TIDSR Survey Data Eric Meyer Christine Madsen OII 19 March 2008

Ave. time spent filling out survey: 17.5 minutes 83% completed the survey in under 20 min 714 started 550 completed (77%) 80% agreed to continue on to further questions

Ave. time spent filling out survey: 17.5 minutes

83% completed the survey in under 20 min

714 started

550 completed (77%)

80% agreed to continue on to further questions

Demographics

Demographics Average Age 45.3 Age Range 20-83

Degrees & Field

Awareness of Resources by Country

Have you ever published a piece based on your work in this collection? If so, how did you cite the collection?

How did you find this resource?

How did you find this resource? Histpop BOPCRIS BL News BL Sounds Med Backfiles Google 33% 33% 25% 19% 37% Prof society, discussion list or conference 25% 22% 26% 43% 27% Library 4% 22% 32% 10% 27% Colleague 25% 18% 11% 24% 6% Other 13% 4% 7% 5% 2% Student 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% Campus IT 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

How do you use this resource?

How do you use this resource? Histpop BOPCRIS BL News BL Sounds Med Backfiles Online reference source 78% 81% 74% 66% 78% For personal interests 35% 49% 50% 46% 27% Download to use offline 26% 36% 40% 29% 57% Teaching resource 30% 30% 29% 39% 27% Manual analysis 17% 32% 38% 10% 39% Find materials to consult in person 4% 23% 18% 12% 39% Computational analysis 30% 6% 4% 2% 10% Reuse, remix or edit 17% 11% 9% 7% 0% Other 4% 0% 3% 5% 6%

Attitudes towards Digitisation