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How Academic Libraries Help Faculty Teach & Students Learn
Undergraduate Student & Faculty Perceptions of Libraries at Nine Colorado Colleges & Universities
Keith Curry LanceDon Dickenson
Library Research ServiceColorado State Library &
University of Denver
In This Report …• Numbers of respondents• Most popular services and resources• Distribution of at-library & remote usage• Most popular uses of library websites• Likelihood of finding needed items at own library• How library staff help students & faculty• Impact of diminishing library resources on
teaching faculty
Undergraduate Respondents by Institution
152256
322 350
120
437
1,353
108 124
0
400
800
1,200
1,600
AS
C
CS
M
CS
U
DU
FR
CC
PP
CC
UC
CS
UC
DH
S
WS
C
Institution
Nu
mb
er
of
res
po
nd
en
ts
Responding Teaching Faculty by Institution
20
33
51
78
17
78
46
25
34
0
25
50
75
100
AS
C
CS
M
CS
U
DU
FR
CC
PP
CC
UC
CS
UC
DH
S
WS
C
Institution
Nu
mb
er
of
Re
sp
on
de
nts
Most Popular Library Services or Resources Used by Undergraduates During Past 12 Months
41%
44%
70%
75%
76%
77%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Print reserves
Electronic journals
Meeting/study space
Print resources
E-databases/articleindexes
Computer access
Se
rvic
e o
r R
es
ou
rce
Percentage of respondents
Undergraduates Who Used Computer Access at Library During Past 12 Months by
Institution
73% 75%82%
60%65% 65%
87%
76%81%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%A
SC
CS
M
CS
U
DU
FR
CC
PP
CC
UC
CS
UC
DH
S
WS
C
Institution
Pe
rce
nta
ge
of
res
po
nd
en
ts
Undergraduates Who Used Electronic Databases/Article Indexes During Past 12 Months
by Institution
79%
60%
87% 87%
58%
69%76%
85% 87%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
AS
C
CS
M
CS
U
DU
FR
CC
PP
CC
UC
CS
UC
DH
S
WS
C
Institution
Pe
rce
nta
ge
of
res
po
nd
en
ts
Most Popular Library Services & Resources Used by Faculty During Past 12 Months
42%
43%
44%
44%
61%
62%
83%
87%
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
Reference service
Video materials
Print reserves
Computer access
E-journals
ILL/Prospector
E- databases/ article indexes
Print resources
Se
rvic
e o
r re
so
urc
e
Percentage of respondents
Faculty Who Used E-Resources During Past 12 Months by Institution
90%97% 96%
68%
56%
77%
95% 91% 91%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%A
SC
CS
M
CS
U
DU
FR
CC
PP
CC
UC
CS
UC
DH
S
WS
C
Institution
Per
cen
tag
e o
f re
spo
nd
ents
Faculty Who Used InterLibrary Loan/Prospector During Past 12 Months by Institution
85%76%
90%
57%
38% 35%
86%
9%
85%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%A
SC
CS
M
CS
U
DU
FR
CC
PP
CC
UC
CS
UC
DH
S
WS
C
Institution
Per
cen
tag
e o
f re
spo
nd
ents
Time Distribution of At-Library & Remote Use by Faculty
% of time spent at library
29%
% of time spent
accessing remotely
71%
Time Distribution of At-Library & Remote Use for Undergraduates by Institution
46
%
72
%
60
%
37
% 42
%
37
%
58
%
32
%
52
%
54
%
28
%
40
%
63
%
59
%
63
%
42
%
68
%
48
%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
AS
C
CS
M
CS
U
DU
FR
CC
PP
CC
UC
CS
UC
DH
S
WS
C
Institution
Pe
rce
nt
of
res
po
nd
en
ts
% of time spent accessing remotely% of time spent at library
Time Distribution of At-Library & Remote Use by Faculty by Institution
22
%
21
% 30
%
26
%
59
%
30
%
25
%
17
%
41
%
78
%
80
%
70
%
74
%
41
%
70
%
75
%
83
%
59
%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%A
SC
CS
M
CS
U
DU
FR
CC
PP
CC
UC
CS
UC
DH
S
WS
C
Institution
Pe
rce
nt
of
all
lib
rary
us
e t
ime
% of time spent accessing remotely% of time spent at library
Most Popular Uses of Library Website by Undergraduates
31%
39%
48%
67%
79%
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
Access e-reserves
Search other catalogs
Learn libraryhours, etc
Search databasesfor articles
Search homecatalog
Us
e o
f li
bra
ry w
eb
sit
e
Percentage of respondents
Undergraduates Who Use Library Website to Search for Journal Articles Using Online Databases
by Institution
59%
45%
78% 79%
48%54%
72%
88%
70%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%A
SC
CS
M
CS
U
DU
FR
CC
PP
CC
UC
CS
UC
DH
S
WS
C
Institution
