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Blundell, Shelley; Lambert, Frank – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2014
In early spring 2013, a pilot study was conducted at a major public university in Ohio to explore elements of information anxiety (defined herein as a combination of library anxiety and information technology anxiety) among second-semester freshmen enrolled in all iterations of both a traditional and a remedial first-year English course. The…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Student Attitudes, College Freshmen, Public Colleges
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Revelle, Andy; Messner, Kevin; Shrimplin, Aaron; Hurst, Susan – College & Research Libraries, 2012
Q-methodology was used to identify clusters of opinions about e-books at Miami University. The research identified four distinct opinion types among those investigated: Book Lovers, Technophiles, Pragmatists, and Printers. The initial Q-methodology study results were then used as a basis for a large-n survey of undergraduates, graduate students,…
Descriptors: Books, Electronic Publishing, Users (Information), Attitudes
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Justice, Laura M.; Piasta, Shayne B.; Capps, Janet L.; Levitt, Stephanie R. – Library Quarterly, 2013
This article reports on a research study designed to identify who participates in library-based summer reading clubs (SRCs) and why they elect to do so. To address this aim, questionnaires were completed by caregivers of 246 children upon enrollment to the SRC of a metropolitan library as well as 480 youth; the questionnaire was designed to learn…
Descriptors: Clubs, Summer Programs, Reading Programs, Questionnaires