Ithaka S+R Library Director Survey, United States, 2022 (ICPSR 38876)

Version Date: Jan 29, 2024

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Principal Investigator(s):
Ioana G. Hulbert, Ithaka S+R

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https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR38876.v1

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Summary

The Ithaka S+R Library Survey 2022 examines strategy and leadership issues from the perspective of library deans and directors at not-for-profit four-year academic institutions across the United States. Respondents were asked about their strategies related to services, collections, diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA), budget, and personnel, their leadership roles within and outside of the library, and their vision for the role of the library. Demographic variables include respondents' number of years in their position, respondents' age, race/ethnicity, and Carnegie Classification.

Citation

Hulbert, Ioana G. Ithaka S+R Library Director Survey, United States, 2022. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-01-29. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR38876.v1

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Funding

Elsevier, JSTOR

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Smallest Geographic Unit

Country

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

2022

Date of Collection

2022-10-12 -- 2022-12-03

Data Collection Notes

  1. For additional information, please see the full report from the Ithaka S+R website.
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Study Purpose

Since 2010, Ithaka S+R has conducted the Library Survey on a triennial basis with the overarching goal of tracking the perspectives, priorities, and leadership strategies of library deans and directors at four-year academic institutions. This study is part of a larger international research portfolio, which includes the Ithaka S+R US Faculty Survey and surveys of leaders and staff in the museum, cultural heritage, and archives fields. Collectively, these survey-based research projects shed light on differences in perspectives across multiple professions and communities, as well as common priorities and challenges that bridge them.

Consistent with previous iterations of this survey, this cycle focused on the core role and functions of the library, the relationship of its leader to other senior administrators, and library strategy, budgeting, staffing, and collections. This cycle also included topics that speak to emerging trends in the field, such as research data management services. The research team also introduced new questions to further probe how library leaders prioritize diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility initiatives, as well as their perspectives on the open access landscape through.

Sample

Consistent with previous cycles, for the 2022 survey Ithaka S+R generated a contact list of library deans and directors at four-year colleges and universities across the United States. To qualify an institution had to have one of the following classifications within the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education database:

  • Baccalaureate Colleges: Baccalaureate/Associate's Colleges: Associate's Dominant
  • Baccalaureate Colleges: Mixed Baccalaureate/Associate's
  • Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
  • Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts and Sciences Focus
  • Master's Colleges and Universities: Small Programs
  • Master's Colleges and Universities: Medium Programs
  • Master's Colleges and Universities: Larger Programs
  • Doctoral/Professional Universities
  • Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity
  • Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity

Based on these criteria, the final generated list consists of 1,508 institutions. Where possible, a single individual from each institution was chosen as the point of contact for the survey. A small number of institutions have two or more co-directors. In these cases the research team asked that they work together to complete the survey, and they restricted the ability to submit more than one response from any given institution. Of the 1,513 individuals the research team attempted to contact, 47 email invitations bounced or failed, bringing the total sample of deans and directors to 1,466.

Time Method

Cross-sectional

Universe

Library deans and directors at not-for-profit four-year academic institutions across the United States.

Unit(s) of Observation

Individual, Academic Institution

Data Type(s)

Mode of Data Collection

Response Rates

Of the 1,466 directors who received email invitations to participate in the survey on October 12, 2022, the research team received 612 completed responses, for an overall response rate of 42 percent. The response rates vary by Carnegie Classification.

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Original Release Date

2024-01-29

Version History

2024-01-29 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

  • Created variable labels and/or value labels.
  • Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.

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Weight

The data are not weighted.

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Notes