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Duke, Lynda M., Ed.; Asher, Andrew D., Ed. – ALA Editions, 2012
How do college students "really" conduct research for classroom assignments? In 2008, five large Illinois universities were awarded a Library Services and Technology Act Grant to try to answer that question. The resulting ongoing study has already yielded some eye-opening results. The findings suggest changes ranging from simple…
Descriptors: College Libraries, College Students, Student Research, Use Studies
Penland, Patrick R. – 1976
The educational patterns of individuals who have used library resources in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania for independent learning projects on a continuing basis were studied. The tendency of respondents was to use a combination of all four major types of resources for information and planning: (1) self as resource; (2) non-human resources, such…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Independent Study, Information Seeking, Interviews
Dougherty, Richard M.; Blomquist, Laura L. – 1974
An investigation was conducted to probe faculty attitudes toward library effectiveness, to measure the effect on these attitudes of the dispersion of relevant resources in a system of departmental libraries around the campus, and to determine if a document delivery system produced changes in user attitudes toward the library. Studies were…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Branch Libraries, College Faculty, College Libraries