Q3.2 - Which kinds of digital documents should be archived in your library most urgently?

Q3.2 - Which kinds of digital documents should be archived in your library most urgently?
Ready-to-print master files Very important (1) 41.3% 97
Rather important (2) 34.0% 80
Rather unimportant (3) 20.4% 48
Totally unimportant (4) 4.3% 10
Total (Mean) 100.0% N=235 (1.88)
Offline documents Very important (1) 40.0% 94
Rather important (2) 42.6% 100
Rather unimportant (3) 15.3% 36
Totally unimportant (4) 2.1% 5
Total (Mean) 100.0% N=235 (1.80)
Online documents Very important (1) 58.3% 137
Rather important (2) 27.2% 64
Rather unimportant (3) 10.6% 25
Totally unimportant (4) 3.8% 9
Total (Mean) 100.0% N=235 (1.60)
Websites Very important (1) 24.7% 58
Rather important (2) 28.1% 66
Rather unimportant (3) 38.7% 91
Totally unimportant (4) 8.5% 20
Total (Mean) 100.0% N=235 (2.31)
Other types of digital documents Very important (1) 73.7% 73
Rather important (2) 13.1% 13
Rather unimportant (3) 7.1% 7
Totally unimportant (4) 6.1% 6
Total (Mean) 100.0% N=99 (1.45)

Q3.2 - Which kinds of digital documents should be archived in your library most urgently? Other types of digital documents, namely:
Country
Other types of digital documents, namely: Type of library
Austria Audio, video, photo GRL
Digitized documents delivered by own digitization projects (audio and pictures) NL
Papers from the university, especially theses UL
Online databases and online catalogues UL
Depositary copies UL
Belgium Emails UL
Datasets UL
Documents locally produced and not stored elsewhere UL
Digitized versions of endangered documents UL
Czech Republic Documents of the grey literature UL
Scanned documents GRL
Denmark Audio and video collection UL
Digital manuscripts, e.g. personal emails etc. for manuscripts NL
Pre prints, PhD theses, masters, reports, grey literature UL
Primary data sets UL
Finland Digital learning materials UL
Pictures UL
France Documents digitized by the library NL
Documents digitized by the library (old books etc.) UL
Educational material UL
Theses, pre and post prints UL
All digital documents published by the university for the external public UL
Germany Born digital documents of all kind produced by the educational and scientific activity of the university UL
Digitized versions of endangered and frequently used documents GRL
Theses UL
Theses, publications by the university staff UL
Own digitized documents UL
Papers from the university (master and PhD theses etc.) UL
Multimedia material of educational resources UL
Multimedia publications UL
Online-publications of and from the own university UL
Depositary copies GRL
Documents provided by retro digitization NL
Retro digitization, Theses, E-learning material etc. UL
Scans of manuscripts UL
Papers published by the university staff UL
Hungary Digitized files of microform catalogue, rare manuscripts GRL
Dissertations UL
Iceland Digitized material (Books, newspapers, manuscripts. etc ), music NL
Italy Digitized versions of original documents GRL
Databases used internally (catalogues, lists and archives in Excel, Access etc.) GRL
PhD theses UL
Latvia "Virtual galleries" of events, published in the internet for a short time NL
Scans of rare books and manuscripts GRL
Lithuania E-books UL
Malta Photographs UL
Netherlands Datasets of researchers in any format UL
Digital pictures GRL
Digital pictures of material attached to the metadata UL
PhD theses, special collection documents, UvA-publications UL
Norway Learning objects UL
Radio broadcasts, music, recordings for visually impaired NL
Papers by students, scientific documents, learning resources UL
Poland E-books UL
Old books (rara) UL
Own library's and university's educational materials UL
Portugal Digital documents produced by the university, scientific papers, theses UL
Learning Materials UL
Theses, academic dissertations and other scientific publications UL
Slovakia Theses and dissertations of the university UL
Theses and research papers of the university UL
Spain Blogs and online documents about the activities of a nation UL
Degrees and faculties assessment reports; consulting research reports UL
Official documents of the university UL
Documents produced by the university, like theses and dissertations UL
Local information GRL
Scientific research publications of the university UL
Sweden Certain databases NL
Documents produced by the researchers of the university UL
Switzerland Pre and post print articles and student papers, educational material produced by the university staff UL
Selected databases UL
Digitized documents of regional studies GRL
Dissertations, Bachelor- und Mastertheses UL
Documents that are directly linked to the region UL
Photos, journals, catalogues, audio material UL
Documents that are directly linked to the region (depositary copies!), documents produced by the university UL
United Kingdom Archives, photographs NL
Audio, videos, images, simulations, online fora UL
Born digital institutional archives and reseach data and rept UL
Documents generated by the university which we curate UL
E-theses UL
Exam papers, legal documents etc. UL
Images, sound UL
Multimedia and documents that rely on dynamic/large datasets UL

