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Transcript of Building Bridges Miles Conrad Lecture 2006 Carol Tenopir, University of Tennessee [email protected].
1. The more you know about traffic patterns, the better your bridge will be
2. Build lots of on-ramps
3. It will never be perfect for the traffic 4. The direct route may not be strongest
5. The fastest way isn’t always the best
Five Points
1. The more you know about traffic patterns, the better your bridge will be.
Tenopir & King Reading surveys:
30,000+ scientists, engineers, physicians, and social scientists
1977 to the present University and non-university settings Recent surveys at U.S. and Australian
universities, pediatricians, astronomers
Critical Incident (Last Reading)
Measures details of last article reading Gives purpose and value Details such as age of reading, source of
reading, time spent reading, etc. Supplemented by demographics and a
few general questions
More Reading in Not Much More Time (ave # of articles/year and ave time/article)
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20
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1977 1981 1984 1987 1991 1996 2000 2003
NumberRead
HoursSpent
150172
188216
252
0
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1977 1984 1993-98 2000-03 2004-06
Average Articles Read per year per University Faculty Member
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Year of Studies
48 47
3634
05101520253035404550
1977 1993-1998
2000-2003
2004-2006
Average Minutes per Article by University Faculty Member
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Year of Studies
Many Ways to Locate Information
Browsing (through print or electronic journals; for current awareness and reading from core titles)
Searching (in search engine, e-journals system, or index; for new topics; older articles; research and writing; favorite method for students)
Following citations in print or electronic Recommendation from another person Other, including alerts, preprint services
21%
12%
12%
7%
48%
Browsing
Online Searching
Cited in Other Pub.
Another Person
Other
U.S. Universities
2000-2003
Readers Still Use Many Ways to Locate Articles
22%
10%
42%14%
12%
Australian Universities2004-2005
Readings of older materials may be increasing (university faculty)
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
1990 1993-1998
2004-2005
current year
2 year+
Subject Discipline is a Major Source of Differences (2003-2005)
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
Docs Astron Faculty
current year
2 year+
8%3%
8%
76%
5%Browsing
Online Searching
Cited in Other Pub.
Another Person
OtherPediatricians
21%
12%
12%
7%
48%
U.S. Universities
39%16%
21% 21%
3%
Astronomers
More Subject Differences
Differences in Principal Purpose of Reading for Faculty and Pediatricians
Purposes Fac PedPrimary Research 32% 5%Current Awareness 22% 50%Teaching 18% 5%Background/other 18% 6%Writing Proposals 10% 2%Consulting/diagnosis/treatment 32%
2. Build Lots of Onramps
3. The Bridge Will Never Be Big Enough for the Traffic It Attracts
Expectations evolve
50% of pediatricians have PDAs, 80% of medical students
Use for personal, reference information Reading for current awareness Reading on the run
Intranet
Internet
Podcast
RSS
Webcast
Push Technology
Wired World
Cyberspace
Real-timeOnline
4. The Most Direct Route May Not Be the Strongest
“Excuse me, I’m lost. Can you direct me to the information superhighway?”
5. The Fastest Way to Get There Isn’t Always the Best
