surveying the arts perspective on electronic resources jessica evans brady visual & performing...
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Surveying the Arts Perspective on Electronic Resources
Jessica Evans BradyVisual & Performing Arts Librarian
Florida State University
Why?
• Challenges– Budget constraints, or how to make the most out
of limited resources?– Limited physical space available for new books
• Opportunities– Advantages of new technology– Cost saving through consortial purchasing – Communication and collaboration
Methodology
• Survey– Emailed to all 200 faculty– Completed by 101 faculty – Conducted in Fall 2010
• Interviews – Selected, in-depth interviews– 15 completed to date– Conducted throughout Spring & Summer 2011
English; 23; 20%
Modern Lan-guages; 21; 19%
HOTT; 1; 1%
Philosophy; 7; 6%
Art History; 10; 9%
Religion; 13; 12%
Interdisciplinary Human-ities; 2; 2%
History; 18; 16%
History and Philosophy of Science; 2; 2%
Anthropology; 3; 3%Classics; 12; 11%
Other; 1; 1%
Breakdown of Survey Participants By Department
Electronic
A copy of each
It depends
5 15 25 35 45 55Print Electronic A copy of each It depends
All Responses 16 19 17 49
Art History 3 0 0 7
In acquiring new materials for my area of research, I prefer the library to collect:
“You can’t do art history without the image!”
“In Art History the image is primary. The images in electronic resources are generally good but do not print well. Often a periodical will not include all images…”
“Print materials in art history are far more sophisticated at this point than any electronic versions. This is primarily due to copyright restrictions (image reproduction is prohibitively expensive and often prohibited electronically).”
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The aspects that I like best about electronic resources are:
All ResponsesArt History
Browsab
ility
Portabilit
y
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mfortable
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than
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Can be p
hotocopied
Easie
r for n
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ingOther
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The aspects I like best about print materials are:
All ResponsesArt History
Selected References• Levine-Clark, Michael. "Electronic books and the
humanities: a survey at the University of Denver."Collection Building 26, no. 1 (February 2007): 7-14.
• Robinson, Adam. "University of Kansas Print and Electronic Journal Comparison Study." Art Documentation 29, no. 1 (Spring 2010): 37-40.
• Whalen, Maureen. "What's Wrong With This Picture? An Examination of Art Historians' Attitudes About Electronic Publishing Opportunities and the Consequences of Their Continuing Love Affair with Print." Art Documentation 28, no. 2 (Fall 2009): 13-22.
Many thanks to my collaborators!
Print vs. Electronic Collection Development for FSU Libraries (Humanities Faculty Study)Jane Marie Pinzino, Humanities LibrarianSarah Buck Kachaluba, Humanities LibrarianJessica Evans Brady, Visual & Performing Arts LibrarianJessica Critten, Graduate Assistant
The Future of the Book: Arts Perspective SurveyJessica Evans Brady, Visual & Performing Arts LibrarianRachel Besara, Assessment Librarian
Questions? Contact me: [email protected]