Q3.2 - Which kinds of digital documents should be archived in your library most urgently? * Region


Central Europe w/o Germany Scandinavian countries New EU member states Mediterranean countries Germany UK and Ireland Total
Ready-to-print master files Very important (1) 36.0% 75.0% 40.0% 29.3% 42.5% 40.0% 41.3%
18 18 22 12 17 10 97
Rather important (2) 36.0% 16.7% 38.2% 39.0% 22.5% 48.0% 34.0%
18 4 21 16 9 12 80
Rather unimportant (3) 24.0% 4.2% 18.2% 29.3% 25.0% 12.0% 20.4%
12 1 10 12 10 3 48
Totally unimportant (4) 4.0% 4.2% 3.6% 2.4% 10.0% .0% 4.3%
2 1 2 1 4 0 10
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=50 N=24 N=55 N=41 N=40 N=25 N=235
(1.96) (1.38) (1.85) (2.05) (2.03) (1.72) (1.88)
Offline documents Very important (1) 34.0% 37.5% 43.6% 58.5% 37.5% 20.0% 40.0%
17 9 24 24 15 5 94
Rather important (2) 46.0% 37.5% 41.8% 39.0% 42.5% 48.0% 42.6%
23 9 23 16 17 12 100
Rather unimportant (3) 18.0% 20.8% 12.7% 2.4% 17.5% 28.0% 15.3%
9 5 7 1 7 7 36
Totally unimportant (4) 2.0% 4.2% 1.8% .0% 2.5% 4.0% 2.1%
1 1 1 0 1 1 5
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=50 N=24 N=55 N=41 N=40 N=25 N=235
(1.88) (1.92) (1.73) (1.44) (1.85) (2.16) (1.80)
Online documents Very important (1) 50.0% 50.0% 54.5% 68.3% 70.0% 56.0% 58.3%
25 12 30 28 28 14 137
Rather important (2) 34.0% 29.2% 27.3% 22.0% 22.5% 28.0% 27.2%
17 7 15 9 9 7 64
Rather unimportant (3) 14.0% 16.7% 10.9% 4.9% 7.5% 12.0% 10.6%
7 4 6 2 3 3 25
Totally unimportant (4) 2.0% 4.2% 7.3% 4.9% .0% 4.0% 3.8%
1 1 4 2 0 1 9
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=50 N=24 N=55 N=41 N=40 N=25 N=235
(1.68) (1.75) (1.71) (1.46) (1.38) (1.64) (1.60)
Websites Very important (1) 22.0% 37.5% 21.8% 26.8% 15.0% 36.0% 24.7%
11 9 12 11 6 9 58
Rather important (2) 30.0% 25.0% 23.6% 34.1% 25.0% 32.0% 28.1%
15 6 13 14 10 8 66
Rather unimportant (3) 40.0% 20.8% 45.5% 29.3% 52.5% 32.0% 38.7%
20 5 25 12 21 8 91
Totally unimportant (4) 8.0% 16.7% 9.1% 9.8% 7.5% .0% 8.5%
4 4 5 4 3 0 20
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=50 N=24 N=55 N=41 N=40 N=25 N=235
(2.34) (2.17) (2.42) (2.22) (2.52) (1.96) (2.31)
Other types of digital documents Very important (1) 83.3% 90.0% 50.0% 66.7% 76.5% 90.0% 73.7%
20 9 10 12 13 9 73
Rather important (2) 12.5% 10.0% 15.0% 16.7% 11.8% 10.0% 13.1%
3 1 3 3 2 1 13
Rather unimportant (3) 4.2% .0% 10.0% 11.1% 11.8% .0% 7.1%
1 0 2 2 2 0 7
Totally unimportant (4) .0% .0% 25.0% 5.6% .0% .0% 6.1%
0 0 5 1 0 0 6
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=24 N=10 N=20 N=18 N=17 N=10 N=99
(1.21) (1.10) (2.10) (1.56) (1.35) (1.10) (1.45)

Kruskal Wallis Test

Ready-to-print master files Offline documents Online documents Websites Other types of digital documents
Chi-Square 13.566 15.233 6.660 7.591 12.383
df 5 5 5 5 5
Asymp. Sig. .019 .009 .247 .180 .030

