1996 Survey of User Information Needs and Search Methods Results

Appendix G

Gi)Table showing Reason for difficulty encountered for Teaching/Research Group

Reason for difficulty	Number of respondents	Percentage of Teaching/Res respondents	Ranking
Locating material	128	60%	1
Availability	104	49%	3
Speed	114	54%	2
Gaining Access	89	42%	4
Cost	76	36%	5
Other	6	3%	6

Gii)Table showing Reason for difficulty encountered for Student Group

Reason for difficulty	Number of respondents	Percentage of Student respondents	Ranking
Locating material	32	62%	1
Availability	32	62%	1
Speed	28	54%	3
Gaining Access	27	52%	4
Cost	24	46%	5
Other	1	2%	6

Giii)Table showing Reason for difficulty encountered for Librarian Group

Reason for difficulty	Number of respondents	Percentage of Librarian respondents	Ranking
Locating material	117	63%	1
Availability	77	42%	4
Speed	98	53%	2
Gaining Access	81	44%	3
Cost	62	34%	5
Other	5	3%	6

Giv)Table showing Reason for difficulty encountered for Museum Curators

Reason for difficulty	Number of respondents	Percentage of Museum Curator respondents	Ranking
Locating material	31	66%	1
Availability	19	40%	4
Speed	23	49%	2
Gaining Access	22	47%	3
Cost	17	36%	5
Other	1	2%	6

Gv)Table showing Reason for difficulty encountered for Practitioner Group

Reason for difficulty	Number of respondents	Percentage of Practitioner respondents	Ranking
Locating material	62	58%	2
Availability	52	49%	3
Speed	66	62%	1
Gaining Access	41	38%	5
Cost	42	39%	4
Other	3	3%	6

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