1. Selected Findings from The UC/CMI Journal Use and User Preference Studies The University of California Collections Management Initiative (UC/CMI) Brian E. C. Schottlaender University Librarian, UC-San Diego Reaping the Harvest: Studies of Electronic Journal Use Ohio State University, October 2003

2. What the Project Involved Removing from campus libraries selected print journals for which electronic access is available, and relocating those journals to storage. Gathering objective data, including cost and usage data, for both print and electronic versions of 300 journals. Surveying user attitudes and preferences with regard to the use of Digital and Print journals.

3. UC/CMI Journal Use Study: Titles

4. UC/CMI Journal Use Study: Publishers

5. UC/CMI Journal Use Study: Titles

6. UC/CMI Usage Summary

7. Year-to-Year Change in Digital Use Subject Category Control Campus Electronic UseExperimental Campus Electronic Use Prior Year Uses Study Year Uses Change from Prior Year to Study Year Prior Year Uses Study Year Uses Change from Prior Year to Study Year Arts & Humanities 4,7634,256-10.6%5,2787,73346.5% Life & Health Sciences 20,33327,40734.8%50,66565,18328.7% Physical Sciences & Engineering 32,46644,60737.4%33,19446,93741.4% Social Sciences1,8852,13213.1%3,3984,54633.8% Grand Total59,44778,40231.9%92,535124,39934.4%

8. Survey Respondents by Campus

9. Survey Respondents’ University Affiliation

10. Most Recent Use of Journals

11. Format Dependency

12. Print vs. Electronic Usage by Broad Discipline

13. E-Journals as Print Alternative

14. Access Characteristics

15. Types of Use: Discovery

16. Types of Use: Production

17. Format Preferences for Use in Course Assignments by Broad Discipline

18. Advantages of Electronic Journals

19. Content and Coverage Barriers

20. Usability Barriers

21. Computing Barriers

22. Barriers: Summary

23. Statistical Significance of Demographic Variables Demographic differences of degree, not kind Variables statistically significant, but in most cases relationships not strong (Cramer’s V < 0.10) Strongest variable = Affiliation Followed by: Discipline Age Gender Campus

24. Reaping the Harvest: Studies of Electronic Journal Use Ohio State University October 2003 The University of California Collections Management Initiative (UC/CMI) http://www.ucop.edu/cmi/ Brian E. C. Schottlaender University of California, San Diego