Q3.2 - Which kinds of digital documents should be archived in your library most urgently? * Type of library


GRL NL UL Total
Ready-to-print master files Very important (1) 16.1% 48.3% 44.6% 41.3%
5 14 78 97
Rather important (2) 48.4% 31.0% 32.0% 34.0%
15 9 56 80
Rather unimportant (3) 32.3% 20.7% 18.3% 20.4%
10 6 32 48
Totally unimportant (4) 3.2% .0% 5.1% 4.3%
1 0 9 10
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=31 N=29 N=175 N=235
(2.23) (1.72) (1.84) (1.88)
Offline documents Very important (1) 51.6% 72.4% 32.6% 40.0%
16 21 57 94
Rather important (2) 38.7% 20.7% 46.9% 42.6%
12 6 82 100
Rather unimportant (3) 6.5% 6.9% 18.3% 15.3%
2 2 32 36
Totally unimportant (4) 3.2% .0% 2.3% 2.1%
1 0 4 5
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=31 N=29 N=175 N=235
(1.61) (1.34) (1.90) (1.80)
Online documents Very important (1) 45.2% 89.7% 55.4% 58.3%
14 26 97 137
Rather important (2) 38.7% 10.3% 28.0% 27.2%
12 3 49 64
Rather unimportant (3) 6.5% .0% 13.1% 10.6%
2 0 23 25
Totally unimportant (4) 9.7% .0% 3.4% 3.8%
3 0 6 9
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=31 N=29 N=175 N=235
(1.81) (1.10) (1.65) (1.60)
Websites Very important (1) 25.8% 69.0% 17.1% 24.7%
8 20 30 58
Rather important (2) 29.0% 20.7% 29.1% 28.1%
9 6 51 66
Rather unimportant (3) 38.7% 10.3% 43.4% 38.7%
12 3 76 91
Totally unimportant (4) 6.5% .0% 10.3% 8.5%
2 0 18 20
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=31 N=29 N=175 N=235
(2.26) (1.41) (2.47) (2.31)
Other types of digital documents Very important (1) 52.9% 72.7% 78.9% 73.7%
9 8 56 73
Rather important (2) 17.6% 9.1% 12.7% 13.1%
3 1 9 13
Rather unimportant (3) 11.8% 9.1% 5.6% 7.1%
2 1 4 7
Totally unimportant (4) 17.6% 9.1% 2.8% 6.1%
3 1 2 6
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=17 N=11 N=71 N=99
(1.94) (1.55) (1.32) (1.45)

Kruskal Wallis Test

Ready-to-print master files Offline documents Online documents Websites Other types of digital documents
Chi-Square 7.406 16.911 14.648 31.275 5.995
df 2 2 2 2 2
Asymp. Sig. .025 .000 .001 .000 .050

Q3.2 - Which kinds of digital documents should be archived in your library most urgently? * Number of bound volumes


Less than 350000 350000 to 700000 700001 to 1800000 More than 1800000 Total
Ready-to-print master files Very important (1) 43.6% 31.9% 45.8% 43.1% 41.6%
24 15 27 31 97
Rather important (2) 32.7% 38.3% 32.2% 33.3% 33.9%
18 18 19 24 79
Rather unimportant (3) 20.0% 25.5% 18.6% 18.1% 20.2%
11 12 11 13 47
Totally unimportant (4) 3.6% 4.3% 3.4% 5.6% 4.3%
2 2 2 4 10
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=55 N=47 N=59 N=72 N=233
(1.84) (2.02) (1.80) (1.86) (1.87)
Offline documents Very important (1) 43.6% 38.3% 35.6% 41.7% 39.9%
24 18 21 30 93
Rather important (2) 41.8% 44.7% 44.1% 40.3% 42.5%
23 21 26 29 99
Rather unimportant (3) 12.7% 17.0% 18.6% 13.9% 15.5%
7 8 11 10 36
Totally unimportant (4) 1.8% .0% 1.7% 4.2% 2.1%
1 0 1 3 5
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=55 N=47 N=59 N=72 N=233
(1.73) (1.79) (1.86) (1.81) (1.80)
Online documents Very important (1) 58.2% 46.8% 61.0% 63.9% 58.4%
32 22 36 46 136
Rather important (2) 27.3% 42.6% 20.3% 22.2% 27.0%
15 20 12 16 63
Rather unimportant (3) 14.5% 8.5% 10.2% 9.7% 10.7%
8 4 6 7 25
Totally unimportant (4) .0% 2.1% 8.5% 4.2% 3.9%
0 1 5 3 9
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=55 N=47 N=59 N=72 N=233
(1.56) (1.66) (1.66) (1.54) (1.60)
Websites Very important (1) 21.8% 19.1% 22.0% 33.3% 24.9%
12 9 13 24 58
Rather important (2) 23.6% 17.0% 37.3% 30.6% 27.9%
13 8 22 22 65
Rather unimportant (3) 43.6% 57.4% 30.5% 29.2% 38.6%
24 27 18 21 90
Totally unimportant (4) 10.9% 6.4% 10.2% 6.9% 8.6%
6 3 6 5 20
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=55 N=47 N=59 N=72 N=233
(2.44) (2.51) (2.29) (2.10) (2.31)
Other types of digital documents Very important (1) 77.3% 73.7% 76.0% 69.7% 73.7%
17 14 19 23 73
Rather important (2) 13.6% 10.5% 12.0% 15.2% 13.1%
3 2 3 5 13
Rather unimportant (3) 4.5% 5.3% 8.0% 9.1% 7.1%
1 1 2 3 7
Totally unimportant (4) 4.5% 10.5% 4.0% 6.1% 6.1%
1 2 1 2 6
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=22 N=19 N=25 N=33 N=99
(1.36) (1.53) (1.40) (1.52) (1.45)

