15th Conference on Professional Information Resources

Autor: Carol Tenopir, University of Tennessee, USA

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Abstract:

Libraries collect data about their users and use of collections for many reasons. Amount of use is an implicit measure of the value of a library’s electronic collection. Surveys of users give a detailed picture of users or user groups and provide explicit measures of value and outcomes of reading and library collections. Log data and surveys together can be used to show patterns of use by academic staff and students and the value and purpose of reading scholarly journal articles.

About author:

Carol Tenopir is a Chancellor's Professor at the School of Information Sciences at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and the Director of Research for the College of Communication and Information, and Director of the Center for Information and Communication Studies. Dr. Tenopir is the author of 5 books and over 200 journal articles, is a frequent speaker at professional conferences, and since 1983 has written the "Online Databases" column for Library Journal. She is the recipient of the 1993 Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award from the American Society for Information Science/Institute for Scientific Information and the 2000 ALISE Award for Teaching Excellence. She also received the 2002 American Society for Information Science & Technology, Research Award and the 2004 International Information Industry Lifetime Achievement Award.

Author: Richard Hindls, rector, University of Ecomics, Czech Republic

Author: Vladimír Karen, Albertina icome Praha s.r.o., Czech Republic

Author: Herbert Van de Sompel, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA

Author: David Bawden, City University London, United Kingdom