Appendix 1
Survey results
A total of 977 people from all over the world answered the survey. Table A1 shows the raw results used throughout this book (with only minor spelling corrections); you will note that not every question was answered by everyone.
Table A1
Types of library respondents worked in
| What type of library do you work in? | Total | % |
| Academic library | 395 | 42.93 |
| Special library | 116 | 12.61 |
| Large public library | 63 | 6.85 |
| Medium public library | 138 | 15.00 |
| Small public library | 80 | 8.70 |
| One person library | 10 | 1.09 |
| School library | 6 | 0.65 |
| I’m a student | 16 | 1.74 |
| I’m unemployed at the moment | 5 | 0.54 |
| I don’t work in a library (but I do work with libraries) | 62 | 6.74 |
| Other | 29 | 3.15 |
| Grand total | 920 |
Each question offered a field ...
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