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1. Verfasser: Park, Betsy
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Sprache:en
Veröffentlicht: 1986
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author Park, Betsy
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contents Information Needs: Implications for the Academic Library. Park, Betsy Academic Libraries Comparative Analysis Graduate Students Higher Education Information Needs Information Seeking Library Instruction Literature Reviews Questionnaires Research Skills Statistical Distributions Surveys User Needs (Information) Based on the assumption that librarians can benefit from a better knowledge and understanding of information needs and behavior, this paper presents a review of the literature on information needs and information seeking behavior from 1971 to 1986, a report on a survey of 100 graduate students enrolled in a course on educational research at Memphis State University (MSU) in Tennessee, and a consideration of the implications of this research for bibliographic instruction. The data collected for the MSU study are also compared with data from the Summers group study of 1,078 educators in Canada which was conducted in 1984. The survey instrument and an 86-item reference list are attached. (RP)
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spellingShingle Information Needs: Implications for the Academic Library.
Park, Betsy
Academic Libraries
Comparative Analysis
Graduate Students
Higher Education
Information Needs
Information Seeking
Library Instruction
Literature Reviews
Questionnaires
Research Skills
Statistical Distributions
Surveys
User Needs (Information)
Information Needs: Implications for the Academic Library. Park, Betsy Academic Libraries Comparative Analysis Graduate Students Higher Education Information Needs Information Seeking Library Instruction Literature Reviews Questionnaires Research Skills Statistical Distributions Surveys User Needs (Information) Based on the assumption that librarians can benefit from a better knowledge and understanding of information needs and behavior, this paper presents a review of the literature on information needs and information seeking behavior from 1971 to 1986, a report on a survey of 100 graduate students enrolled in a course on educational research at Memphis State University (MSU) in Tennessee, and a consideration of the implications of this research for bibliographic instruction. The data collected for the MSU study are also compared with data from the Summers group study of 1,078 educators in Canada which was conducted in 1984. The survey instrument and an 86-item reference list are attached. (RP)
title Information Needs: Implications for the Academic Library.
topic Academic Libraries
Comparative Analysis
Graduate Students
Higher Education
Information Needs
Information Seeking
Library Instruction
Literature Reviews
Questionnaires
Research Skills
Statistical Distributions
Surveys
User Needs (Information)
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED288525