Kruskal Wallis Test

Ready-to-print master files Offline documents Online documents Websites Other types of digital documents
Chi-Square 2.201 1.221 1.857 7.469 .524
df 3 3 3 3 3
Asymp. Sig. .532 .748 .603 .058 .914

Q3.2 - Which kinds of digital documents should be archived in your library most urgently? * Foundation of library


Before 1960 1960 to present Total
Ready-to-print master files Very important (1) 41.9% 42.5% 42.1%
65 31 96
Rather important (2) 32.9% 35.6% 33.8%
51 26 77
Rather unimportant (3) 21.3% 17.8% 20.2%
33 13 46
Totally unimportant (4) 3.9% 4.1% 3.9%
6 3 9
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=155 N=73 N=228
(1.87) (1.84) (1.86)
Offline documents Very important (1) 41.9% 37.0% 40.4%
65 27 92
Rather important (2) 42.6% 45.2% 43.4%
66 33 99
Rather unimportant (3) 13.5% 15.1% 14.0%
21 11 32
Totally unimportant (4) 1.9% 2.7% 2.2%
3 2 5
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=155 N=73 N=228
(1.75) (1.84) (1.78)
Online documents Very important (1) 56.8% 60.3% 57.9%
88 44 132
Rather important (2) 29.7% 23.3% 27.6%
46 17 63
Rather unimportant (3) 9.0% 13.7% 10.5%
14 10 24
Totally unimportant (4) 4.5% 2.7% 3.9%
7 2 9
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=155 N=73 N=228
(1.61) (1.59) (1.61)
Websites Very important (1) 26.5% 21.9% 25.0%
41 16 57
Rather important (2) 31.6% 20.5% 28.1%
49 15 64
Rather unimportant (3) 35.5% 43.8% 38.2%
55 32 87
Totally unimportant (4) 6.5% 13.7% 8.8%
10 10 20
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=155 N=73 N=228
(2.22) (2.49) (2.31)
Other types of digital documents Very important (1) 71.2% 78.1% 73.5%
47 25 72
Rather important (2) 13.6% 12.5% 13.3%
9 4 13
Rather unimportant (3) 7.6% 6.3% 7.1%
5 2 7
Totally unimportant (4) 7.6% 3.1% 6.1%
5 1 6
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=66 N=32 N=98
(1.52) (1.34) (1.46)

Mann-Whitney U Test

Ready-to-print master files Offline documents Online documents Websites Other types of digital documents
Mann-Whitney U 5568.000 5353.500 5556.500 4768.000 974.000
Wilcoxon W 8269.000 17599.500 8257.500 17014.000 1502.000
Z -.288 -.791 -.332 -2.082 -.802
Asymp. Sig. (2-tailed) .774 .429 .740 .037 .423

Q3.2 - Which kinds of digital documents should be archived in your library most urgently? * Position of respondent


