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Burhanna, Kenneth J.; Seeholzer, Jamie – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2009
This study explores Web 2.0 technologies in an academic library through focus groups with undergraduates at Kent State University. Results reveal that students, despite being heavy users, are less sophisticated and expressive in their use of Web 2.0 than presumed. Students set clear boundaries between educational and social spaces on the Web, and…
Descriptors: Internet, Information Technology, Academic Libraries, Undergraduate Students
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Nichols, Jane; Mellinger, Margaret – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2007
In spring 2005, a task force of Oregon State University librarians investigated whether undergraduates would gravitate toward subject portals tentatively named "virtual college libraries." A literature review and Web site inventory shaped our definition of a virtual college library. A preliminary needs assessment consisting of an online…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Needs Assessment, Focus Groups, College Libraries