senate library committee: faculty survey report 2012 wesley lindsey, pharm.d. chair pharmacy...
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Senate Library Committee: Faculty Survey Report 2012
Wesley Lindsey, Pharm.D.Chair
Pharmacy Practice
Committee Members• Wesley Lindsey, Pharmacy Practice - Chair• Bonnie MacEwan, Dean, Library• Robert Kemppainen, Vet-Med-Anatomy, Physiology, Pharmacology• Julie Howe, Agronomy/Soils• Tina Loraas, Accounting• Hassan Abbas, Civil Engineering• Paula Sullenger, Library• Ellen Abell, Human Development and Family Studies• Rosephanye Dunn-Powell, Music• Mark Smith, Forestry & Wildlife Sciences• Christal Pritchett, Education• Evert Duin, Sciences and Mathematics• Caralise Hunt, Nursing• Rich Britnell, Architecture, Design and Construction• Cara Tupps, Undergraduate Student Rep• Manui Ahuja, Graduate Student Rep
Special Thanks
• Marcia Boosinger – Library• Michael Zekoff – Library graduate student
I have been at Auburn for:
Less that 2 years
2-5 years 6-10 years 11-15 years 16-20 years 20+ years0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
My home department is in:
Agricu
lture
Archite
cture
Business
Education
Engineerin
g
Forestr
y
Human Sc
iences
Liberal
Arts
Nursing
Pharmac
y
Science
and M
athmati
cs
Vet Medici
ne
Librar
ies0
10203040506070
The resource I used most recently from the library was:
Book (prin
t)
Article
database
/ejourn
al
Digital
colle
ction
other
020406080
100120140160
The portion of the research process that is most difficult for me is:
Informati
on overlo
ad
Keeping up w
ith te
chnology
Keeping trac
k of a
rticle
s
Coming up w
ith id
eas for p
rojects
other
0
20
40
60
80
I stay in touch and current with information in my field by:
Attending Conference
s
Communicating w
ith Colle
agues
Professi
onal M
ail lis
ts
Books an
d journ
als
Reviewing m
anuscr
ipts
Searc
hing librar
y data
bases
0
50
100
150
200
250
These library services are important to my work:Important Somewhat Important
Book Collections 139 53
Subject Specialist Librarian 71 58
Online Catalog 183 22
Interlibrary Loan 138 59
AUBIExpress 11 43
Print Journals 80 89
Digital Collections 86 51
E-journals 209 14
Individual Databases 75 15
Libraries and their staff make a substantial contribution:
Strongly Agree Agree
Keeping current in my field 120 65
Finding information 115 64
Being a more productive researcher
122 60
Being a better instructor 90 61
Enhancing student learning 104 72
Providing outreach 44 55
I think the Libraries’ greatest strength is:
• Electronic access - 39• Physical collections - 29• Library staff - 28• Document delivery - 10• Library facilities - 6
If I could change one thing:
• More ejournals/databases – 39• Improve facilities – 12• Fix interface issues – 8• Bigger budget – 6• Better service – 6• More paper journals - 6
Looking forward, I will need the following from the libraries:
• E-access to journals/databases - 56• Books and notifications – 13• E-books – 7• Faster ILL – 6
Impressions of the coverage of ejournals through the Libraries:
Outstanding Very Good Average Poor Very Poor0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
I feel an orientation for new faculty and reorientation for existing faculty would be:
Very Useful Useful Neither Of limited usefullness
Not useful at all
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
Potential Projects for 2012-2013
• New faculty orientation package– Printed materials– Online tutorials– Tours/demonstrations/presentations
• Existing faculty updates/reorientation