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Center for Information and Communication Studies
Value and Outcomes of Scholarly Library Resources
Carol TenopirUniversity of Tennessee
ctenopir@utk.edu
UKSGMarch 2012
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2 Value Studies
Lib-Value Scholarly Reading and Value of Library Resources
Aim: Develop models for assessing value and ROI for academic libraries.
Aim: examine the value UK academics place on having
access to scholarly materials.
End Result: An international perspective on the role and value
libraries and their resources bring to individuals and institutions.
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Today:
1. Goals of the UK/JISC project
2. A bit about methodology
3. Key findings
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“Articulate more clearly the return on investment from academic libraries’ provision of journals [and books and other scholarly materials] to support the core teaching and research activities in UK universities
...and to assess the ‘value added’ that academic libraries bring...”
U.K. Project Goals…
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Three Types of Questions:
1. Demographic
2. Recollection
3. Critical Incident
Therefore, insights into
both READERS and READINGS
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Reading and Scholarship Surveys (Tenopir & King, 1977-present)
Measure purpose, outcome, and value from scholarly reading by focusing on critical incident of last reading
Include all reading (from library and not) Exchange (time spent) and use value (outcomes) Open ended questions provide another dimension Method can be used for other services
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The following questions in this section refer to the SCHOLARLY ARTICLE YOU READ MOST RECENTLY, even if you had read it previously. Note that this last reading may not be typical, but will help us establish the range of patterns in reading.
Critical Incident of Last Reading
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The following questions in this section refer to the BOOK FROM WHICH YOU READ MOST RECENTLY, even if you had read it previously. Note that this last reading may not be typical, but will help us establish the range of patterns in reading.
Critical Incident of Last Reading
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The following questions in this section refer to the OTHER PUBLICATION YOU READ MOST RECENTLY, even if you had read it previously. Note that this last reading may not be typical, but will help us establish the range of patterns in reading.
Critical Incident of Last Reading
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Advantages:•Outcomes and Values•Comparisons•A Mix of Data•Personal View
Disadvantages:•Response Rate•Self Reported Measures
There Is No Perfect Measure
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1. Scholarly reading is essential to academic work.
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Academics read a lot of material
Other Publication
Book
Article
0 5 10 15 20 25
10
7
22
# of Readings per Month
n=2117, 6 UK institutions, June 2011
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Research & writing is the most likely principal purpose of reading
n=2117, 6 UK universities, June 2011
Article Readings Book Readings Other Publication Readings
74%
58%45%
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n=2117, 6 UK institutions, June 2011
And academics spend a lot of time per reading
•49 minutes per article reading
•1 hour and 46 minutes per book reading
•42 minutes per other publication reading
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Time Spent (Exchange Value) Reading
•Article• 49 min/article X 22 read per month X 12 months =
216 hours
•Book• 106 min/book X 7 per month X 12 months=
148 hours
•Other Publication• 42 min/publication X 10 per month X 12 months=
84 hours
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2. The library plays an important role in academic
work and success.
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The library is the source of scholarly articles
Article Reading Book Reading Other Publication Reading
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
67
27
15% li
brar
y-pr
ovid
ed
n=2117, 6 UK universities, June 2011
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Library e-collections are primary source of article readings
Elec-tronic94%
Print6%
n=775, 6 UK universities, June 2011
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Office, Lab62%
Home26%
Travelling10% Library
2%
n=764, 6 UK universities, June 2011
The e-collections save the readers’ time
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The library book collection supports younger academics
Under 30
31 ~ 50
Over 50
40
26
24
%
libra
ry-p
rovi
ded
n=2117, 6 UK universities, June 2011
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Year of publication of library articles
Pe
rce
nt
of A
rtic
le R
ea
din
gs
Before 1996
1996-2000 2001-2005 2006-2009 2010-20110
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
Personal Subscrip-tion
Library Subscription
Other
n=1131 6 UK universities, June 2011
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Year of publication of library-provided articles
> 15 yrs13%
15 ~ 11 yrs7%
10 ~ 6 yrs14%
5 ~ 2 yrs21%
< 2 yrs45%
n=1131 6 UK universities, June 2011
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Library-provided articles are considered more important
Absol
utel
y Ess
entia
l
Very
Impo
rtant
Impo
rtant
Somew
hat I
mpo
rtant
Not A
t All I
mpo
rtant
05
101520253035404550
14
27 2831
0
11
22
32 33
2
Library-Provided
Other Source
n=2117, 6 UK universities, June 2011
Per
cen
t
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Academics praise the library for its long-term outcomes
Electronic access to the university library system from off-site is crucial for swift access to articles to support my teaching and research activities.
Library resources have been essential to my work for the past 20 years.
The journal collection at my institution is excellent and scholarship is all the richer for the contribution for easy access to journals and print publications.
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Time Spent (Exchange Value) Reading Library
•Article• 216 hours reading X 67% from library= 144 hours a
year per academic staff member from the library
•Book• 148 hours reading X 27% from library= 40 hours a year
per academic staff member
•Other Publication• 84 hours reading X 15% from library= 13 hours a year
per academic staff member
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In other words, they spend 23 eight-hour work days reading library materials.
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3. Successful academics read more.
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Award-Winning Academics Read More
Did not receive an award
Received an award0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
23
30
799
14Article ReadingsBook ReadingsOther Publication Read-ings
Per
Mon
th
n=2117, 6 UK universities, June 2011
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Prolific Academics Read More
0 ~ 2 3 ~ 10 11+0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
2023
30
69
7810
12
Article ReadingsBook ReadingsOther Publication Read-ingsP
er M
onth
n=2117, 6 UK universities, June 2011
# of publications in last 2 yrs.
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Library-provided articles support prolific academics
0 ~ 2 3 ~ 10 11+0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
62
71 72
4 4 6
34
25 22
Library ProvidedPersonal SourceOtherP
erce
nt
# of publications in last 2 yrs.n=900, 6 UK universities, June 2011
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•Has won an award in the last two years.
•Publishes four or more items per year.
•Reads more of every type of material.
•Spends more time per book and other publication readings.
•Uses the library for articles
•More often buys books and obtains other publications from the Internet.
•Occasionally participates and creates social media content.
What a ‘successful’ academic looks like:
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Return on investment in a strict sense…
…is a quantitative measure expressed as a ratio of the value returned to the institution for each
monetary unit invested in the library.
For every $/€/£ spent on the library,the university received ‘X’ $/€/£ in return.
Demonstrate that library collections contribute to income-generating activities
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Return on Investment is also…
…values of all types that come to stakeholders and the institution from the library’s collections, services, and
contribution to its communities.
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Value is demonstrated by time invested in reading, by purpose of reading, by value to purpose, by outcomes of reading, and by
how library services contribute to the income and mission of the
institution
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Thank You
For more information: http://libvalue.cci.utk.edu/JISC
Carol Tenopir, ctenopir@utk.edu
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