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Date:         Fri, 14 Aug 1992 14:18:38 EDT
From:         HERRSJ@sncac.snc.edu

----------------------------Original message----------------------------
Thanks to all who responded to my survery re: public services in
undergraduate college libraries.  I received 32 responsed from
all kinds of academic libraries and found that 12 were comparable
to my own institution, St. Norbert College.  Therefore, the
results that you will read are from 12 private, liberal arts,
college libraries.

I am also including some details about the school which
participated so that we can realize that we are indeed comparing
apples to apples.

This has been most enlightening.  Thanks again to all who
responded.  I am willing to entertain any specific questions.


List of questions asked

1.  How many librarians does your library employ in the public
services area of the library (total in fte, full and part time)?

average-4.566
high-8
low-1.5

2.  How many dollars has your library budgeted to subsidize
patrons' online searches for the current fiscal year?

average of those who subsidize-$5,951.91
high    "    "    "    "      $12,000.00
low     "     "   "     "       $ 550.00

One respondent does not subsidize.

3.  Does your school offer a separate course in library skills,
information literacy, etc.?  If so, is it required?

One responded yes.  It is not required.

4.  If you school does not offer a separate course in library
skills, information literacy, etc., is such material covered in
another course?  If so, is it required?

     1-it is required in some courses required for some majors,
but not in all
     3-yes, it is in a required freshman course
     5-yes, it is offered, but not in a required freshman course

5.  Do librarians at your institution have faculty status?

     no-7 schools
     yes-3 schools
     in between-yes, but not tenure (one school)
               -can vote at faculty meetings, cannot be on top
committees of governance, not subject to promotion/tenure (one
school)


6.  Does you school require a major written project as a
requirement for the awarding of the bachelor degree?

     yes-2 schools
     no-7 schools
     for some disciplines-3 schools

7.  Is there a public workstation in your library for patrons to
use the Internet?

     yes-3 libraries
     no-7 libraries
     this coming year-2 libraries

8.  Does you library sponsor instructions on using the Internet?

     yes-1
     no-9
     will offer in this coming year-2

9.  How many titles of electronic databases are available at no
charge to the public in your library (electronic reference tools
in either compact or floppy disc format)?  (Editor's note:  this
number does not include reference tools received from GPO.)

     average-7.17 titles
     high-12 titles
     low-2 titles

10.  Do you have any electronic reference tools mounted on a
local area network?  If so, how many titles and how many
workstations on the LAN?

     no-12 libraries
     yes-0 libraries

11.  Do you have any electronic reference tools mounted on your
library's OPAC?  If so, how many?

     no-10 libraries
     yes-2 libraries (one library had Exapanded Academic Index,
Magazine Index, ERIC, and Company Profiles and one library has
Social Science Index








libraries responding--all data received directly from library;
American Library Directory,1991-1992.  New York:  R.R. Bowker,
1991; or Peterson's Guide to Four Year Colleges,1992.  Princeton,
N.J.:  Peterson's Guides, 1991.

Name of school    enrollment  # of book vols. # serial titles

College of the   2620           449,000         2200
Holy Cross

Swarthmore       1304           775,700         2,269

St. Norbert      1774           184,090          719

St. Benedict     1796           150,000         2,064

Stetson Univ.    2143           228,100         1,269

Ohio Wesleyan    1850           445,645         1,176

Colgate Univ.    2700           472,757         2,542

Carleton College 1885           448,254         1,396

University of    2990           242,040         1,463
Baltimore

Vassar College   2319           670,830         3,900

Berea College    1550           272,823         1,296

Oberlin College  2810         1,012,884         2,777

I am sorry about the first posting that I sent.  I should have
known that the chart would cause problems.  I hope that this
appearance is better.

Steve Herro
St. Norbert College Todd Wehr Library
De Pere, WI  54115
herrsj@sncac.snc.edu
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