Digital Information Seekers: How Academic Libraries Can Support the Use of Digital Resources
There are numerous user studies published in the literature and available on the web. There are studies that specifically address the behaviours of scholars while others identify the behaviours of the general public. Some studies address the information-seeking behaviours of scholars within specific disciplines while others identify the behaviours of scholars of multiple disciplines. There are studies that only address undergraduate, graduate, or post graduate students or compare these individual groups’ information-seeking behaviours to those of scholars. Still other studies address the behaviors of young adults (Screenagers (Rushkoff 1996) and Millennials). The Digital Information Seeker: Report of the Findings from Selected OCLC, RIN and JISC User Behaviour Projects reviewed 12 major studies within the UK and the USA from the last five years, looking at the changing information needs of library users and exploring how libraries can support the use of digital resources.
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