Architecture Studies http://blogs.library.unlv.edu/arch-studies/ Announces new materials and events in the ASL. Announcements and feature information from the ASL Librarian. en Copyright 2009 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:48:28 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Print versus online -- preferences of SOA students and faculty This fall I distributed a short survey asking students and faculty whether they preferred print or online journals and books. Here's what I found out!

For books: 81 preferred print; 17 preferred electronic; and 18 indicated that the format didn't matter.

For journals: 52 preferred print; 45 preferred electronic; and 19 indicated that the format didn't matter.

The breakdown on who responded to the survey is this:
faculty 10
students -- landscape 13
students -- interiors 18
students -- architecture 75

Here's a comment from one of the respondents, emphasizing the importance of print materials for browsing: "The serendipity principle is still an important role for the library. People discover things through the physicality of wandering and looking around that they wouldn't consider otherwise." and another comment: "Honestly there are too many distractions online -- print is better." and one more: "Prefer electronic if easy to access."

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