Survey of academic and research librarians in Germany and the USA, 2019

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Stefan Kramer, American University

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Project Citation: 

Kramer, Stefan. Survey of academic and research librarians in Germany and the USA, 2019. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2020-07-15. https://doi.org/10.3886/E120283V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary This dataset contains almost all of the variables from the 2019 "Survey of academic and research librarians in Germany and the USA" (http://doi.org/10.17606/7vas-4p59). Several open-ended questions in the original data were coded into new variables in this dataset by the P.I., and the open-ended question variables removed. The ZIP file made available here contains: 1.) the dataset in SPSS data file (.sav) format; 2.) the dataset in comma-separated values (.csv) format; 3.) the dataset codebook in SPSS output file (.spv) format; 4.) the dataset codebook in portable document format (.PDF). A subset of this dataset is also available - the replication dataset (http://doi.org/10.3886/E111106V1) for the first published article that resulted from the survey: Kramer, S. and Horstmann, W., 2020. Perceptions and beliefs of academic librarians in Germany and the USA: a comparative study. LIBER Quarterly, 29(1), pp.1–18. DOI: http://doi.org/10.18352/lq.10314

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms academic libraries
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States, Germany
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 1/7/2019 – 2/10/2019
Universe:  View help for Universe Employees of libraries of higher education or research/cultural institutions in Germany and the USA.
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) survey data

Methodology

Collection Mode(s):  View help for Collection Mode(s) web-based survey
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation Individuals
Geographic Unit:  View help for Geographic Unit Country

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