1. AVC Library
Faculty Survey
Development and Quantitative Results
Dr. Scott Lee
Information Competency Librarian
Antelope Valley College
Fall, 2012
2. Survey Development
• Fall, 2010
– Library intern Marianne McNeese researched the surveying of
classroom faculty by academic libraries.
– She collected example surveys and articles on their
development and use.
– Questions from examples were put into a proposed survey.
Librarians, Carolyn Burrell and Van Rider provided feedback.
– A preliminary survey was created and then given to Carolyn,
Van and Dr. Charlotte Forte’-Parnell, Dean of Instructional
Resources and Extended Services (IRES) for additional
feedback.
3. Survey Development
Spring, 2011
Taking the feedback, a version of the survey was created in
SurveyMonkey.
This version was shown to Carolyn, Van and Dean Forte’-
Parnell for approval and additional feedback before being
finalized.
A final version was built in SurveyMonkey.
4. Survey Development
Spring, 2011
Scott, Van and Carolyn discussed the value of an incentive to
attract participation by classroom faculty. A group of
incentives was agreed upon to be given away as a raffle:
$50 See’s Candies Gift Card would be awarded to the first name
chosen at random.
$25 See’s Candies Gift Cards would be awarded to the next two
names chosen at random.
These were paid for with funds from the Hingley Endowment.
5. Survey Implementation
Fall, 2011
The survey was opened in October.
Scott worked with Vicki Mathias to create posters and flyers to
announce and advertise the survey.
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7. Survey Implementation
Fall, 2011
Carolyn, Van and Scott attended Division Meetings to
announce the survey.
10/24 – Math/Science
10/25 – Business, Counseling
10/28 – Social & Behavioral, IRES, VAPA
11/03 – Kinesiology
11/08 – Language Arts, Technical Ed
An email announcement was sent on 11/22.
8. Survey Implementation
Fall, 2011
The survey closed on 12/11.
Winners were selected and notified by 12/17.
Gift cards were dispersed later in December, after the
semester.
9. Survey Analysis
Spring, 2012
Survey data was downloaded from SurveyMonkey.
The survey data was imported into Excel where it was:
Scrubbed to locate surveys that could not be used because they
were too incomplete, not completed by faculty members, or other
issues.
Reorganized and restructured so it could be imported into SPSS.
10. Survey Analysis
Spring, 2012
Survey data was imported into SPSS for analysis.
The data was given appropriate labels and data-type categories so
it can be usefully analyzed.
Data analysis techniques used were descriptive consisting of:
Frequencies – how often a piece of data occurs.
Crosstabulations – how often two or more pieces of data appear
together.
12. Survey Sample
Survey Sample AVC*
Full-Time Faculty 55% 31%
Teaching at Lancaster 76% 76%
Teaching at Palmdale 24% 14%
Teaching Online 8% 8%
Average Years @ AVC 11 Years Data not Available
*Fall, 2011 Numbers
13. Survey Sample
Discipline n %
Math 10 7%
English 8 6%
Business 7 5%
Computer Applications 7 5%
Management 6 4%
Biology 5 4%
CIS 5 4%
Nursing 5 4%
Accounting 4 3%
History 4 3%
Top 10 Ranked by % of Survey
15. Survey Sample
Division AVC Survey Difference
Sample
BCSED 13% 25% 12%
Health Science 9% 12% 3%
IRES 1% 1% -
Language Arts 14% 12% -2%
MSE 18% 19% 1%
KAD 5% 4% -1%
SABS 10% 9% -1%
Technical Ed 13% 6% -7%
VAPA 15% 9% -6%
Student Services 2% 4% 2%
Divisions with greatest difference between college &
survey.
16. Survey Sample
Inconsistencies with AVC
Overrepresents full-time faculty by 22%.
Underrepresents Palmdale faculty by 10%.
Overrepresents BCSED by 12%.
Underrepresents Tech Ed. & VAPA by 6% and 7%.
Conclusion
This sample, while not perfect, is large enough and close
enough, demographically, to accurately represent AVC
classroom faculty.
17. Survey Data – Use of the
Library
How do faculty use the AVC Library?
18. Use of the Library
Do Faculty Use the Library:
To Prepare for Classes
48% - Regular or Occasional Use
51% - Rare or No Use
For Personal Enrichment
54% - Regular or Occasional Use
45% - Rare or No Use
Occasional & Rare were the most chosen for each.
19. Use of the Library
63% - Integrate Research Assignments into Classes
70% - Create Assignments that Require Research
20. Use of the Library
51% Never Assign Library Tutorials
14% Regularly Assign
68% Never Assign The Library Walking Tour
9% Regularly Assign
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21. Use of the Library
Do faculty work with librarians to recommend purchases?
30% Regularly or Occasionally
71% Rarely or Never
Never was the most selected at 42%.
