Faculty Information Literacy Survey
Apr 24, 2006 10:39 AM PST
1. How often do you visit the Madonna University Library facility?
Daily		5	8%
Weekly		16	25%
Monthly		20	31%
Rarely		22	34%
Never		1	2%
Total		64	100%
2. For what purposes do you visit the Library? (Check all that apply)
For your scholarship and professional development		36	59%
To prepare courses or put materials on reserve		30	49%
To use the Library's online catalog		10	16%
To access online databases		17	28%
To browse/check out books or journals		32	52%
To request interlibrary loan materials		12	20%
To consult librarians or submit requests for the purchase of books		15	25%
Other, Please Specify		7	11%
3. How often do you access the Library's website?
Daily		7	11%
Weekly		19	30%
Monthly		18	29%
Rarely		13	21%
Never		6	10%
Total		63	100%
4. What do you use when you access the Library's website? (Check all that apply)
The Library's online catalog		30	53%
Online databases		43	75%
E-books		7	12%
Subject guides and resource pathfinders		16	28%
Electronic reserves		16	28%
The new book list		11	19%
Library hours and directory		5	9%
Other, Please Specify		3	5%
5. Please indicate your level of confidence that students in your class have the ability to find and evaluate information they need
High level		7	11%
Moderate level		32	52%
Low level		18	29%
Very low level		4	6%
No confidence at all		1	2%
Total		62	100%
6. Do you require or recommend of your students the use of specific databases for your class?
Yes		42	67%
No		21	33%
Total		63	100%
7. Do you teach your students different search strategies?
Yes		39	62%
No		24	38%
Total		63	100%
8. Do you provide formal instruction on how to avoid plagiarism?
Yes		42	67%
No		21	33%
Total		63	100%
9. Do you teach your students how to evaluate information resources?
Yes		49	78%
No		14	22%
Total		63	100%
10. Do you discuss with students the legal, social and ethical issues of the use of information?
Yes		44	70%
No		19	30%
Total		63	100%
11. Have you scheduled any library instruction with library faculty for your courses in the past?
Yes		46	72%
No		18	28%
Total		64	100%
12. If yes, how satisfied were you with this instruction?
Very satisfied		26	57%
Satisfied		14	30%
Neutral		4	9%
Somewhat dissatisfied		2	4%
Very dissatisfied		0	0%
Total		46	100%
13. Indicate the importance of the following library services to your course: (1=less important, 5=very important)
Top number is the count of respondents selecting the option. Bottom % is percent of the total respondents selecting the option.	1	2	3	4	5	Don't Know
A. Library instruction designed for your course	6	6	16	9	20	5
	10%	10%	26%	15%	32%	8%
B. Resource pathfinders designed for your course	6	5	16	13	9	13
	10%	8%	26%	21%	15%	21%
C. Reference desk service	6	3	10	17	22	4
	10%	5%	16%	27%	35%	6%
D. Individual consultation to your students	6	2	11	19	22	1
	10%	3%	18%	31%	36%	2%
E. Library database workshops	5	2	16	14	24	1
	8%	3%	26%	23%	39%	2%
14. Do your students come to college/university possessing the following skills? (Check all that apply)
Understand that research is a process		15	39%
Know that research methodologies vary according to discipline		8	21%
Know where to find information in traditional print reference resources		17	45%
Know how to find information in electronic databases and on the Internet		28	74%
Be able to apply evaluative criteria to, and select quality information from, the World Wide Web		7	18%
Can discriminate between scholarly and non-scholarly information resources		8	21%
15. Which of the skills listed below do you teach in your classes? (Check all that apply)
Conceptualize and formulate good questions		41	67%
Identify and evaluate information resources		45	74%
Critical thinking skills		54	89%
Understand how information is produced, organized, and disseminated within disciplines and subject fields		27	44%
Apply analysis and original thought to existing knowledge		42	69%
16. What do you value most about the Madonna Library? (Check all that apply)
The print books, journals and newspapers		39	65%
The video collection		16	27%
Online databases		51	85%
Internet access		32	53%
Reference desk service		41	68%
The quiet study areas		25	42%
The meeting rooms		19	32%
To socialize in a comfortable setting		5	8%
Other, Please Specify		8	13%
17. What do you value most about the Madonna Library’s website? (Check all that apply)
The Library's online catalog		38	66%
The research databases		49	84%
The subject guides		23	40%
The Internet resource links		28	48%
Other, Please Specify		2	3%
18. To which college/school do you belong?
Arts and Humanities		16	26%
Business		4	7%
Education		9	15%
Nursing and Health		14	23%
Science and Mathematics		6	10%
Social Science		13	21%
St. Mary's Orchard Lake		0	0%
19. Please indicate your faculty status:
full-time		49	78%
part-time		14	22%
Total		63	100%