Studying students : the Undergraduate Research Project at the University of Rochester / Undergraduate Research Project at the University of Rochester edited by Nancy Fried Foster, Susan Gibbons. - Chicago : Association of College and Research Libraries, 2007. - vii, 90 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 84-87) and index.

Introduction to the Undergraduate Research Project / Faculty expectations of student research / Asking students about their research / Night owl librarians : shifting the reference clock / Library design and ethnography / Dream catcher : capturing student-inspired ideas for the libraries' web site / Photo surveys : eliciting more than you knew to ask for / Mapping diaries, or, Where do they go all day? / What an experience : library staff participation in ethnographic research / Then and now : how today's students differ / The mommy model of service / creating student-centered academic libraries / Nancy Fried Foster and Susan Gibbons -- Barbara Alvarez and Nora Dimmock -- Vicki Burns and Kenn Harper -- Suzanne Bell and Alan Unsworth -- Susan Gibbons and Nancy Fried Foster -- Jane McCleneghan Smith and Katie Clark -- Judi Briden -- Katie Clark -- Helen Anderson and Ann Marshall -- Sarada George -- Nancy Fried Foster -- Susan Gibbons and Nancy Fried Foster. Conclusion :

This book 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.

9780838984376 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0838984371 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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University of Rochester. River Campus Libraries --Case studies.
University of Rochester--Students--Case studies.


Academic libraries--Use studies.
Report writing.
Research.
Study skills.

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