[Eril-l] Primary Research Group Inc. has published the Survey of American College Students 2022, Interest in Library Science, ISBN 979-8-88517-072-7

[Jose Mavarez]

Primary Research Group Inc. has published the Survey of American College
Students 2022, Interest in Library Science, ISBN 979-8-88517-072-7

This report, based on data from a representative survey of 1,765 full time
college students at 4-year colleges in the USA, looks closely at the
demographics of undergraduate student interest in many facets of library
science.  Data is given specifically for interest in legal and corporate
information literacy, information literacy in the hard sciences, social
science info literacy, digital image management, special collections and
digitization, cataloging and metadata, information purchasing management,
and information architecture.  The demographics of student interest often
differs significantly by field of library science – and this report is a
superb guide for those trying to develop courses and degree programs in
library science or trying to integrate library science into other
programs.

The report also gives detailed data on the demographics of students who
have ever worked in a colleges library and, separately, for special and
public libraries – enabling the report’s readers target students with
library experience and skills.

Just a few of this 237-page report’s many findings are that:

• Students raised in the US South were more likely than others to have ever
worked in a public library.

• Students of Asian ancestry were more likely than those of other
backgrounds to have ever worked in a corporate, legal or other special
library.

• Transgender students were much more likely than other students to highly
value library science skills.

• Students whose family of origin came from the poorest income quartile
were much more likely than students from wealthier backgrounds to want to
apply to an MLS program.

• Serious interest in digital image management grew with year of class
standing from only 1% of first year students to nearly 4% of juniors.

• Interest in library information architecture peaked among older students,
over age 35.

• Interest in special collection management correlated with both high
incomes and left wing political views.

Data is broken out by more than 20 institutional and personal variables
including but not limited to: income of family of origin, race/ethnicity,
religion, gender, regional origins, current employment status, sexual
orientation, major field of study, age, year of school standing, type of
college, size of college, tuition level of college, and many other
variables.

For a table of contents, the questionnaire and an excerpt – view the
product page for this report at:
https://www.primaryresearch.com/AddCart.aspx?ReportID=717
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