Studying Students: The Undergraduate Research Project at the University of RochesterNancy Fried Foster, Susan L. Gibbons Assoc of Cllge & Rsrch Libr, 2007 - 90 pages This book provides a view into the groundbreaking application of ethnographic tools and techniques to the understanding of undergraduate students and their use of information. The publication describes findings of the work at the University of Rochester River Campus Libraries and provides insight into how academic librarians might use these techniques on their own campuses. |
Contents
Shifting the Reference Clock | 16 |
Capturing StudentInspired Ideas for the Libraries Web site | 30 |
seven Mapping Diaries or Where Do They Go All Day? | 48 |
How Todays Students Differ | 63 |
Creating StudentCentered Academic Libraries | 79 |
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