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The Library in the Life of the User

The Library in the Life of the User

The OCLC research report focuses on user studies, more specifically, information seeking behaviors. It includes 10 chapters the reflect a decade of collaborative work in user studies.

Keywords:
information behaviors, information seeking, ICT literacy, information literacy, libraries
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Material Type:
Reference Material
Date Added to MERLOT:
November 17, 2015
Date Modified in MERLOT:
August 5, 2021
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Lesley Farmer
Asian American, Native American, Pacific Islander Serving Institution Hispanic Serving Institution
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Graduate School, Professional
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English
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Lesley Farmer
Lesley Farmer (Faculty)
7 years ago

This 226-page report provides 10 chapters from around the world, focusing on information behaviors. Underwritten by OCLC, the report has solid research grounding. This report would be very useful for academic librarians, who could then teach their faculty about user information behaviors.

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