Head of library/ Chief librarian Head of department Project manager Employee Total
Ready-to-print master files Very important (1) 39.8% 41.7% 36.8% 55.0% 41.4%
53 25 7 11 96
Rather important (2) 33.8% 35.0% 52.6% 15.0% 34.1%
45 21 10 3 79
Rather unimportant (3) 23.3% 16.7% 5.3% 25.0% 20.3%
31 10 1 5 47
Totally unimportant (4) 3.0% 6.7% 5.3% 5.0% 4.3%
4 4 1 1 10
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=133 N=60 N=19 N=20 N=232
(1.89) (1.88) (1.79) (1.80) (1.88)
Offline documents Very important (1) 39.1% 40.0% 47.4% 30.0% 39.2%
52 24 9 6 91
Rather important (2) 44.4% 43.3% 26.3% 50.0% 43.1%
59 26 5 10 100
Rather unimportant (3) 15.0% 13.3% 21.1% 20.0% 15.5%
20 8 4 4 36
Totally unimportant (4) 1.5% 3.3% 5.3% .0% 2.2%
2 2 1 0 5
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=133 N=60 N=19 N=20 N=232
(1.79) (1.80) (1.84) (1.90) (1.81)
Online documents Very important (1) 55.6% 55.0% 57.9% 85.0% 58.2%
74 33 11 17 135
Rather important (2) 33.1% 25.0% 21.1% 5.0% 27.6%
44 15 4 1 64
Rather unimportant (3) 9.0% 11.7% 15.8% 10.0% 10.3%
12 7 3 2 24
Totally unimportant (4) 2.3% 8.3% 5.3% .0% 3.9%
3 5 1 0 9
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=133 N=60 N=19 N=20 N=232
(1.58) (1.73) (1.68) (1.25) (1.60)
Websites Very important (1) 17.3% 35.0% 31.6% 35.0% 24.6%
23 21 6 7 57
Rather important (2) 33.1% 20.0% 21.1% 25.0% 28.0%
44 12 4 5 65
Rather unimportant (3) 42.9% 33.3% 36.8% 35.0% 39.2%
57 20 7 7 91
Totally unimportant (4) 6.8% 11.7% 10.5% 5.0% 8.2%
9 7 2 1 19
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=133 N=60 N=19 N=20 N=232
(2.39) (2.22) (2.26) (2.10) (2.31)
Other types of digital documents Very important (1) 81.5% 66.7% 60.0% 71.4% 74.5%
44 18 6 5 73
Rather important (2) 9.3% 14.8% 20.0% 14.3% 12.2%
5 4 2 1 12
Rather unimportant (3) 3.7% 7.4% 20.0% 14.3% 7.1%
2 2 2 1 7
Totally unimportant (4) 5.6% 11.1% .0% .0% 6.1%
3 3 0 0 6
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=54 N=27 N=10 N=7 N=98
(1.33) (1.63) (1.60) (1.43) (1.45)

Kruskal Wallis Test

Ready-to-print master files Offline documents Online documents Websites Other types of digital documents
Chi-Square .677 .570 5.678 2.649 3.541
df 3 3 3 3 3
Asymp. Sig. .879 .903 .128 .449 .316

Q3.2 - Which kinds of digital documents should be archived in your library most urgently? * Background of respondent


Librarian Technician / IT Manager Scientist Total
Ready-to-print master files Very important (1) 43.8% 37.0% 32.8% 58.8% 41.4%
57 10 19 10 96
Rather important (2) 33.1% 37.0% 34.5% 35.3% 34.1%
43 10 20 6 79
Rather unimportant (3) 20.8% 11.1% 27.6% 5.9% 20.3%
27 3 16 1 47
Totally unimportant (4) 2.3% 14.8% 5.2% .0% 4.3%
3 4 3 0 10
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=130 N=27 N=58 N=17 N=232
(1.82) (2.04) (2.05) (1.47) (1.88)
Offline documents Very important (1) 38.5% 37.0% 39.7% 47.1% 39.2%
50 10 23 8 91
Rather important (2) 42.3% 44.4% 46.6% 35.3% 43.1%
55 12 27 6 100
Rather unimportant (3) 16.9% 14.8% 12.1% 17.6% 15.5%
22 4 7 3 36
Totally unimportant (4) 2.3% 3.7% 1.7% .0% 2.2%
3 1 1 0 5
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=130 N=27 N=58 N=17 N=232
(1.83) (1.85) (1.76) (1.71) (1.81)
Online documents Very important (1) 57.7% 70.4% 55.2% 52.9% 58.2%
75 19 32 9 135
Rather important (2) 27.7% 14.8% 31.0% 35.3% 27.6%
36 4 18 6 64
Rather unimportant (3) 10.0% 11.1% 10.3% 11.8% 10.3%
13 3 6 2 24
Totally unimportant (4) 4.6% 3.7% 3.4% .0% 3.9%
6 1 2 0 9
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=130 N=27 N=58 N=17 N=232
(1.62) (1.48) (1.62) (1.59) (1.60)
Websites Very important (1) 26.2% 33.3% 17.2% 23.5% 24.6%
34 9 10 4 57
Rather important (2) 28.5% 22.2% 25.9% 41.2% 28.0%
37 6 15 7 65
Rather unimportant (3) 36.2% 40.7% 48.3% 29.4% 39.2%
47 11 28 5 91
Totally unimportant (4) 9.2% 3.7% 8.6% 5.9% 8.2%
12 1 5 1 19
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=130 N=27 N=58 N=17 N=232
(2.28) (2.15) (2.48) (2.18) (2.31)
Other types of digital documents Very important (1) 75.0% 66.7% 76.0% 77.8% 74.5%
39 8 19 7 73
Rather important (2) 15.4% 16.7% 8.0% .0% 12.2%
8 2 2 0 12
Rather unimportant (3) 5.8% .0% 12.0% 11.1% 7.1%
3 0 3 1 7
Totally unimportant (4) 3.8% 16.7% 4.0% 11.1% 6.1%
2 2 1 1 6
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=52 N=12 N=25 N=9 N=98
(1.38) (1.67) (1.44) (1.56) (1.45)

