Differences in reading from electronic and print journals: UT faculty
In autumn 2000 a sample of faculty and researchers from all natural and social science departments at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville was surveyed. This replicated a survey from 1994, but, like the ORNL survey, asked specific questions about the use of electronic vs. print journals. Results showed that in 2000 faculty at the University of Tennessee read an average of about 20 articles per month per person, or approximately 240 articles per year (com- pared to 185 articles per year in 1994). Respondents at the UT have an average of 3.6 personal subscriptions each, about one of which is paid by a grant. This is slightly higher than overall averages. They read often from these subscriptions (41% of readings). The second most common source of readings is from library print subscriptions, followed by library electronic subscriptions (see Table 3). In total, 76% of all readings come from print or electronic subscriptions. University faculty seems to be largely un- aware of e-print and preprint resources available to them. Of 99 respondents, only eight were aware of the arXiv.org service, six were aware of the DOE Preprint network, and only four reported that they were aware of other preprint services. Eight faculty members reported that they were aware of the DOE Pub SCIENCE electronic journal service. Although few are aware of such services, those who use them tend to use them often. Respondents who use these e-print services reported that they read 39 articles total from the arXiv.org e-print service, 16 articles from DOE Preprint and 59 articles from other preprint services. They had only ever used Pub SCIENCE 11 times.