Survey of US Higher Education Faculty 2023, Use of Academic Libraries Other Than One's Own
This study looks at how often academics use the libraries of other institutions, and in general how aware are scholars about arrangements allowing them to use other academic libraries. The study also presents data on faculty satisfaction with their access to the libraries of other institutions. In an era of extensive cross-institution scholarly collaboration, the report also details the satisfaction level of faculty with the ease with which faculty from other institutions can use the home libraries of their collaborators.
This study is based on data from a survey of 806 higher education faculty randomly chosen from nearly 500 colleges and universities in the USA. Data is broken out by personal variables such as work title, gender, personal income level, academic discipline, age and other variables, as well as institutional indicators such as college or university type or Carnegie class, enrollment size, public or private status and others.Satisfaction was highest among faculty at research universities, at which 28.46% were very satisfied and 29.25%, satisfied. It was higher among tenured faculty than among faculty who were not tenured but were on a tenure track; more than 59% of the former but only about 47.5% of the latter were either satisfied or very satisfied. Satisfaction was even lower among the untenured not on a tenure track; about 44% were either satisfied or very satisfied. Faculty in the fine arts/architecture, law and trade/technical education, as well as the social sciences, had below average levels of satisfaction.
- Table 1.1 During the course of your employment with your current institution, have you ever used the academic library of an institution other than your own?
- Table 1.2 During the course of your employment with your current institution, have you ever used the academic library of an institution other than your own? Broken out by Carnegie class or type of college
- Table 1.3 During the course of your employment with your current institution, have you ever used the academic library of an institution other than your own? Broken out by public or private college
- Table 1.4 During the course of your employment with your current institution, have you ever used the academic library of an institution other than your own? Broken out by enrollment
- Table 1.5 During the course of your employment with your current institution, have you ever used the academic library of an institution other than your own? Broken out by age of respondent 26
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