Kruskal Wallis Test

Ready-to-print master files Offline documents Online documents Websites Other types of digital documents
Chi-Square 6.541 .574 1.299 3.308 .635
df 3 3 3 3 3
Asymp. Sig. .088 .902 .729 .347 .888

Q3.2 - Which kinds of digital documents should be archived in your library most urgently? * Age of respondent


Under 31 31-40 years 41-50 years 51-60 years Over 60 Total
Ready-to-print master files Very important (1) 75.0% 39.4% 48.7% 37.6% 31.3% 42.0%
3 13 38 35 5 94
Rather important (2) 25.0% 30.3% 32.1% 36.6% 37.5% 33.9%
1 10 25 34 6 76
Rather unimportant (3) .0% 27.3% 12.8% 22.6% 31.3% 20.1%
0 9 10 21 5 45
Totally unimportant (4) .0% 3.0% 6.4% 3.2% .0% 4.0%
0 1 5 3 0 9
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=4 N=33 N=78 N=93 N=16 N=224
(1.25) (1.94) (1.77) (1.91) (2.00) (1.86)
Offline documents Very important (1) 25.0% 36.4% 37.2% 41.9% 43.8% 39.3%
1 12 29 39 7 88
Rather important (2) 25.0% 45.5% 44.9% 41.9% 37.5% 42.9%
1 15 35 39 6 96
Rather unimportant (3) 25.0% 18.2% 15.4% 15.1% 12.5% 15.6%
1 6 12 14 2 35
Totally unimportant (4) 25.0% .0% 2.6% 1.1% 6.3% 2.2%
1 0 2 1 1 5
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=4 N=33 N=78 N=93 N=16 N=224
(2.50) (1.82) (1.83) (1.75) (1.81) (1.81)
Online documents Very important (1) 50.0% 54.5% 56.4% 62.4% 56.3% 58.5%
2 18 44 58 9 131
Rather important (2) .0% 21.2% 33.3% 28.0% 12.5% 27.2%
0 7 26 26 2 61
Rather unimportant (3) 25.0% 24.2% 3.8% 7.5% 25.0% 10.3%
1 8 3 7 4 23
Totally unimportant (4) 25.0% .0% 6.4% 2.2% 6.3% 4.0%
1 0 5 2 1 9
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=4 N=33 N=78 N=93 N=16 N=224
(2.25) (1.70) (1.60) (1.49) (1.81) (1.60)
Websites Very important (1) 25.0% 24.2% 29.5% 19.4% 18.8% 23.7%
1 8 23 18 3 53
Rather important (2) .0% 30.3% 24.4% 34.4% 18.8% 28.6%
0 10 19 32 3 64
Rather unimportant (3) 25.0% 42.4% 32.1% 43.0% 50.0% 39.3%
1 14 25 40 8 88
Totally unimportant (4) 50.0% 3.0% 14.1% 3.2% 12.5% 8.5%
2 1 11 3 2 19
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=4 N=33 N=78 N=93 N=16 N=224
(3.00) (2.24) (2.31) (2.30) (2.56) (2.33)
Other types of digital documents Very important (1) .0% 78.6% 75.0% 69.4% 100.0% 74.5%
0 11 27 25 7 70
Rather important (2) .0% 14.3% 13.9% 13.9% .0% 12.8%
0 2 5 5 0 12
Rather unimportant (3) 100.0% .0% 2.8% 11.1% .0% 6.4%
1 0 1 4 0 6
Totally unimportant (4) .0% 7.1% 8.3% 5.6% .0% 6.4%
0 1 3 2 0 6
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=1 N=14 N=36 N=36 N=7 N=94
(3.00) (1.36) (1.44) (1.53) (1.00) (1.45)

