Q3 - Do you consider the long-term preservation of digital documents to be an intrinsic task of your own library?

Q3 - Do you consider the long-term preservation of digital documents to be an intrinsic task of your own library?


Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid Yes 242 73.3% 85.8% 85.8%
No 40 12.1% 14.2% 100.0%
Total 282 85.5% 100.0%
Missing Not applicable 29 8.8%

Don't know 19 5.8%

Total 48 14.5%

Total 330 100.0%


Q3 - Do you consider the long-term preservation of digital documents to be an intrinsic task of your own library? * Region

Central Europe w/o Germany Scandinavian countries New EU member states Mediterranean countries Germany UK and Ireland Total
Yes 86.7% 85.7% 87.9% 89.6% 81.6% 80.6% 85.8%
52 24 58 43 40 25 242
No 13.3% 14.3% 12.1% 10.4% 18.4% 19.4% 14.2%
8 4 8 5 9 6 40
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=60 N=28 N=66 N=48 N=49 N=31 N=282

Chi-Square Tests

Value df Asymp. Sig. (2-sided)
Pearson Chi-Square 2.212(a) 5 .819
N of Valid Cases 282

a 2 cells (16.7%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 3.97.

Q3 - Do you consider the long-term preservation of digital documents to be an intrinsic task of your own library? * Type of library

GRL NL UL Total
Yes 89.2% 96.7% 83.7% 85.8%
33 29 180 242
No 10.8% 3.3% 16.3% 14.2%
4 1 35 40
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=37 N=30 N=215 N=282

Chi-Square Tests

Value df Asymp. Sig. (2-sided)
Pearson Chi-Square 4.023(a) 2 .134
N of Valid Cases 282

a 1 cells (16.7%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 4.26.

Q3 - Do you consider the long-term preservation of digital documents to be an intrinsic task of your own library? * Number of bound volumes

Less than 350000 350000 to 700000 700001 to 1800000 More than 1800000 Total
Yes 88.9% 79.4% 82.7% 92.3% 86.0%
56 50 62 72 240
No 11.1% 20.6% 17.3% 7.7% 14.0%
7 13 13 6 39
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=63 N=63 N=75 N=78 N=279

Chi-Square Tests

Value df Asymp. Sig. (2-sided)
Pearson Chi-Square 6.018(a) 3 .111
N of Valid Cases 279

a 0 cells (.0%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 8.81.

Q3 - Do you consider the long-term preservation of digital documents to be an intrinsic task of your own library? * Foundation of library

Before 1960 1960 to present Total
Yes 84.3% 91.4% 86.4%
161 74 235
No 15.7% 8.6% 13.6%
30 7 37
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=191 N=81 N=272

Chi-Square Tests

Value df Asymp. Sig. (2-sided) Exact Sig. (2-sided) Exact Sig. (1-sided)
Pearson Chi-Square 2.416(b) 1 .120

Fisher's Exact Test


.175 .084
N of Valid Cases 272



a Computed only for a 2x2 table
b 0 cells (.0%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 11.02.

Q3 - Do you consider the long-term preservation of digital documents to be an intrinsic task of your own library? * Position of respondent

Head of library/ Chief librarian Head of department Project manager Employee Total
Yes 85.8% 84.5% 90.5% 90.9% 86.2%
133 60 19 20 232
No 14.2% 15.5% 9.5% 9.1% 13.8%
22 11 2 2 37
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=155 N=71 N=21 N=22 N=269

Chi-Square Tests

Value df Asymp. Sig. (2-sided)
Pearson Chi-Square .926(a) 3 .819
N of Valid Cases 269

a 2 cells (25.0%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 2.89.

Q3 - Do you consider the long-term preservation of digital documents to be an intrinsic task of your own library? * Background of respondent

Librarian Technician / IT Manager Scientist Total
Yes 85.0% 100.0% 84.1% 85.0% 86.2%
130 27 58 17 232
No 15.0% .0% 15.9% 15.0% 13.8%
23 0 11 3 37
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=153 N=27 N=69 N=20 N=269

Chi-Square Tests

Value df Asymp. Sig. (2-sided)
Pearson Chi-Square 4.821(a) 3 .185
N of Valid Cases 269

a 2 cells (25.0%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 2.75.

Q3 - Do you consider the long-term preservation of digital documents to be an intrinsic task of your own library? * Age of respondent

Under 31 31-40 years 41-50 years 51-60 years Over 60 Total
Yes 100.0% 84.6% 84.8% 87.7% 84.2% 86.2%
4 33 78 93 16 224
No .0% 15.4% 15.2% 12.3% 15.8% 13.8%
0 6 14 13 3 36
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
N=4 N=39 N=92 N=106 N=19 N=260

Chi-Square Tests

Value df Asymp. Sig. (2-sided)
Pearson Chi-Square 1.148(a) 4 .887
N of Valid Cases 260

a 3 cells (30.0%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is .55.