Pe
rce
nta
ge
of
res
po
nd
en
ts
Most Popular Uses of Library Website by Faculty
32%
37%
41%
56%
63%
71%
84%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Correspond with library staff
Obtain accurate citations
Learn library hours, etc
Request ILL
Search other catalogs
Search databases for articles
Search home catalog
Percentage of Respondents
Faculty Who Use Library Website to Search Databases for Articles by Institution
75%85% 88%
53%
38%
56%
83%
96%
82%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%A
SC
CS
M
CS
U
DU
FR
CC
PP
CC
UC
CS
UC
DH
S
WS
C
Institution
Per
cen
tag
e o
f re
spo
nd
ents
Faculty Who Agree They Usually Find Needed Books at Their Library by Institution
55% 55%64%
82%73%
59% 62%
87%
65%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%A
SC
CS
M
CS
U
DU
FR
CC
PP
CC
UC
CS
UC
DH
S
WS
C
Institution
Ag
ree
/ s
tro
ng
ly a
gre
e
Faculty Who Agree They Usually Find Needed Print Periodicals at Their Library by
Institution
50%
26%
62%67%
53%48% 51%
57%
38%
0%
25%
50%
75%
AS
C
CS
M
CS
U
DU
FR
CC
PP
CC
UC
CS
UC
DH
S
WS
C
Institution
Ag
ree
/ st
ron
gly
ag
ree
Ways Library Staff Help Undergraduates
4%
6%
9%
10%
10%
13%
14%
45%
67%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
Organize/present research
Critically evaluate info
Explore outside interests
Cite sources appropriately
Choose/refine topic
Define/refine research questions
Identify needed info
Use e-resources
Find books, articles, websites
Wa
y l
ibra
ry s
taff
he
lpe
d
Percentage of respondents
Undergraduates Whom Library Staff Helped to Find Books, Journal Articles, and Web Resources
by Institution
88%
58%
75%70%
79%
69%59%
77%
87%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%A
SC
CS
M
CS
U
DU
FR
CC
PP
CC
UC
CS
UC
DH
S
WS
C
Institution
Per
cen
tag
e o
f re
spo
nd
ents
Undergraduates Whom Library Staff Helped Use E-Resources by Institution
48%
36%
47%
38%42%
46% 44%
70%
57%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%A
SC
CS
M
CS
U
DU
FR
CC
PP
CC
UC
CS
UC
DH
S
WS
C
Institution
Per
cen
tag
e o
f re
spo
nd
ents
Ways Library Supports Teaching Objectives of Faculty
7%
22%
24%
32%
46%
47%
53%
61%
0% 25% 50% 75%
Develop course webpages
Deliver home library materials
Provide students computer access
Deliver materials from other libraries
Provide BI/Info Lit to students
Provide students skills to refine work
Provide students course materials
Help students find info
Wa
ys
Lib
rary
Su
pp
ort
s T
ea
ch
ing
Percentage of respondents
Faculty Whose Teaching Is Supported by Library Assisting Students in Finding Information for
Assignments by Institution
75%67% 67%
47%
63%57%
71%
48%
77%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%A
SC
CS
M
CS
U
DU
FR
CC
PP
CC
UC
CS
UC
DH
S
WS
C
Institution
Per
cen
tag
e o
f re
spo
nd
ents
Faculty Whose Teaching Is Supported by Library Access to Course Materials for Students
by Institution
50%58%
63%
44% 44% 47%55%
48%
71%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
AS
C
CS
M
CS
U
DU
FR
CC
PP
CC
UC
CS
UC
DH
S
WS
C
Institution
Per
cen
tag
e o
f re
spo
nd
ents
Diminishing Library Resources Having Negative Impact on Faculty
7%
16%
28%
42%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
Fees for libraryservices
Reduction oflibrary hours
Purchase ofsuggestedmaterials
Cancellation ofjournals
Dim
inis
hin
g l
ibra
ry r
es
ou
rce
Percentage of respondents
Faculty Impacted Negatively by Cancellation of Journals by Institution
40%
67%75%
13%
33%
69%74%
35%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%A
SC
CS
M
CS
U
FR
CC
PP
CC
UC
CS
UC
DH
S
WS
C
Institution
Pe
rce
nta
ge
of
res
po
nd
en
ts
Hopefully, passage of Referendum C will reverse losses to academic libraries in recent years.
For more information …• Watch for a CLOSER LOOK report at
http://www.lrs.org/closer.asp• Watch for this and other downloadable PowerPoint
files that will accompany the report• Watch for a QUOTABLE FACTS brochure at
http://www.lrs.org/quotable.asp• See 2004 federal statistics on Colorado academic
libraries at http://www.lrs.org/aca_stats.asp• Use the new historical analysis tool (dynamic access
to 1994-2004 data) at http://www.lrs.org/interactive/index.asp
