The 2009 Ithaka S+R Faculty Survey examined US higher education faculty attitudes and behaviors on key issues in scholarly communication. Conducted by Roger Schonfeld of Ithaka Harbors, it gathered data on topics including the library's role, electronic resource use, open access, and data preservation. The survey also collected demographic information such as age, gender, job title, and primary academic field.
Use Cases
- Modeling faculty dependence on library resources based on survey responses about resource importance.
- Analyzing attitudes toward open access and institutional repositories based on questions about content deposition.
- Studying demographic correlates of electronic resource usage based on background variables like age and academic field.
- Predicting the perceived future importance of library services based on expectations gauged in the survey.
Strengths
- Survey covers a wide range of strategic topics including library use, open access, and preservation.
- Includes demographic and professional background variables for respondent analysis.
- Follows a prior 2006 study, allowing for potential longitudinal comparison.
Limitations
- Row count and sample size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- Roger Schonfeld, Ithaka Harbors
- Collection Method
- Survey of US higher education faculty.
- Time Range
- 2009
- Geography
- United States