The Effects of Discipline Membership and Experience in the Field on Scholars’ Book and Journal Format Preferences

Abstract

Using data from Ithaka S + R US Faculty Survey 2015, the current study examined the influence of disciplinary differences and experience levels as well as their interactions on scholars’ attitudes toward print and electronic materials. While results of 3 × 5 factorial ANOVA procedure indicated both disciplinary membership and experience played a role in scholars’ attitudes, effect size indicated disciplinary membership played a more crucial role. Significant findings include rising popularity of electronic formats across examined groups.

Keywords:

• Collection usage
• e-book preference
• e-journal preference
• print book preference
• print journal preference

Notes

1 Wolff, Christine, Rod, Alisa B., and Schonfeld, Roger C. Ithaka S + R US Faculty Survey 2015. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2016-11-04. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36586.v1.