Study title

National User Survey of Finnish Public Libraries 2013

Dataset ID Number

FSD2873

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2873

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• National Library of Finland. National Library Network Services

Abstract

The survey investigated user perceptions of public libraries in Finland. Main themes included types of library use, library collections, electronic library resources and other services provided, as well as the perceived impact of the services.

First, the respondents were asked how often they visited the library they were evaluating, what they normally did when visiting the library, which library services and electronic resources they used, and whether they followed the library on social media. Views were probed on the library as a service environment (e.g. location, opening hours, premises, computers provided). Library collections, electronic library services and customer services were evaluated. The respondents were asked how well the library had succeeded as a whole in providing services and in what way the library's services had benefited them.

Background variables included the library evaluated, the respondent's gender, age group, highest education and economic activity.

Keywords

information retrieval; information/library resources; library facilities; library services; public libraries

Topic Classification

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

Series

National User Surveys of Finnish Libraries

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• National Library of Finland. National Library Network Services

Time Period Covered

2013

Collection Dates

2013-03-04 – 2013-04-07

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Users of Finnish public libraries

Time Method

Longitudinal: Cohort/Event-based

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Availability

Libraries published the link to the online survey on their web pages and were responsible for informing library users of the survey.

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

To prevent identification of respondents, all open-ended variables were removed from the data during archiving.

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

National Library of Finland: National User Survey of Finnish Public Libraries 2013 [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-08-10). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2873

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

Kirjastojen käyttäjäkysely 2013. Saatavissa: http://www.kansalliskirjasto.fi/kirjastoala/koordinointi/kayttajakysely2013.html [viitattu 30.1.2014].

Related Publications

Kirjastojen käyttäjäkysely 2013. Saatavissa: http://www.kansalliskirjasto.fi/kirjastoala/koordinointi/kayttajakysely2013.html [viitattu 10.2.2014].