Study title

Use of Electronic Library Resources 2002: Finnish Universities

Dataset ID Number

FSD2880

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2880

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 the extent of using e-resources and printed material in general and whether they would have been willing to give up printed materials (books, journals, dictionaries) if electronic versions had been provided by the library. The next set of questions charted whether the respondents had used FinELib services, their reasons for not having used the resources and the source from which they had heard about the services. The respondents were asked how often they used FinELib resources, where they mainly accessed them, for which purposes they had used FinELib services and how important they regarded various FinELib databases and resources.

Relating to user experience, questions charted whether the respondents thought the most important works in their discipline could be found in the FinELib resources, opinions on the type of material that should be included in the resources (e.g. foreign scientific journals, dictionaries), problems encountered when using the resources, and training needs related to the use of the resources. Further questions probed the respondents' views on their colleagues' use of FinELib services, on the future use of FinELib services in general, on the strengths and weaknesses of FinELib, and general satisfaction with the services.

Background variables included the respondent's gender, age, university, 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

2002

Collection Dates

2002

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 websites.

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, the open-ended variable q5.10 was 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 2002: Finnish Universities [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-09-13). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2880

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

FinELib-käyttäjäkyselyn vastaukset 2002 - yliopistot. Helsinki: Kansallinen elektroninen kirjasto (FinELib). Saatavissa: http://www.kansalliskirjasto.fi/kirjastoala/finelib/vaikuttavuus/kayttajakyselyt/vanhatkyselyt/Files/liitetiedosto2/vastaukset_yo_2002.pdf [viitattu 22.1.2014]

Related Publications

FinELib-käyttäjäkyselyn vastaukset 2002 - yliopistot. Helsinki: Kansallinen elektroninen kirjasto (FinELib). Saatavissa: http://www.kansalliskirjasto.fi/kirjastoala/finelib/vaikuttavuus/kayttajakyselyt/vanhatkyselyt/Files/liitetiedosto2/vastaukset_yo_2002.pdf [viitattu 22.1.2014]