Table 1. Electronic Mailing Dates
1st
emails
Sample
1st
2nd reminder
email
reminder
1
Faculty
03/07/200
03/13/200
03/27/2001
2
Students
03/08/200
03/15/200
03/28/2001
Table 2. Sample Disposition and Response Rates
Surveys
Surveys
Bad
sent
Returned
Addresses
Ineligible*
1
Faculty
2,795
1042
144
4
2
Student
610
190
16
1
1-2
All
3,585
1,232
160
5
* Ineligible includes incomplete surveys, nonfaculty or undergraduate students
Mailing
Sample
Response
Rate
39%
32%
36%
Table 3. Frequency of Usage of Electronic Version of Printed Journal
Response Percentage
Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Infrequently
Faculty
11%
23%
17%
18%
Graduate Students
9%
33%
19%
19%
Never
31%
20%
Table 4. Other Formats used in reading, scanning, and/or browsing of scholarly papers and
journals
Response Percentage
Faculty
Graduate Students
Pre-print
Servers
10%
11%
Professional
Organization
Websites
36%
37%
Authors
Websites
21%
20%
Conference
Proceedings
28%
23%
Table 5. Format in which Libraries should make core journals available
Response Percentage
Print
Electronic
Both
No Opinion
Faculty
8%
20%
70%
2%
Graduate Students
10%
25%
51%
14%
Other
5%
8%