1 / 15

Patterns of Journal Use: What Are Our Users Telling Us?

Patterns of Journal Use: What Are Our Users Telling Us?. Carol Tenopir ctenopir@utk.edu. Caveats. There is no one “user”, only indicative user types of groups. User behavior is like evolution. We are talking about averages of groups or subsets—typical behaviors.

torgny
Download Presentation

Patterns of Journal Use: What Are Our Users Telling Us?

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Patterns of Journal Use:What Are Our Users Telling Us? Carol Tenopir ctenopir@utk.edu

  2. Caveats • There is no one “user”, only indicative user types of groups. • User behavior is like evolution. • We are talking about averages of groups or subsets—typical behaviors.

  3. AverageNumberofArticlesReadperScientist 216 ArticlesRead 188 172 150 Year

  4. Scholarly Article Reading

  5. Average Number of Personal Subscriptions to Scholarly Journals

  6. Source of Readings by Faculty: 2000-2003 Separate Copy Personal Subscription 18.7% 33% Library Collection 48.3% Drexel Pittsburgh Separate Copy 12% Separate Copy 21.9% Personal Subscription Personal Subscription Library Collection Library Collection 43.8% 45.7% 42.4% 34.4% Tennessee

  7. Library Readings by Faculty: 2000-2003

  8. Electronic Electronic Print 26.8% 45.0% 55.0% Print 41.1% 58.9% 73.2% All Scientists Non-Scientists Electronic Print ProportionofReadingsbyField

  9. ReadingsbyFacultybyAgeofArticle:2000-2003 10.2 15.2 17.7 22.3 72.1 62.5 12.9 Pitt UT 26 62.1 Drexel

  10. SourceUsedandAgeofArticleRead Separate 10.3% Separate 18.1% Library Library 33.5% Personal Personal 53.2% 28.8% 56.3% Separate 17.5% 1stYear 2-5 Years Personal 9.2% Library 73.3% Over 5Years

  11. Findings • Faculty adopt e-resources if they are convenient, relevant, and time-saving • There is no one right solution for every subject discipline

  12. MoreFindings • Print is still used at times in every discipline • Print is still most popular for books • 2/3 of readings are in 1st year of publication • Most e-journals users print out relevant articles

  13. Still MoreFindings • Browsing in core journals is important, especially for current awareness • Searching is important for new topics, research, and writing • E-journal readers read in more titles than print readers • Reading from library-provided materials is increasing

  14. Use and Users of Electronic Library Resources: An Overview and Analysis of Recent Research Studies. Tenopir, Carol www.clir.org/pub/reports/pub120/pub120.pdf

  15. Patterns of Journal Use by Faculty at Three Diverse Universities. King, Donald W.; Aerni, Sarah E.; Tenopir, Carol; and Montgomery, Carol H. http://www.dlib.org/dlib/october03/king/10king.html

More Related