Academic Librarian Journal Readership Survey

Thank you for taking this survey - it will really take you just one or two minutes - unless you want to add a comment at the end - then it's 2 minutes and 47 seconds. This is an informal survey designed to gather some basic information about the scholarly journal reading habits of academic librarians. I appreciate the time you took to take the survey. I will be sharing the results in a future ACRLog post.

Contact Information


Name:	steven bell
Email:	bells@temple.edu

1.	Of these scholarly journals targeted to academic librarians which do you read? (choose all that apply)

College & Research Libraries

Journal of Academic Librarianship

portal: Libraries & the Academy

Haven't read any of these in 6 months or more

Other, Please Specify:

2.	For those above named journals you did read in the past 6 months, did you: (choose all that apply)

Receive my own personal issue

Get it through the routing list for my library's paper issue

Used a journal alert (from a database or e-journal publisher) to get notified when new electronic issues are published

Depend on colleagues to alert me to new issues or articles from those issues

I only look at them if a blogger points me to an article

Other, Please Specify:

3.	When I get the latest issue:

I read it within one week of receipt

I read it within one month of receipt

I read it within six months of receipt

Unread issues from 2006 still sitting in my inbox

Other, Please Specify:

4.	For any issue, print or electronic, you do read: (choose all that apply)

I just scan the issue and rarely read any articles

I read just the complete text of one or two articles

I read the complete text of more than two articles

I copy/print out articles I want to read so I can read them later

I copy articles, scan them and then put them in file folders for future reference

Other, Please Specify:

5.	Any additional thoughts about reading the top scholarly journals for academic librarians? Something you'd like to add that wasn't asked?

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