The number of responses to this survey was an awesome 185! Representatives of libraries large and small from all over Alaska participated with a total of 130 libraries in all. The highlights are below.
For the names of databases owned by libraries, click here for the raw data table. For the names of databases requested by libraries, click here for the raw data table.
Number of responses: 185
From academic libraries: 14 (3 libraries)
From public libraries: 78 (38 libraries)
From school libraries: 64 (64 libraries)
From combined school/public: 16 (16 libraries)
From special libraries: 9 (7 libraries)
From public/academic: 4 (2 libraries)
Libraries with the greatest number of databases:
Academic with 254 total databases reported by 3 libraries
Libraries with the fewest number of databases:
Combined school/public with two total databases reported by 16 libraries
Database holdings in other libraries:
Public – 46 databases with 38 libraries responding
School – 23 databases with 64 libraries responding (Note: some school districts purchase databases available to their schools but only two school districts responded to the survey)
Special – 8 databases with 7 libraries responding
Public/academic – 6 databases with 2 libraries responding
Most commonly held database at any library:
World Book with 7 school libraries and 3 public libraries
Most asked for databases:
EBSCO Small Engine Repair with 7 public libraries and 1 academic library
World Book with 5 school libraries and 1 academic library
Most asked for databases at academic libraries:
Bibliography of Native North Americans, EBSCO Hospitality and Tourism Index (2 each)
Most asked for databases at public libraries:
EBSCO Small Engine Repair (7), EBSCO Home Improvement (4)
Most asked for databases at school libraries:
World Book (5), ABC-CLIO Social Studies suite (several databases 4 each)
December 7th, 2007