Meeting the Needs of Student Users in Academic Libraries - 9781843346845

Meeting the Needs of Student Users in Academic LibrariesReaching Across the Great Divide\nAuthor(s): Michele Crump, LeiLani Freund\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Woodhead Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Chandos Publishing (Oxford) Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781843346845, 978-1843346845\nSynopsis\nMeeting the Needs of Student Users in Academic Libraries surveys and evaluates the current practice of learning commons and research services within the academic library community in order to determine if these learning spaces are functioning as intended. To evaluate their findings, the authors examine the measurement tools that libraries have used to evaluate usage and satisfaction, including contemporary anthropological studies that provide a more detailed view of the students approach to research. The book takes a candid look at these redesigns and asks if improvements have lived up to expectations of increased service and user satisfaction. Are librarians using these findings to inform the ?