[Web4lib] Interesting Web/Library 2.0 data(wasparticpationSkillsfor Library 2.0 Leaders)

[Drew, Bill]

I agree with David Walker in this.  The students, especially undergrads,
must be the primary clientele at any academic institution.  Also, it is
probably the library and the academic community that is out of touch
with the students, not the other way around.  We are where we are
because of the students.  The students are not here because of us. 

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>> Why are undergraduate students the 

>> core audience?

 

Well, not only are undergraduate students the largest group of users at
virtually all academic libraries, but at the large number of academic
libraries that are not at doctoral degree granting institutions, they
are effectively the sole user group.