This statistic shows the opinion of faculty and librarians on how essential academic library services are for student and faculty in the United States and Canada in 2015. In 2015, 97 percent of librarian respondents thought the instruction of students in information literacy was either essential or very essential.
Faculty and librarian opinion on how essential various library services are for students and faculty, as of 2015*
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Library Journal. (September 1, 2015). Faculty and librarian opinion on how essential various library services are for students and faculty, as of 2015* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 29, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/711901/survey-on-necessity-of-library-services-us-canada/
Library Journal. "Faculty and librarian opinion on how essential various library services are for students and faculty, as of 2015*." Chart. September 1, 2015. Statista. Accessed March 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/711901/survey-on-necessity-of-library-services-us-canada/
Library Journal. (2015). Faculty and librarian opinion on how essential various library services are for students and faculty, as of 2015*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/711901/survey-on-necessity-of-library-services-us-canada/
Library Journal. "Faculty and Librarian Opinion on How Essential Various Library Services Are for Students and Faculty, as of 2015*." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Sep 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/711901/survey-on-necessity-of-library-services-us-canada/
Library Journal, Faculty and librarian opinion on how essential various library services are for students and faculty, as of 2015* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/711901/survey-on-necessity-of-library-services-us-canada/ (last visited March 29, 2024)
Faculty and librarian opinion on how essential various library services are for students and faculty, as of 2015* [Graph], Library Journal, September 1, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/711901/survey-on-necessity-of-library-services-us-canada/