Study title

Use of Electronic Library Resources 2007: Finnish Public Libraries

Dataset ID Number

FSD2869

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2869

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Finnish National Electronic Library (FinELib)

Abstract

The survey studied user views on the electronic resources provided by Finnish public 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, what type of e-resources the respondents hoped the library would provide, and whether they would be willing to give up printed materials (books, dictionaries) if the electronic versions were provided by the library. Satisfaction with the e-resources available and main problems with using e-resources were also charted.

Other topics included information channels on e-resources, training needs relating to e-resources, printed books read in the previous 12 months, the most recent use of an e-resource, and the use of the Nelli information retrieval portal.

Background variables included the respondent's gender, age, education level, economic activity and occupational status, and sub-region.

Keywords

electronic resources; information retrieval; information/library resources; library services; online services; public libraries

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 public libraries

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Availability

A link to the survey was available on the websites of public libraries.

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

Five units of observation (respondents) that had mostly missing values have been removed from the data during the archiving. This is the reason for the small discrepancy between the frequency distributions of the archived data and the report published by the National Library of Finland. Additionally, there are significantly more missing values in the variable q2.3_1 of the archived data than in the distributions published by the National Library. The reason for this has not been determined. 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 Public Libraries [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-09-18). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2869

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 22.10.2013]

Related Publications

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