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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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2006
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ747615 |
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- Convenience Is Not Enough Harvel, Lonnie D. Electronic Libraries Information Services Use Studies College Faculty College Students Information Needs Computer System Design A recent survey of studies [Tenopir, Hitchcock, & Pillow (2003). "Use and users of electronic library resources: An overview and analysis of recent research studies." Washington, DC: Council on Library and Information Resources.] concluded "both faculty and students use and like electronic resources and most readily adopt them if the sources are perceived as convenient, relevant, and time saving to their natural workflow" (p. iv). However, the results of access studies show that actual use of online content is relatively low. This is because navigation to the online content in these various collections is not convenient, requires multiple steps in order to reach relevant content, and is not integrated into a student's natural workflow. In our research, we have designed, implemented, deployed, and evaluated a method for making content available to students that targets the content to their current need.