Understanding student information behavior in relation to electronic information services: Lessons from longitudinal monitoring and evaluation, Part 1

This paper reports on the first stage of a study on the usage of electronic information services (EIS) by staff and students at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) and Leeds Metropolitan University (LMU). The study used by qualitative and quantitative methodologies. The questionnaires used at GCU were modeled on those developed at LMU. The project aimed to monitor off-campus usage of EIS, the use of passworded databases, and the freely available internet. The volume of electronic citations in students' course work and the possibility of developing routine performance indicators were also examined. Focus Groups were conducted with both staff and students between November 2001 and March 2002. These suggested, inter alia, that paramedics are the heaviest users of EIS and that paramedicine is the subject area where EIS are most integrated into the curriculum. Attitudes to the internet are extremely varied. Mode of attendance and workplace usage are important factors.

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The use of Electronic Information Services and information literacy: a Glasgow Caledonian University study

Management, Marketing and Promotion of Library Services. Based on Statistics, Analyses and Evaluation - IFLA Publications ◽

10.1515/9783598440229.317 ◽

2006 ◽

pp. 317-341

Keyword(s):

Information Literacy ◽

Information Services ◽

Electronic Information

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Evaluating Electronic Information Services

Digital Libraries ◽

10.4324/9781315257778-8 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 113-126

Author(s):

Pete Dalton ◽

Stella Thebridge ◽

Rebecca Hartland-Fox

Keyword(s):

Information Services ◽

Electronic Information

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Special Library Consortia

Library Science and Administration ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-3914-8.ch074 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 1579-1604

Author(s):

Tawfeeq Nazir

Keyword(s):

Critical Mass ◽

Information Services ◽

Access To Information ◽

Electronic Information ◽

User Community ◽

Library Consortia ◽

The World ◽

Special Library ◽

Library Consortium ◽

To Come

Due to increase in costs, proliferation of electronic resources and dwindling library budgets, cooperative e-acquisition has become a compelling proposition in a library consortium environment. The user community also has been greatly influenced by newer technologies facilitating seamless access to information. Users demand to have a wide array of electronic information services. As such, the current library scenario has reached a critical mass both in terms of e-products as well as increased number of virtual users. Due to journal crisis, and cuts in library budgets, the special library professionals are forced to come together in forming a consortium for subscription of e-journals. This chapter provides an outlook of special library consortia in India and the rest of the world.

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