Our 2006 survey of faculty members sought to determine their attitudes related to online resources, electronic archiving, teaching and learning and related subjects.  This study affords the opportunity to develop trend analysis of many measurements that we collected in the 2003 and 2000 faculty surveys. As in the past, we have developed a robust set of disciplinary and other demographic analyses that have allowed us to learn more about how best to serve the needs of different types of faculty members. In 2006, for the first time, we are also able to offer extensive comparison with the attitudes and perspectives of academic librarians on the perceived roles of the library and librarian on campuses; the impact of transitioning to electronic material on library practices; the place of digital repositories in the campus information-services landscape; and the future plans of academic libraries. Librarians surveyed include both directors and collection development leaders from a wide variety of 4-year academic institutions across the United States.

We have produced an in-depth white paper which details our findings and provides analysis and recommendations based on these studies. For those who are interested in investigating this data on their own, we have deposited the raw datasets from the faculty and librarian studies with ICPSR. Some of the findings that have proved to be of greatest interest have focused on these topics:

• Attitudes towards the possibility of a transition away from print format, both for scholarly journals and monographs
• Perceptions of libraries and their value, including specific library functions, and how these perceptions are changing
• Preferences in research practices, including disciplinary differences and changes over time
• Attitudes towards archiving of both print and electronic resources
• Preferences that lead authors to choose among scholarly journals in which to publish their articles, as well as attitudes towards digital repositories
  

Presentations:

• Kevin Guthrie, "Who’s in Charge: Reflections on Faculty and Librarian Surveys Concerning Changes in Scholarly Communication," UC Berkeley library New Directions symposium, January 8, 2008.
• Roger C. Schonfeld, speaking on the faculty study, JSTOR Participating Libraries meeting, ALA Annual Conference, Washington, DC, June 24, 2007.
• "What Characteristics of a Scholarly Journal Are Important to Authors?" June 11, 2007.
• Roger C. Schonfeld, "Faculty Needs and Librarian Perspectives: Findings from Two Nationwide Surveys," JSTOR Participating Publishers meeting, New York, NY, May 15, 2007.
• Roger C. Schonfeld and Kevin Guthrie, "What Faculty Think of the Changing Environment," CNI Task Force meeting, Phoenix, AZ, April 17, 2007.
  
• Kevin Guthrie and Roger C. Schonfeld, "Librarian Attitudes and Perceptions in the Transition to an Increasingly Electronic Environment: 2006," JSTOR Participating Libraries meeting, ALA Midwinter, Seattle, WA, January 21, 2007.
• Kevin Guthrie and Roger C. Schonfeld, “What do Librarians Think of New Electronic Resources 2006,” Coalition for Networked Information Fall Task Force, Washington DC, December 4, 2006.
• Roger C. Schonfeld, “The Same . . . but Different: Varying User Behavior in the Humanities and Social Sciences,” The Charleston Conference, Charleston, South Carolina, November 3, 2005.
• Kevin Guthrie and Roger C. Schonfeld, “What Do Faculty Think of Electronic Resources? Findings from the 2003 Academic Research Resources Study,” Coalition for Networked Information Spring Task Force Meeting, Alexandria VA, April 16, 2004.
• Roger C. Schonfeld, “New Trends in Faculty Use of Digital Resources,” CLIR Sponsors’ Symposium: Learning and Libraries, Washington DC, April 13, 2004.
• Roger C. Schonfeld, “Findings from the 2003 Academic Research Resources Study,” JSTOR Sponsored Seminars: Current Trends in United Kingdom Higher Education and Further Education Libraries, Birmingham and London, UK, March 22 and 24, 2004.
• Kevin M. Guthrie, “What Do Faculty Think of Electronic Resources,” JSTOR Annual Participants’ Meeting, June 17, 2001.

• Roger C. Schonfeld, "Faculty Information-Services Needs Are Changing: Findings from Ithaka’s 2006 Librarian and Faculty Studies," Educause Review (Forthcoming, August 2007).
• Bruce Heterick and Roger C. Schonfeld, “The Future Ain’t What It Used to Be,” Serials 17, no. 3 (November 2004), 225-230.