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Garrett Eastman

Twelve Library User Studies Distilled - Tennant: Digital Libraries - Blog on Library Jo... - 2 views

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    JISC study form OCLC, RIN and JISC survey data on digital library user behavior, highlights disciplinary differences in e-research and reliance upon Google
Gosia Stergios

HathiTrust on WorldCat Local (Jan. 2011) - 0 views

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    OCLC and the HathiTrust have developed a unique WorldCat Local user interface for discovery of items accessible through the HathiTrust Digital Library.
Garrett Eastman

A Slice of Research Life: Information Support for Research in the United States - 2 views

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    Report on a survey of "38 individuals at four prominent U.S. research universities," reflecting how researchers choose "adequate" rather than "optimal" information solutions and "use online tools and commercial services related to their discipline rather than tools provided by their university." Concerns about long term data durability abound.
Gosia Stergios

Library cooperation in the 21st century [OCLC Newsletter] - 0 views

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    emphasis on sharing and pooling of resources
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.
Gosia Stergios

Cloud-Sourcing Research Collections: Managing Print in the Mass-Digitized Library Envir... - 1 views

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    The objective of the project was to examine the feasibility of outsourcing management of low-use print books held in academic libraries to shared service providers, including large-scale print and digital repositories.
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