[Web4lib] _Studying Students: The Undergraduate Research Project at the University of Rochester_

[Gerry Mckiernan]

***APOLOGIES FOR RECEIPT OF DUPLICATE POSTINGS***
Colleagues/

Earlier this year, the _Chronicle of Higher Education_ published a most
interesting story titled "An Anthropologist in the Library: The U. of
Rochester takes a close look at students in the stacks"
[http://chronicle.com/weekly/v53/i50/50a02601.htm ]

Recently the full results of the study were reported in _Studying
Students: The Undergraduate Research Project at the University of
Rochester_

_Studying Students: The Undergraduate Research Project at the
University of Rochester_ 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.

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***Table of Contents***

Introduction to the Undergraduate Research Project
Nancy Fried Foster and Susan Gibbons

1. Faculty Expectations of Student Research
Barbara Alvarez and Nora Dimmock

2. Asking Students about Their Research
Vicki Burns and Kenn Harper

3. Night Owl Librarians: Shifting the Reference Clock
Suzanne Bell and Alan Unsworth

4. Library Design and Ethnography
Susan Gibbons and Nancy Fried Foster

5. Dream Catcher: Capturing Student-Inspired Ideas for the Libraries*
Website
Jane McCleneghan Smith and Katie Clark

6. Photo Surveys: Eliciting More Than You Knew to Ask For
Judi Briden

7. Mapping Diaries, or Where Do They Go All Day?
Katie Clark

8. What an Experience: Library Staff Participation in Ethnographic
Research
Helen Anderson and Ann Marshall

9. Then and Now: How Today*s Students Differ
Sarada George

10. The Mommy Model of Service
Nancy Fried Foster

11. Conclusion: Creating Student-Centered Academic Libraries
Susan Gibbons and Nancy Fried Foster

References

Price: $28.00 
ALA Member Price: $25.20
100 pages 
8.5" X 11" 
Softcover
ISBN-13: 978-0-8389-8437-6 
ISBN-10: 0-8389-8437-1 

***Also Available As a Open Access Downloadable File***

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http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/downloadables/Foster-Gibbons_cmpd.pdf]

***Podcast Available***
[MOST EXCELLENT]
College & Research Libraries News Editor-In-Chief David Free talks with
Judi Briden, Katie Clark, and Ann Marshall of the University of
Rochester River Campus Libraries about their use of ethnographic tools
and techniques to understand undergraduate students and their use of
information. Briden, Clark, and Marshall are contributors to the ACRL
publication *Studying Students: The Undergraduate Research Project at
the University of Rochester*.
[16:37]

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http://blogs.ala.org/acrlpodcast.php?title=studying_students_the_undergraduate_rese&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
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Enjoy!

/Gerry

Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University Library
Ames IA 50011

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