Detail Summary of Pre-selected Topics Responses
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A list of 24 topics was presented and respondents were asked to rate each topic on a five-point scale ranging between "not interested" and "very interested". The first table is a summary of all responses. The following tables are lists of the average for each topic, divided by conference attendance.
ALA Annual attendees | SLA attendees | ASEE atendees | ACRL attendees
Top 10 topics by listed conference attendance
| Responses | Average |
|---|---|
| Promoting science information literacy | 4.16 |
| Collaboration between faculty and librarians | 4.11 |
| Finding free high-quality on-line data | 4.06 |
| Open access journals in the sciences | 4.01 |
| Creating/generating awareness of library services | 3.98 |
| Advocacy/increasing awareness of value of library | 3.98 |
| Evaluating existing services/developing new services | 3.88 |
| Creating an effective web presence | 3.86 |
| Managing and utilizing usage statistics | 3.75 |
| Keeping current using blogs listservs RSS podcasts etc. | 3.72 |
| Managing information overload | 3.69 |
| Providing access to electronic collections | 3.69 |
| Impact of external forces on library services | 3.63 |
| Lack of archival rights for major resources | 3.63 |
| Building and utilizing institutional repositories | 3.59 |
| Library instruction assessment and surveys | 3.57 |
| Invisible web | 3.54 |
| Copyright in the electronic age | 3.53 |
| Enhancing access to full text through Google Scholar | 3.49 |
| Technology support/collaboration with computing support staff | 3.41 |
| Web 2.0 | 3.39 |
| Federated searching | 3.35 |
| Informatics | 3.29 |
| Patents and standards | 3.23 |
| Responses | Average |
|---|---|
| Promoting science information literacy | 4.3 |
| Collaboration between faculty and librarians | 4.24 |
| Open access journals in the sciences | 4.17 |
| Finding free high-quality on-line data | 4.02 |
| Library instruction assessment and surveys | 3.93 |
| Creating/generating awareness of library services | 3.89 |
| Advocacy/increasing awareness of value of library | 3.89 |
| Keeping current using blogs listservs RSS podcasts etc. | 3.75 |
| Evaluating existing services/developing new services | 3.73 |
| Managing and utilizing usage statistics | 3.64 |
| Creating an effective web presence | 3.6 |
| Federated searching | 3.57 |
| Impact of external forces on library services | 3.53 |
| Web 2.0 | 3.53 |
| Managing information overload | 3.51 |
| Lack of archival rights for major resources | 3.51 |
| Providing access to electronic collections | 3.43 |
| Technology support/collaboration with computing support staff | 3.42 |
| Building and utilizing institutional repositories | 3.39 |
| Invisible web | 3.39 |
| Informatics | 3.34 |
| Copyright in the electronic age | 3.28 |
| Enhancing access to full text through Google Scholar | 3.27 |
| Patents and standards | 3.16 |
| Responses | Average |
|---|---|
| Collaboration between faculty and librarians | 4.13 |
| Creating/generating awareness of library services | 4.03 |
| Evaluating existing services/developing new services | 4.03 |
| Promoting science information literacy | 4.03 |
| Finding free high-quality on-line data | 4 |
| Open access journals in the sciences | 4 |
| Managing and utilizing usage statistics | 3.97 |
| Creating an effective web presence | 3.85 |
| Keeping current using blogs listservs RSS podcasts etc. | 3.84 |
| Advocacy/increasing awareness of value of library | 3.81 |
| Invisible web | 3.67 |
| Managing information overload | 3.61 |
| Impact of external forces on library services | 3.61 |
| Building and utilizing institutional repositories | 3.55 |
| Providing access to electronic collections | 3.48 |
| Copyright in the electronic age | 3.48 |
| Lack of archival rights for major resources | 3.48 |
| Library instruction assessment and surveys | 3.42 |
| Enhancing access to full text through Google Scholar | 3.39 |
| Federated searching | 3.38 |
| Patents and standards | 3.33 |
| Informatics | 3.33 |
| Technology support/collaboration with computing support staff | 3.26 |
| Web 2.0 | 3.03 |
| Responses | Average |
|---|---|
