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Garrett Eastman

'If It Is Too Inconvenient, I'm Not Going After It:' Convenience as a Critical Factor i... - 2 views

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    Investigates data from two multi-user studies funded by IMLS, finding convenience is a determinative of infomation seeking regardless of "age, gender, academic role," virtual or non-virtual use.
Garrett Eastman

Information-seeking behavior of basic science researchers: implications for library ser... - 0 views

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    Study at University of Vermont medical school, 2007-08
Garrett Eastman

Advancing Digitization of Biological Collections (ADBC) (nsf11567) - 0 views

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    Program announcement from the National Science Foundation. "to enhance and expand the national resource of digital data documenting existing vouchered biological and paleontological collections and to advance scientific knowledge by improving access to digitized information (including images) residing in vouchered scientific collections across the United States. " Seeking proposals from academic, governmental and non-profit orgs.
Garrett Eastman

Researchers of Tomorrow: A three year (BL/JISC) study tracking the research behaviour o... - 3 views

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    Excerpt: similarities and emerging differences between Generation Y and older students in six broad areas: * constraints on research; * ways of searching for research information; * research resources used; * using library collections and services; * using technology in research; * training and support to research. ...
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    JISC report explores assumptions about "Generation Y' and information-seeking behavior and facility with technology
Gosia Stergios

Choo: Information Seeking on the Web--An Integrated... - Google Scholar - 1 views

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    Review all for understandign the user behavior in the context of DPLA
Garrett Eastman

Researchers of Tomorrow : JISC - 0 views

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    "esearchers of Tomorrow is the longest and most intensive research to date on information-seeking practices and research behaviour among doctoral students. This gives it special significance in terms of the credibility of its findings, and these should be of key interest to a number of different stakeholders in the HE and research sector."
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