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ProQuest 2014 Library Users Survey in China

ProQuest 2014 Library Users Survey in China. Leadership Institute May 18, 2014 – Shanghai, China Alcome Chu Head of Greater China. Research Methodology. Thank you – CALIS and all the participants Quantitative electronic survey Number of institutions: 318 Number of Respondents: 2,049

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ProQuest 2014 Library Users Survey in China

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  1. ProQuest 2014 Library Users Survey in China Leadership Institute May 18, 2014 – Shanghai, China Alcome Chu Head of Greater China

  2. Research Methodology • Thank you – CALIS and all the participants • Quantitative electronic survey • Number of institutions: 318 • Number of Respondents: 2,049 • Survey Period: Mid April, 2014

  3. Demographic Breakdown

  4. Research Areas Information Required Faculty vs Student Obtain Information Media Print Vs Digital

  5. Categories of Information Most Frequently Desired:

  6. Research Areas Information Required Faculty vs Student Obtain Information Media Print Vs Digital

  7. Major Considerations in Obtaining Information:

  8. Research Areas Information Required Faculty vs Student Obtain Information Media Print Vs Digital

  9. Major Obstacles in Obtaining Information:

  10. Major Obstacles in Obtaining Information:“Full text is not available”

  11. Major Obstacles in Obtaining Information:“Insufficient training on how to search for information”

  12. Major Obstacles in Obtaining Information:“Hard to know what is available in library”

  13. Major channels to obtain information: • Resources purchased by my library • Free digital resources online • InterLibrary Loan System / Document Delivery Service • Online bookstore • Physical bookstore

  14. The resources provided by my library meet my demand for study and research.

  15. Research Areas Information Required Faculty vs Student Obtain Information Media Print Vs Digital

  16. Benefits of using ebooks:

  17. Disadvantages of using ebooks:

  18. Disadvantages of using ebooks:“Less convenient to use”

  19. For books: vs

  20. For Journals: vs

  21. For Journals:“Digital content should be available at a lower cost than print.”

  22. For Journals:“I prefer to use digital materials over print, where available.”

  23. When Purchasing Printed Materials:

  24. Research Areas Information Required Faculty vs Student Obtain Information Media Print Vs Digital

  25. Hardware for Obtaining Information: 94.69% 53.93% 27.27% 51.25%

  26. Operating System for Obtaining Digital Materials: Android Apple IOS Android is more popular than Apple IOS Microsoft

  27. Categories of Apps to download in the next six months:

  28. Research Areas Information Required Faculty vs Student Obtain Information Media Print Vs Digital

  29. Dissertations from top universities worldwide. Foreign language resources, especially advanced research materials Common Comments … Verbatim Master student, Xi’an Faculty, Wuhan Develop better online platforms for library catalog search Provide more training on searching and using library resources. Librarian , Beijing Undergraduate, Harbin

  30. Takeaway • Digital resource is more appreciated than print resources for being more portable, accessible and searchable. • This is especially appealing for faculties compared to students. • Our respondents are expecting more for the resources provided by their library: • More training on how to search • - More digital resources

  31. How We Do It

  32. WhyChooseProQuest? • ProQuest Aggregation: • The ultimate and most diverse research collections • Keystone scholarly journals in full text • Breadth of content types that researchers need – including data, e-books, dissertations, news, video, market reports, trade publications and more • Full coverage -  from the deepest backfiles to the latest working papers • All subjects covered for increasingly interdisciplinary research • Researcher tools including scholar profiles and citation management • Focused abstract and index database – to avoid any missed or late finds

  33. WhyChooseProQuest? • ebrary and EBL: • ebook pioneers providing the largest selection under the most flexible models and workflow • 500K+scholarlytitlesinallsubjects • 400K+eligibleforDDA • 600+publishers • Subscription,Demand-drivenAcquisition,PerpetualArchive,Consortiamodels • Unlimiteduser,three-user,singleuser,Non-Linear™ Lending,ExtendedAccess™ • Onlineandofflineaccesswithdedicatedapps • Integrationwithyour vendors • Detailedusagestatistics • Titles Matching Fast (TMF)

  34. WhyChooseProQuest? • ProQuest Dissertations & Theses: • Partnering with universitiesto preserve, aggregate and distribute scholarly content since 1939 • 250Mdigitalpagessupportingover200Msearchesperyear • Easydiscoveryincentral repository • DatabaseincludesallIvyLeagueinstitutions • Official offsite repositoryfortheU.S.LibraryofCongress • NewPQDTGlobalincludestheUK’sRussellGroup • Abilitytodisseminategradworksto3000institutionsworldwide • Metricsdefinegraduateoutputandimpactonfaculty research

  35. WhyChooseProQuest? • ProQuestSummonService: • Pioneer ofmodern discovery in libraries • Startingpointforuserstosearchtheentirelibrary • Trustedby700+librariesin40+countries • Basedonaunifiedindexofover1B records • Relevancerankingalgorithmsappliedequallyacrossindex–nobias • Powerfulnavigationand contextualguidancefeatures • CustomizableinterfaceandfullfeaturedAPI • BestBetanddatabase recommendations • Indexedsubjectguidesandintegratedchat • Google-likesearchboxmakesdiscoveryeasy • Guidesusersthroughthe researchprocess

  36. WhyChooseProQuest? • ProQuest News Collection: • The definitive collection of news from around the globe -- from 1764 to today • 3,000+printandweb resourcesaggregatedeveryday • Unique access to major titles • ProQuestHistoricalNewspapers: • TheNewYorkTimes,TheWallStreetJournal,TheGuardian, • LosAngelesTimes,JerusalemPost,ChicagoTribune,ChristianScience Monitor,TheGlobeandMail,andTheTimesofIndia • Specialty collections: • ChineseandBlackhistoricalnewspapersandAmericanJewishNewspapers • NEW • SCMP

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