%) • Use of real data for examples or assignments (85%) • Use of Internet during class to demonstrate with interactive graphics (Flash) or applets (70%)

  11. Teaching (cont’) • Supplementary teaching tools: • Use of online information as primary or secondary course material (92%) • Use of Learning Management Environments (35%) • Administrative aid: • Course website (61%)

  12. Research • 92% report electronic resources have affected the type of projects they work on • Affects types of projects worked on: • Increased access to colleagues from around the world within and outside their area of expertise (77%) • Increased access to information in own field (63%) • Increased access to data (59%) • Increased access to information outside area of expertise which allows work on interdisciplinary projects (44%)

  13. Research (cont’) • Affects productivity and audience reached: • Increases scholarly productivity (75%) • Research reaches a broader audience (59%) • Research gets out into the public eye sooner (48%)

  14. Learning • Benefits reaped: • Ability to do projects they couldn’t have done in the past (F: 85%, S: 73%) • Challenges faced: • Get overloaded with information (S: 57%) • Have difficulty judging the quality of information • (F: 93%, S: 51%) • Plagiarism (F: 87%, S: 48%)

  15. Learning (cont’) • Work habits: • Tend to go no further than electronic resources • (F: 91%, S: 55%) • Students don’t learn how to use physical library (F: 89%, S: 23%)

  16. Observations and Conclusions

  17. Change in Role of Library • Physical spaces other than the library are taking on important roles in research, teaching, and learning • Lack of organized instruction for remote users • Loss of library control over the quality of material that reaches users

  18. Change in Information that Reaches Users • Availability of information that users might otherwise not have • Increased use of non-library sponsored materials • Too much information • Not all information is good information (lack of quality control)

  19. Change In Faculty/StudentWork Habits • When, where, and what they use: • Work any time of day or night • Work from locations other than a campus facility • Often don’t go beyond electronic resources

  20. Critical Areas for Further Research • Library and publishing strategies that acknowledge faculty and student use of Google as the first stop for research. • Future role of libraries as physical and virtual spaces for research and learning • Need for new functionality in electronic resources to satisfy new user expectations.

  21. Christina NormanResearch DirectorThe Electronic Publishing Initiative at Columbia (EPIC)cn2005@columbia.educhristy_norman@hotmail.comhttp://www.epic.columbia.edu/eval

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