| Promoting science information literacy | 4.13 |
| Open access journals in the sciences | 4.03 |
| Lack of archival rights for major resources | 4 |
| Collaboration between faculty and librarians | 4 |
| Creating an effective web presence | 3.97 |
| Advocacy/increasing awareness of value of library | 3.93 |
| Creating/generating awareness of library services | 3.9 |
| Finding free high-quality on-line data | 3.86 |
| Managing and utilizing usage statistics | 3.83 |
| Evaluating existing services/developing new services | 3.77 |
| Copyright in the electronic age | 3.73 |
| Managing information overload | 3.7 |
| Building and utilizing institutional repositories | 3.68 |
| Providing access to electronic collections | 3.63 |
| Enhancing access to full text through Google Scholar | 3.62 |
| Impact of external forces on library services | 3.62 |
| Invisible web | 3.6 |
| Keeping current using blogs listservs RSS podcasts etc. | 3.53 |
| Library instruction assessment and surveys | 3.5 |
| Federated searching | 3.5 |
| Patents and standards | 3.45 |
| Web 2.0 | 3.43 |
| Technology support/collaboration with computing support staff | 3.41 |
| Informatics | 3.2 |
| Responses | Average |
|---|---|
| Promoting science information literacy | 4.12 |
| Collaboration between faculty and librarians | 4.08 |
| Advocacy/increasing awareness of value of library | 3.96 |
| Evaluating existing services/developing new services | 3.92 |
| Creating/generating awareness of library services | 3.88 |
| Finding free high-quality on-line data | 3.8 |
| Open access journals in the sciences | 3.72 |
| Managing and utilizing usage statistics | 3.68 |
| Lack of archival rights for major resources | 3.68 |
| Library instruction assessment and surveys | 3.58 |
| Creating an effective web presence | 3.56 |
| Web 2.0 | 3.54 |
| Managing information overload | 3.5 |
| Enhancing access to full text through Google Scholar | 3.5 |
| Copyright in the electronic age | 3.48 |
| Invisible web | 3.46 |
| Providing access to electronic collections | 3.44 |
| Impact of external forces on library services | 3.42 |
| Keeping current using blogs listservs RSS podcasts etc. | 3.38 |
| Technology support/collaboration with computing support staff | 3.31 |
| Building and utilizing institutional repositories | 3.28 |
| Federated searching | 3.2 |
| Informatics | 3.12 |
| Patents and standards | 3.08 |
Rankings of Top Ten Pre-selected Topics, by Conference Attendance
Each number corresponds to rank of importance for each group. Topics with identical averages have been given the same rank
| Topic | All Respondents | Attending ALA Annual | Attending ACRL | Attending SLA |
Attending ASEE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Promoting science information literacy |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
| Collaboration between faculty and librarians |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
| Finding free high-quality on-line data |
3 |
4 |
6 |
3 |
7 |
| Open access journals in the sciences |
4 |
3 |
7 |
3 |
2 |
| Creating/generating awareness of library services |
5 |
6 |
5 |
2 |
6 |
| Advocacy/increasing awareness of value of library |
5 |
6 |
3 |
7 |
5 |
| Evaluating existing services/developing new services |
6 |
8 |
4 |
2 |
9 |
| Creating an effective web presence |
7 |
10 |
10 |
5 |
4 |
| Managing and utilizing usage statistics |
8 |
9 |
8 |
4 |
8 |
| Keeping current using blogs listservs RSS podcasts etc. |
9 |
7 |
-- |
6 |
-- |
| Managing information overload |
10 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Providing access to electronic collections |
10 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Library instruction assessment and surveys |
-- |
5 |
9 |
-- |
-- |
| Enhancing access to full text through Google Scholar |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Building and utilizing institutional repositories |
-- |
-- |
-- |
10 |
-- |
| Invisible web |
-- |
-- |
-- |
8 |
-- |
| Impact of external forces on library services |
-- |
-- |
-- |
9 |
-- |
| Lack of archival rights for major resources |
-- |
-- |
8 |
-- |
3 |
| Copyright in the electronic age |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
10 |
