Survey of Users of Korean Materials:
The Australia-Korea Research
and Information Profile
Report of the Korean Working Group
May 1998
7. Appendix 1 Response tables
|
Number of questionnaires sent out |
110 |
|
Date questionnaires sent out |
17 June 1997 |
|
Closing date for responses |
25 September 1997 |
|
Number of responses received |
55 |
|
Percent of respondents |
|
|
Victoria |
41.8% |
|
NSW and ACT |
27.3% |
|
Queensland |
12.7% |
|
South Australia |
10.9% |
|
Western Australia |
5.5% |
|
no information supplied |
1.8% |
7.1 Educational qualifications
|
Bachelor |
12.7% |
|
Diploma or Graduate Diploma |
14.5% |
|
Masters |
29.1% |
|
PhD |
29.1% |
|
Information not given |
14.5% |
|
Employed by a university or tertiary education institution |
67.3% |
|
Employed within primary or secondary education system |
9.1% |
|
Employed by an organisation which does business in or with Korea |
21.8% |
|
Retired/not employed |
1.8 |
7.3 Interviews
(conducted in person and by
telephone between July and December 1997)
|
Business |
Non-business |
Total number of people interviewed |
|
|
Melbourne |
5 |
13 |
18 |
|
Sydney |
18 |
7 |
25 |
|
Brisbane |
6 |
7 |
13 |
|
Canberra |
5 |
11 |
16 |
|
Adelaide |
0 |
3 |
3 |
|
Perth |
2 |
2 |
4 |
|
Hobart |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
TOTAL |
37 |
44 |
81 |
7.4 Percent of respondents who use Korean materials in the following subjects:
|
Never |
Less than once a month |
2 - 3 times a month |
More than 3 times a month |
|
|
Building and architecture |
72.7% |
21.8% |
1.8% |
3.6% |
|
Business and commerce |
30.9% |
27.3% |
16.4% |
25.5% |
|
Culture |
19.3% |
33.3% |
14.0% |
33.3% |
|
Education |
27.3% |
32.7% |
25.5% |
14.5% |
|
Environment |
40.0% |
41.8% |
12.7% |
5.5% |
|
History |
29.1% |
32.7% |
20.9% |
18.2% |
|
Industry |
34.5% |
25.5% |
16.4% |
23.6% |
|
Language and literature |
38.2% |
16.4% |
5.5% |
40.0% |
|
Law |
54.5% |
38.2% |
3.6% |
3.6% |
|
Medicine |
70.9% |
25.5% |
1.8% |
1.8% |
|
Politics and government |
24.1% |
24.1% |
27.6% |
24.1% |
|
Religion |
40.0% |
36.4% |
12.7% |
10.9% |
|
Statistics |
40.0% |
32.7% |
7.3% |
20.0% |
|
Other subjects (1) |
7.3% |
9.1% |
21.8% |
7.5 Personal visits to libraries
|
Institution |
Percent who visited |
|
Australian National University |
25.5% |
|
Griffith University |
12.7% |
|
Monash University |
27.3% |
|
National Library of Australia |
25.5% |
|
Other Australian libraries visited |
Victoria: Swinburne University of Technology, University
of Melbourne, La Trobe University, National Korean Studies Centre, Deakin
University, Victorian University of Technology, Association of Korean Teachers
Resource Centre, Asian Law Centre (University of Melbourne), Korean Trade
Centre Business Reference Centre, Language and Multicultural Education Resource
Centre. |
|
Korean libraries visited |
Soyong University, Social Science Library, Korea Institute for Economics and Technology, Korea Development Institute, National Assembly Library, Seoul National University, Yonsei University |
|
Other overseas libraries visited (UK) |
Oxford university libraries |
7.6 Personal visits made to libraries in the last 12 months
|
Percent of respondents |
|
|
No visits made |
18.2% |
|
1-2 libraries visited |
54.5% |
|
3-4 libraries visited |
21.8% |
|
more than 4 libraries visited |
3.6% |
|
no response to this question about personal visits |
1.8% |
7.7 Sources of material used by questionnaire respondents (2)
|
No alternatives sought when material is not available from the respondents usual source |
14.5% |
|
Purchase own materials |
67.3% |
|
Request inter-library loan directly from Korean or other overseas sources |
|
|
by telephone |
10.9% |
|
by mail |
12.7% |
|
by fax |
21.8% |
|
by e-mail |
18.2% |
|
Travel within Australia |
18.2% |
|
Travel overseas |
32.7% |
|
Friends, colleagues and family supply material direct from Korea |
25.4% |
7.8 Home page visits in the last 12 months
|
Institution |
Percent who visited |
|
Australian National University |
27.3% |
|
Griffith University |
14.5% |
|
Monash University |
25.0% |
|
National Library of Australia |
17.9% |
|
Other library sites (USA, UK, Korea) |
27.3% |
|
Never made electronic visits |
45.6% |
|
CJK |
WWW |
|
|
Never used |
69.1% |
21.8% |
|
Less than once a week |
25.5% |
41.8% |
|
2-3 times a week |
1.8% |
12.7% |
|
More than 3 times a week |
3.6% |
23.6% |
7.10 Use of library services and reference assistance
|
Percent of people of who use reference assistance services |
|
|
Never use |
38.2% |
|
Seldom use |
38.2% |
|
Regularly use |
23.6% |
|
Inter-library loan in Australia |
Interlibrary loan from overseas |
Photocopied material from other Aust libraries |
Photocopied material from overseas libraries |
|
|
Never use |
52.7% |
78.2% |
70.9% |
72.7% |
|
Use the service and pay for use |
16.4% |
10.9% |
14.5% |
12.7% |
|
Use the service and do not pay for use |
30.9% |
10.9% |
14.5% |
14.5% |
Footnotes:
(1) Other subjects include: chemistry, computer
science, economics, gender studies, labour, maps and topography, marketing,
microelectronics, population and demography, tourism, science and technology,
sociology, women.
Several respondents listed subjects which they did not
see as being represented in the list provided in the questionnaire. These
included: philosophy (included in religion); music, performing arts
and sports (all included in culture; and unification/North Korea
(included in politics and government). Appendix 2 also includes
comments from interviews on subjects covered.
(2) These percentages will not add to 100, since a variety of means are used to source materials.
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