Where Faculty and Students Really Go for Information: Results of the Digital Library Federation Study of the Academic Information Environment

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Presentations and Seminars
Author(s) and Contributors:
Author(s): Dan Greenstein Leigh Watson Healy
Source(s) and Collection(s):
Presentation(s): Annual Conferences
ParentTopics:
Information Discovery and Retrieval Information Literacy Digital Literacy

Abstract

This presentation will highlight a landmark DLF/Outsell study of information content preferences and behaviors of 3,200 students and faculty in higher education. The research provides insight into how student and faculty behaviors and preferences are affecting library use and the demand for information resources, and implications for libraries and information technologists.

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