Perceptions of value and value beyond perceptions: measuring the quality and value of journal article readings

Journal Article Growth and Reading Patterns

“…Studies conducted by Tenopir and King since 1977 to the present have shown an increase in the amount of time spent reading among academics in all fields of science, with a particularly sharp increase beginning in the mid-1990s (Tenopir and King 2000;Tenopir, King, Edwards et al 2009). Calculations show that US science faculty spent approximately 120 hours annually reading for work related purposes in 1977, compared with an average of 144 hours annually in 2005 (Tenopir, King, Edwards, and Wu 2009).…”

“…Studies focusing on scholarly article reading are too numerous to mention here and have been well summarized in several previous literature reviews (see Friedlander and Bessette 2003;King and Tenopir 2001;Rowlands 2007;Tenopir 2003;Tenopir andKing 2000, 2004).…”

Scholarly journal information‐seeking and reading patterns of faculty at five US universities

“…32,33 A more in-depth discussion of value is given by Tenopir and King. 5,34 Purchase value of scholarly journals One indicator of the value of information services and products is what users are willing to pay for them in their time and/or money. As we have seen, faculty readers spend on average nearly 150 hours per year in information-seeking and reading.…”

The Library as Strategic Investment: Results of the Illinois Return on Investment Study

“…Work done by Carol Tenopir and Donald King demonstrated the enormous changes experienced in just four years in the early 2000s, once electronic access became more prevalent. 2 Gains in efficiency and productivity by science and engineering researchers, in particular, are in part the result of less time spent gathering information, which allows more time for analysis.…”