1996 Survey of User Information Needs and Search Methods Results

Appendix C - Analysis of Media Usage by Role

Ci) Table : Teaching/Research (213 respondents)

Comparison of Media Usage Classified as Very frequent or Frequent

Media	Number of respondents who classified usage as frequent or very frequent	Percentage of group who classified usage as frequent or very frequent	Ranking
Books/ Periodicals	205	96%	1
CD ROM	54	25%	5
E Mail	85	40%	2
Film/ Video	59	28%	4
Internet	75	35%	3

Cii) Table : Student (52 respondents)

Comparison of Media Usage Classified as Very frequent or Frequent

Media	Number of respondents who classified usage as frequent or very frequent	Percentage of group who classified usage as frequent or very frequent	Ranking
Books/ Periodicals	50	96%	1
CD ROM	15	29%	4
E Mail	18	35%	3
Film/ Video	14	27%	5
Internet	19	37%	2

Ciii) Table : Librarians (185 respondents)

Comparison of Media Usage Classified as Very frequent or Frequent

Media	Number of respondents who classified usage as frequent or very frequent	Percentage of group who classified usage as frequent or very frequent	Ranking
Books/ Periodicals	175	95%	1
CD ROM	129	70%	2
E Mail	90	49%	3
Film/ Video	62	34%	5
Internet	74	40%	4

Civ) Table : Museum Curators (47 respondents)

Comparison of Media Usage Classified as Very frequent or Frequent

Media	Number of respondents who classified usage as frequent or very frequent	Percentage of group who classified usage as frequent or very frequent	Ranking
Books/ Periodicals	43	91%	1
CD ROM	3	6%	5
E Mail	11	23%	2
Film/ Video	4	9%	4
Internet	11	23%	2

Cv) Table : Practitioners (107 respondents)

Comparison of Media Usage Classified as Very frequent or Frequent

Media	Number of respondents who classified usage as frequent or very frequent	Percentage of group who classified usage as frequent or very frequent	Ranking
Books/ Periodicals	99	93%	1
CD ROM	11	10%	5
E Mail	41	38%	2
Film/ Video	25	23%	4
Internet	36	34%	3

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