44 · Survey Results: Survey Questions And Responses
Direct Purchasing/Licensing by the Library: Identifying and Evaluating New
E-resources
20. Who at your library is responsible for identifying and evaluating new e-resources for direct
purchase/licensing? Check all that apply. N=73
Identifying
N Discipline/
Subject-specific
N=73
Multidisciplinary
N=73
Librarians with mixed collections and/or teaching and/or
reference responsibilities
68 64 64
Librarians dedicated to collection development in all
formats (e.g., bibliographers)
48 48 45
General collection development group 46 38 45
Library senior administrators – Deans/directors/AULs 41 36 41
Librarians dedicated to e-resource management 33 32 31
E-resource group 19 16 18
Other individual(s) or group(s) 11 11 10
Evaluating
N Discipline/
Subject-specific
N=73
Multidisciplinary
N=73
Librarians with mixed collections and/or teaching and/or
reference responsibilities
65 61 62
Librarians dedicated to collection development in all
formats (e.g., bibliographers)
48 48 46
General collection development group 45 40 44
Librarians dedicated to e-resource management 36 34 34
Library senior administrators – Deans/directors/AULs 31 28 31
E-resource group 24 24 21
Other individual(s) or group(s) 11 11 10