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Access to scholarly content:gaps and barriers to access (key
findings)
CIBER for RIN, JISC and PRCUKSG ConferenceHarrogate, 6 April 2011
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Survey background
• Aim and objectives
• To quantify access gaps and barriers for different communities
• To provide an evidenced assessment of the significance of those gaps and barriers
• Survey overview
• 2,645 UK completions (12% response rate)
• Findings reported by broad sector:
• Universities and colleges (47%)
• Medical schools and health providers (12%)
• Industry and commerce (31%)
• Research institutes (10%)
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The big pictureUniversities and collegesSurvey breakdown
People entering survey 1,000
Journal articles are important for 986
Of these 68 are dissatisfied(6.8% of the original population)
Of these 51 report a recent access problem(5.1% of the original population)
… for 23 of whom was not resolved(2.3% of the original population)
Conference papers are important for 771
Of these 325 are dissatisfied(32.5% of the original population)
Of these 219 report a recent access problem(21.9% of the original population)
… for 171 of whom was not resolved(17.1% of the original population)
Any response to Q1 greater than 4,where 1=`Not at all important’ and 7=`Extremely important’
Responses to Q3 that indicate access is `fairly’ or `very difficult’
Critical incident response to Q13/Q24 indicates that the respondent has difficulty accessing full text recently
Critical incident response to Q19/Q30 indicates that the respondent failed eventually to get hold of the article
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The survey big pictureIndustry and commerceSurvey breakdown
People entering survey 1,000
Journal articles are important for 787
Of these 234 are dissatisfied(23.4% of the original population)
Of these 123 report a recent access problem(12.3% of the original population)
… for 92 of whom was not resolved(9.2% of the original population)
Conference papers are important for 600
Of these 328 are dissatisfied(32.8% of the original population)
Of these 197 report a recent access problem(19.7% of the original population)
… for 144 of whom was not resolved(14.4% of the original population)
Any response to Q1 greater than 4,where 1=`Not at all important’ and 7=`Extremely important’
Responses to Q3 that indicate access is `fairly’ or `very difficult’
Critical incident response to Q13/Q24 indicates that the respondent has difficulty accessing full text recently
Critical incident response to Q19/Q30 indicates that the respondent failed eventually to get hold of the article
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Conference papers n=2,522Journal articles n=2,473
Current level of accessHow would you describe your current level of access (in print and online)?Percentages within sector
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Conference papers n=2,019
NoteOnly respondents who rated journal articles as of some importance are included.
Journal articles n=2,242
Perceptions of changeHow does your current level of access compare with five years ago?Percentages within sector
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Importance versus ease of accessUniversities and colleges
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Importance versus ease of accessUniversities and colleges
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Importance versus ease of accessIndustry and commerce
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Importance versus ease of accessIndustry and commerce
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Areas in need of improvementYou said you want to improve access to journal articles. Why?Percentages within sector
About this graphic
This is a content analysis by CIBER of the respondents’ free text responses to the question.
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Coping mechanisms when journal access is a problemUniversities and collegesPercentages of respondents
How to read this graphic
Respondents were presented with a list of coping mechanisms and could choose as many as applied.
Each ray of the spider diagram shows the percentage of respondents who adopted a particular coping mechanism.
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Coping mechanisms when journal access is a problemUniversities and collegesPercentages of respondents
How to read this graphic
Respondents were presented with a list of coping mechanisms and could choose as many as applied.
Each ray of the spider diagram shows the percentage of respondents who adopted a particular coping mechanism.
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Coping mechanisms when journal access is a problemIndustry and commerce
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Coping mechanisms when journal access is a problemIndustry and commerce
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The respondents’ own recommendationsWhat would you do to improve the accessibility of journal articles and conference papers?Percentages within sector
About this graphic
This is a content analysis by CIBER of the respondents’ free text responses to the question.
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The respondents’ own recommendationsWhat would you do to improve the accessibility of journal articles and conference papers?Percentages within sector
About this graphic
This is a content analysis by CIBER of the respondents’ free text responses to the question.