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Studying Students: The Undergraduate Research Project at the University of Rochester
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| Author: Nancy Fried Foster and Susan Gibbons (Editors) |
| Item Number: 978-0-8389-8437-6 |
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| Publisher: ACRL |
| Price: $33.04 |
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100 pages
8.5" x 11"
Softcover
ISBN-13: 978-0-8389-8437-6
Year Published: 2007
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
Chapter 1: Faculty Expectations of Student Research
Barbara Alvarez and Nora Dimmock
Chapter 2: Asking Students about Their Research
Vicki Burns and Kenn Harper
Chapter 3: Night Owl Librarians: Shifting the Reference Clock
Suzanne Bell and Alan Unsworth
Chapter 4: Library Design and Ethnography
Susan Gibbons and Nancy Fried Foster
Chapter 5: Dream Catcher: Capturing Student-Inspired Ideas for the Libraries’ Website
Jane McCleneghan Smith and Katie Clark
Chapter 6: Photo Surveys: Eliciting More Than You Knew to Ask For
Judi Briden
Chapter 7: Mapping Diaries, or Where Do They Go All Day?
Katie Clark
Chapter 8: What an Experience: Library Staff Participation in Ethnographic Research
Helen Anderson and Ann Marshall
Chapter 9: Then and Now: How Today’s Students Differ
Sarada George
Chapter 10: The Mommy Model of Service
Nancy Fried Foster
Chapter 11: Conclusion: Creating Student-Centered Academic Libraries
Susan Gibbons and Nancy Fried Foster
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About the Author
Nancy Fried Foster is lead anthropologist at the University of Rochester River Campus Libraries.
Susan Gibbons is the associate dean for Public Services and Collections at the University of Rochester River Campus Libraries and the author of The Academic Library and the Net Gen Student (ALA Editions, 2007).
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