New Report: Use and Users of Electronic Library Resources

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Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 09:26:23 +0100
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Subject: New Report: Use and Users of Electronic Library Resources
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Use and Users of Electronic Library Resources: An Overview and Analysis 
of Recent Research Studies

Council on Library and Information Resources
Carol Tenopir with the assistance of Brenda Hitchcock and Ashley 
Pillow. 72 pages.

Abstract
http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub120abst.html
Full-Text
http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub120/pub120.pdf

This CLIR report summarizes and analyzes more than 200 recent research 
publications that focus on the use of electronic library resources 
digital libraries and digital resources) and were published between 
1995 and 2003.  Eight major ongoing studies (each with multiple 
publications) are identified as Tier 1 studies and are analyzed in 
detail, while about 100 smaller-scale studies are classified as Tier 2 
studies and are examined together. The goal of this report is to 
provide information that librarians can use to make important decisions 
about collections, services, and product design.

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Ian Winship, Electronic Services Manager
Learning Resources, Northumbria University
City Campus Library, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK
email: ian.winship@unn.ac.uk
tel: 0191 227 4150  fax: 0191 227 4563