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Go8 Librarians
Study of Value Frameworks for Academic
Libraries
The Australian National University
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Group of Eight Librarians initiativeThe Group of Eight (Go8) is a coalition of leading Australian universities, intensive in research and comprehensive in general and professional education.
The Go8 Librarians network undertakes collaborative projects
• http://www.go8.edu.au/go8-members/go8-committees/go8-librarians
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Group of Eight Librarians initiative
Cost-benefit study to assess in both financial and qualitative terms the value library-provided information resources deliver to their research communities
• commissioned by Group of Eight (Go8) university librarians
• initiated by Vic Elliott
• conducted by Outsell, Inc.
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Methodology
Contingent valuation
• hypothetical scenarios
• willingness to pay
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Web survey• administered at
The Australian National UniversityThe University of AdelaideThe University of Queensland
Validation
• outcomes confirmed through focus groups atMonash UniversityThe University of MelbourneThe University of New South WalesThe University of Sydney
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DefinitionsResearch community• All university staff engaged in research
(whether or not also teaching) and all postgraduate pre- and post-doctoral research students as well as research assistants working on behalf of such researchers
Costs
• Costs incurred in providing information resources in both print and digital formats, for the research community
Information resources
• Content only, both print and digital, made available to researchers by their universities
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Response rate
1,175 valid responses (8.5%, with margin of error of ± 2.73%)
1,173 respondents completed all questions
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Demographics
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Demographics
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Use of information resources
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
B1: Use of print or physical information resources
Never
Sometimes
Frequently
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Use of information resources
0
200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
B2: Use of electronic information resources
Never
Sometimes
Frequently
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Time and money spent in using information resourcesC1: Time devoted to use of information
resources
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
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400
450
500
Lessthan 1hour
1-5hours
6-10hours
11-15hours
16-20hours
21-40hours
Over 40hours
Axi
s Ti
tle
a. Print
b. Electronic
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100150200250300350400450500
Lessthan 1hour
1-5hours
6-10hours
11-15hours
16-20hours
21-40hours
Over40
hours
a. Print
b. Electronic
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Time and money spent in using information resources
Time and money spend using information resources
0
100
200
300
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None 1-5 6-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 Over 50
Axi
s Ti
tle
a. Print
b. Electronic
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Time and money spent in using information resources
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Time and money spent in using information resources
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Present funding arrangements
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Present funding arrangements
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Qualitative questions about current services
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Qualitative questions about current services
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200
400
600
800
1000
1200
Journal arti
cles (a
cademic,
scholar
ly, te
chnica
l...
Abstracts
, inde
xes, a
nd bibliograp
hies
Overal
l rang
e of inform
ation r
esource
s Books
Conferen
ce proce
edings
Govern
ment pub
licati
ons
Tech
nical p
apers
Dataset
s (e.g
. num
eric d
ata, su
rveys,
etc.)
Audio-vi
sual
media
Stand
ards and sp
ecific
ation
s
Patents
Other
Not applicable
Often fails to meet my needs
Sometimes fails to meet my needs
Meets my needs adequately
Meets my needs well
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0200400600800
10001200
Journal arti
cles (a
cademic,
scholar
ly, te
chnica
..
Abstracts
, inde
xes, a
nd bibliograp
hies
Books
Overal
l rang
e of inform
ation r
esource
s
Conferen
ce proce
edings
Govern
ment pub
licati
ons
Dataset
s (e.g
. num
eric d
ata, su
rveys,
etc.)
Tech
nical p
apers
Audio-vi
sual
media
Stand
ards and sp
ecific
ation
s
Patents
Other
Ease of access
Not applicable
Often fails to meetmy needsSometimes fails tomeet my needsMeets my needsadequately Meets my needs well
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Qualitative questions about current services
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Different funding scenarios for information resources
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Different funding scenarios for information resources
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Different funding scenarios for information resources
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Different funding scenarios for information resources
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Different funding scenarios for information resources
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Additional analyses
Analysis by university
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Additional analyses
Analysis by broad subject discipline
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0
5
10
15
20
25
Overal
l
Arts & Human
ities
Socia
l scienc
es
Life Sc
iences
Physica
l Scie
nces
Subject analysis: hours of use
Hours per week using electronicinformation resources
Hours per week using printedinformation resources
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5
10
15
20
Overal
l
Arts & Human
ities
Socia
l scienc
es
Life Sc
iences
Physica
l Scie
nces
Subject analysis: items used
Electronic itemsdownloaded or printed
Printed items borrowed,copied or consulted
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Additional analyses
Analysis by type of respondent
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Summary of main findings
Qualitative
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Summary of main findings
Financial
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Some conclusions
Libraries
• Provide a significant return on investment to university researchers
• The electronic environment provides an even more critical role of libraries
• This will change regularly and our value needs regular reassessment
• We need to review our services in light of the findings of then study.
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Thank you
Vic Elliott
8 April 2010