Kruskal Wallis Test

Ready-to-print master files Offline documents Online documents Websites Other types of digital documents
Chi-Square 4.264 2.424 3.281 3.234 6.213
df 4 4 4 4 4
Asymp. Sig. .371 .658 .512 .520 .184

Q3.2 - Which kinds of digital documents should be archived in your library most urgently? * Q4 - Does your library already maintain a repository of digital documents?


Yes. Our digital repository is accessible online. Not yet, but there are plans to establish one. No, and there are no plans to establish one at present. Total
Ready-to-print master files Very important (1) 56.7% 34.8% 20.0% 41.0%
55 32 9 96
Rather important (2) 25.8% 41.3% 37.8% 34.2%
25 38 17 80
Rather unimportant (3) 12.4% 20.7% 37.8% 20.5%
12 19 17 48
Totally unimportant (4) 5.2% 3.3% 4.4% 4.3%
5 3 2 10
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=97 N=92 N=45 N=234
(1.66) (1.92) (2.27) (1.88)
Offline documents Very important (1) 35.1% 44.6% 40.0% 39.7%
34 41 18 93
Rather important (2) 41.2% 39.1% 53.3% 42.7%
40 36 24 100
Rather unimportant (3) 19.6% 16.3% 4.4% 15.4%
19 15 2 36
Totally unimportant (4) 4.1% .0% 2.2% 2.1%
4 0 1 5
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=97 N=92 N=45 N=234
(1.93) (1.72) (1.69) (1.80)
Online documents Very important (1) 63.9% 53.3% 55.6% 58.1%
62 49 25 136
Rather important (2) 23.7% 30.4% 28.9% 27.4%
23 28 13 64
Rather unimportant (3) 9.3% 13.0% 8.9% 10.7%
9 12 4 25
Totally unimportant (4) 3.1% 3.3% 6.7% 3.8%
3 3 3 9
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=97 N=92 N=45 N=234
(1.52) (1.66) (1.67) (1.60)
Websites Very important (1) 23.7% 26.1% 22.2% 24.4%
23 24 10 57
Rather important (2) 27.8% 32.6% 20.0% 28.2%
27 30 9 66
Rather unimportant (3) 39.2% 35.9% 44.4% 38.9%
38 33 20 91
Totally unimportant (4) 9.3% 5.4% 13.3% 8.5%
9 5 6 20
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=97 N=92 N=45 N=234
(2.34) (2.21) (2.49) (2.32)
Other types of digital documents Very important (1) 83.3% 74.4% 46.2% 74.5%
35 32 6 73
Rather important (2) 7.1% 16.3% 15.4% 12.2%
3 7 2 12
Rather unimportant (3) 7.1% 7.0% 7.7% 7.1%
3 3 1 7
Totally unimportant (4) 2.4% 2.3% 30.8% 6.1%
1 1 4 6
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=42 N=43 N=13 N=98
(1.29) (1.37) (2.23) (1.45)

Kruskal Wallis Test

Ready-to-print master files Offline documents Online documents Websites Other types of digital documents
Chi-Square 18.484 3.549 2.432 2.924 6.523
df 2 2 2 2 2
Asymp. Sig. .000 .170 .296 .232 .038

Q3.2 - Which kinds of digital documents should be archived in your library most urgently? * Q7 - Which kinds of digital documents do you already archive at your library?