74% do not know the collection development librarian for
their discipline.
22. Use of the Library
What Library resources do faculty actually use?
Books, 22%
Databases, 21%*
Textbook Reserves, 19%
Reference, 10%
Electronic Reference Books (8%), Electronic Books & ILL (7%),
Online Videos (5%)
*The Library implemented a new database discovery system in Fall
of 2012, so this data could be different now.
23. Use of the Library
What do faculty use the AVC Library website for?
EBSCOhost, 24%*
Library Catalog, 22%
Learn Library Hours, 21%
Access Research Guides, 11%
Learn Library Policies, 10%
Request ILL’s & Workshops (6%)
*EBSCOhost replaced by EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) in Fall of
2012.
25. Students
Do faculty encourage students to use library resources?
Electronic Resources
48% Regularly, 25% Occasionally, 16% Never
Print Resources
42% Regularly, 32% Occasionally, 12% Never
26. Students
“Students need the library to successfully complete my
classes.”
61% Strongly Agree or Agree
48% Disagree or Strongly Disagree
Most selected answer was Disagree at 41%.
“Library experience is important for students.”
96% Strongly Agree or Agree
4% Disagree or Strongly Disagree
27. Students
“Students need the library to successfully complete my
classes.”
Disciplines with most Strongly Agrees.
English (8), Management (4), Biology (3)
Disciplines with most Strongly Disagrees.
Math (7), Computer Applications (5), Accounting (4)
28. Students
What do instructors hear from students about the library?
Students complain about the services of the library.
33% Rarely Hear This Complaint
50% Never Hear This Complaint
Students complain about not getting the resources they need
from the library.
31% Rarely Hear This Complaint
43% Never Hear This Complaint
29. Faculty Opinions
What do faculty think of the Library, its resources, and student research skills?
30. Faculty Opinions
91% call themselves advocates for the Library.
77% feel the Library has enough resources to support
classes.
94% say that librarians have the knowledge & experience to
help students in their disciplines.
31. Faculty Opinions
65% rate the Library’s databases as Excellent or Good at
meeting students’ needs.
14% Average, 1% Poor, 22% Unsure
38% rate the Library’s print books as Excellent or Good at
meeting students’ needs.
26% Average, 15% Poor, 21% Unsure
31% rate the Library’s e-books as Excellent or Good at
meeting students’ needs.
17% Average, 5% Poor, 46% Unsure
32. Faculty Opinions
Student Research Skills
61% do not feel they can teach research skills to students on
their own.
91% say librarians do a good job teaching research skills.
48% believe that students are capable of using the Internet by
themselves to complete assignments.
96% believe that Information Literacy (definition was provided)
is needed by successful students.
34. RMW’s
85% of faculty do not use workshops.
Who does use them:
20% of Full-Time, 10% of Part-Time
15% of Lancaster Faculty, 8% of Palmdale Faculty
35. RMW’s
Disciplines Using the Most
Ranked by % for disciplines with multiple participants
Psychology, 100%
Biology, 60%
English, 40%
Earth Science, 50%
Marketing, 50%
36. RMW’s
Disciplines Using the Least
Ranked by % for disciplines with multiple participants
Office Technology, 33%
Computer Information Systems, 20%
Management, 17%
Business, 14%
Computer Applications, 14%
37. RMW’s
Percent Using by Division
30%, Business and Math/Science
20%, Language Arts
15%, Social & Behavioral
5%, Student Services
0%, Health Science, Kinesiology, Tech Ed, VPA
38. RMW’s
Why do faculty use RMW’s?
Library Faculty Expertise (39%)
Have Seen Student Improvement (32%)
Prefer Having Librarians Do It (25%)
Recommendation From Another Instructor (4%)
39. RMW’s
Of faculty who do not use RMW’s, the most
selected reasons were.
Not Aware of Them (20%)
No Research Assignments (18%)
Research Not Needed For Discipline (16%)
No Time (14%)
Students Should Already Know How (10%)
Tutorials Are Enough (6%)
They Can Teach Students Themselves (4%)
Students Have Enough Research Skills (4%)
40. RMW’s
What Library teaching resources do faculty combine with
RMW’s?
EBSCOhost Tutorial (13%)*
Research Tutorial (10%)
Catalog Tutorial (7%)
Journal Tutorial (5%)
Library Walking Tour (3%)
*This tutorial no longer available. A new version for EDS is being
developed for Spring, 2013.
42. Future Analysis
Discuss recommendations for changes in Library processes
or policies based on data.
Run additional crosstabs as needed.
Analyze qualitative data (comments sections).
Conduct inferential analysis (assistance from Office of
Institutional Research would be needed).
Use survey data to develop protocols for future focus
groups.
Compare to data from other libraries (if available).
