46 · Survey Results: Survey Questions and Responses
SHARED STEWARDSHIP: MONOGRAPHS
For monographs, some librarians believe the transition from print to electronic will be significantly slower than it was for journals.
Libraries may need to optimize print and digital management in a hybrid-format environment for many years to come. There may be
some behaviors that librarians could monitor over time to more systematically identify when to discontinue dual format management.
20. Please indicate how important it might be for libraries to monitor the following behaviors or
services to better inform print monograph collection management strategies. Please make one
selection per row. N=50
Behaviors/Services 1 Not at all
Important
2 3 Important 4 5 Very
Important
N
Interlibrary lending capabilities for ebooks 0 0 11 6 33 50
Change in tenure achievement with non-book length
publications
4 8 12 10 16 50
Use of shared print books as enhanced discovery
and delivery services are applied (e.g., print-on-
demand, scan-on-demand, direct delivery by mail,
display of book covers)
0 1 16 19 14 50
Uses of print and digital monographs throughout the
research lifecycle
1 1 16 20 12 50
Use of print books as digital surrogates become
available and fewer copies are retained
0 7 18 14 11 50
Transformation of the long-form argument to other
or more dynamic forms in a discipline
4 4 21 10 11 50
Use of print books by different user cohorts
(undergraduates, graduates, faculty)
1 6 22 11 10 50
Print monograph deselection rates 3 3 20 17 7 50
Unmet demand for print books (“satisficing”
behaviors owing to barriers in access)
3 12 19 10 4 48
Total Responses 9 23 44 41 40 50
SHARED STEWARDSHIP: MONOGRAPHS
For monographs, some librarians believe the transition from print to electronic will be significantly slower than it was for journals.
Libraries may need to optimize print and digital management in a hybrid-format environment for many years to come. There may be
some behaviors that librarians could monitor over time to more systematically identify when to discontinue dual format management.
20. Please indicate how important it might be for libraries to monitor the following behaviors or
services to better inform print monograph collection management strategies. Please make one
selection per row. N=50
Behaviors/Services 1 Not at all
Important
2 3 Important 4 5 Very
Important
N
Interlibrary lending capabilities for ebooks 0 0 11 6 33 50
Change in tenure achievement with non-book length
publications
4 8 12 10 16 50
Use of shared print books as enhanced discovery
and delivery services are applied (e.g., print-on-
demand, scan-on-demand, direct delivery by mail,
display of book covers)
0 1 16 19 14 50
Uses of print and digital monographs throughout the
research lifecycle
1 1 16 20 12 50
Use of print books as digital surrogates become
available and fewer copies are retained
0 7 18 14 11 50
Transformation of the long-form argument to other
or more dynamic forms in a discipline
4 4 21 10 11 50
Use of print books by different user cohorts
(undergraduates, graduates, faculty)
1 6 22 11 10 50
Print monograph deselection rates 3 3 20 17 7 50
Unmet demand for print books (“satisficing”
behaviors owing to barriers in access)
3 12 19 10 4 48
Total Responses 9 23 44 41 40 50
