Study title

Use of Electronic Library Resources 2007: Finnish Universities

Dataset ID Number

FSD2868

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2868
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2868

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Finnish National Electronic Library (FinELib)

Abstract

The survey studied user views on the electronic resources provided by Finnish university libraries. Electronic resources were taken to include, for instance, electronic publications, e-books, online dictionaries and reference databases.

The respondents were first asked about the amount and frequency of use, types of e-resources used, perceived availability of e-resources in own field of study or research, what type of e-resources the respondents hoped the university would provide, and whether they would be willing to give up printed materials (books, journals, dictionaries) if the electronic versions were provided by the library. Satisfaction with the e-resources available, what kind of impact their use had had on the respondent's studies or work and main problems with using e-resources were also charted.

Other topics included user support and advice, information channels on e-resources, most recent use of a scientific article, and the use of the Nelli information retrieval portal. The respondents who carry out research were asked about their scientific discipline, doctoral thesis, number of years of teaching, whether they did research alone or in a group, and to what extent different publication formats (e.g. scholarly monographs, peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals, handbooks) were valued in their field. The extent of using interdisciplinary publications and publications from own discipline was explored. Some questions covered the researchers' own publications.

Background variables included the respondent's university, gender, age, student or staff group, and field of study or research.

Keywords

educational libraries; electronic resources; higher education institutions; information retrieval; information/library resources; library services; online services; research

Topic Classification

• Natural sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Information society (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Use of Electronic Library Resources

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

Data Collector

• Finnish National Electronic Library

Time Period Covered

2007

Collection Dates

2007-04-01 – 2007-04-30

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Users of Finnish university libraries

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Availability

University libraries provided a link to the survey on their online service website.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

Downloaded data package may contain different language versions of the same files.

The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: Finnish.

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Data Version

2.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

For reasons of privacy, all open-ended variables were removed from the data.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

Citation Requirement

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Bibliographical Citation

Finnish National Electronic Library (FinELib): Use of Electronic Library Resources 2007: Finnish Universities [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-09-19). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2868

Deposit Requirement

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Disclaimer

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Related Materials

Käyttäjäkysely 2007. Helsinki: Kansallinen elektroninen kirjasto (FinELib). Saatavissa: http://www.kansalliskirjasto.fi/kirjastoala/finelib/vaikuttavuus/kayttajakyselyt/kayttajakysely2007.html [viitattu 28.10.2013]

Related Publications

Käyttäjäkysely 2007. Helsinki: Kansallinen elektroninen kirjasto (FinELib). Saatavissa: http://www.kansalliskirjasto.fi/kirjastoala/finelib/vaikuttavuus/kayttajakyselyt/kayttajakysely2007.html [viitattu 14.10.2013]