Ready-to-print master files Offline documents Online documents Websites Other types of digital documents
Ready-to-print master files Very important (1) 77.2% 57.5% 51.0% 50.0% 45.7%
44 23 26 12 16
Rather important (2) 21.1% 22.5% 33.3% 37.5% 28.6%
12 9 17 9 10
Rather unimportant (3) 1.8% 15.0% 13.7% 8.3% 20.0%
1 6 7 2 7
Totally unimportant (4) .0% 5.0% 2.0% 4.2% 5.7%
0 2 1 1 2
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=57 N=40 N=51 N=24 N=35
(1.25) (1.68) (1.67) (1.67) (1.86)
Offline documents Very important (1) 31.6% 52.5% 49.0% 58.3% 31.4%
18 21 25 14 11
Rather important (2) 43.9% 40.0% 33.3% 29.2% 37.1%
25 16 17 7 13
Rather unimportant (3) 19.3% 7.5% 15.7% 8.3% 28.6%
11 3 8 2 10
Totally unimportant (4) 5.3% .0% 2.0% 4.2% 2.9%
3 0 1 1 1
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=57 N=40 N=51 N=24 N=35
(1.98) (1.55) (1.71) (1.58) (2.03)
Online documents Very important (1) 57.9% 80.0% 76.5% 87.5% 54.3%
33 32 39 21 19
Rather important (2) 26.3% 17.5% 17.6% 8.3% 28.6%
15 7 9 2 10
Rather unimportant (3) 12.3% 2.5% 5.9% .0% 14.3%
7 1 3 0 5
Totally unimportant (4) 3.5% .0% .0% 4.2% 2.9%
2 0 0 1 1
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=57 N=40 N=51 N=24 N=35
(1.61) (1.23) (1.29) (1.21) (1.66)
Websites Very important (1) 21.1% 20.0% 29.4% 50.0% 25.7%
12 8 15 12 9
Rather important (2) 19.3% 32.5% 33.3% 41.7% 25.7%
11 13 17 10 9
Rather unimportant (3) 49.1% 40.0% 31.4% 8.3% 37.1%
28 16 16 2 13
Totally unimportant (4) 10.5% 7.5% 5.9% .0% 11.4%
6 3 3 0 4
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=57 N=40 N=51 N=24 N=35
(2.49) (2.35) (2.14) (1.58) (2.34)
Other types of digital documents Very important (1) 76.2% 84.6% 94.4% 88.9% 92.9%
16 11 17 8 26
Rather important (2) 9.5% 7.7% 5.6% .0% .0%
2 1 1 0 0
Rather unimportant (3) 9.5% 7.7% .0% .0% 3.6%
2 1 0 0 1
Totally unimportant (4) 4.8% .0% .0% 11.1% 3.6%
1 0 0 1 1
Total (Mean) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=21 N=13 N=18 N=9 N=28
(1.43) (1.23) (1.06) (1.33) (1.18)

Mann-Whitney U Test: Q3.2 * Q7 - Ready-to-print master files

Ready-to-print master files Offline documents Online documents Websites Other types of digital documents
Mann-Whitney U 481.500 1045.000 961.500 878.000 188.000
Wilcoxon W 2134.500 1865.000 1781.500 1698.000 419.000
Z -5.400 -.742 -1.537 -2.019 -1.260
Asymp. Sig. (2-tailed) .000 .458 .124 .043 .208

Mann-Whitney U Test: Q3.2 * Q7 - Offline documents

Ready-to-print master files Offline documents Online documents Websites Other types of digital documents
Mann-Whitney U 1135.000 671.500 796.000 1132.000 184.000
Wilcoxon W 2788.000 1491.500 1616.000 2785.000 275.000
Z -.041 -3.661 -2.961 -.062 -.189
Asymp. Sig. (2-tailed) .967 .000 .003 .951 .850
Exact Sig. [2*(1-tailed Sig.)]



.914

Mann-Whitney U Test: Q3.2 * Q7 - Online documents

Ready-to-print master files Offline documents Online documents Websites Other types of digital documents
Mann-Whitney U 1087.500 805.500 838.500 874.000 172.000
Wilcoxon W 2168.500 2131.500 2164.500 2200.000 343.000
Z -.691 -2.831 -2.839 -2.272 -1.724
Asymp. Sig. (2-tailed) .489 .005 .005 .023 .085

Mann-Whitney U Test: Q3.2 * Q7 - Websites

Ready-to-print master files Offline documents Online documents Websites Other types of digital documents
Mann-Whitney U 836.000 590.000 605.500 353.000 141.000
Wilcoxon W 3537.000 890.000 905.500 653.000 186.000
Z -.374 -2.550 -2.656 -4.598 -.354
Asymp. Sig. (2-tailed) .708 .011 .008 .000 .723
Exact Sig. [2*(1-tailed Sig.)]



.833

Mann-Whitney U Test: Q3.2 * Q7 - Other types of digital documents

Ready-to-print master files Offline documents Online documents Websites Other types of digital documents
Mann-Whitney U 876.500 963.500 915.500 1083.500 144.000
Wilcoxon W 2829.500 2916.500 2868.500 3036.500 550.000
Z -1.753 -.973 -1.496 -.012 -2.139
Asymp. Sig. (2-tailed) .080 .330 .135 .991 .032
Exact Sig. [2*(1-tailed Sig.)]



.171