LIS Graduate Students as Library Users: A Survey Study

LIS pre-professionals’ perspectives towards library user education: A comparative study between three universities in Greater China

“…Tracy and Searing (2014), in a study on LIS students at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, found that a majority of the respondents were high-frequency library users, and rated librarians and library services highly. In addition, many LIS students expressed disappointment that some of the assignments did not require use of the library.…”

“…As pointed out by Tracy and Searing (2014), employment-based familiarity might affect students’ knowledge of and use of library services. Findings of previous studies indicate that a majority of graduate students at both HKU and NTNU were current library paraprofessionals, and were undertaking the MLIS program in order to advance or change their careers (Ho et al, 2016; Lo et al, 2015, 2017).…”

Les pratiques de recherche d’information des étudiants aux cycles supérieurs en éducation

“…L'accès à distance aux ressources électroniques en passant par les services de la bibliothèque est considéré comme étant pratique et d'utilisation facile. Plusieurs recherches ont d'ailleurs noté une situation similaire quant à la forte fréquentation à distance de la bibliothèque universitaire par les étudiants aux cycles supérieurs (Cooper et Hugues, 2017;Dukić et Strišković, 2015;Tracy et Searing, 2014). La bibliothèque semble donc devenue un endroit où ces étudiants, en particulier ceux qui sont rendus à l'étape de la rédaction de leur mémoire ou de leur thèse, ne vont s'y rendre en personne que pour obtenir des livres ou des périodiques sur support papier qui ne sont pas accessibles en ligne.…”

Information Behaviors and Information Literacy Skills of LIS Students: An International Perspective

“…Studies of library science students reveal a range of behaviors, some of which are similar to those of the general population. LIS students tend to favor online resources (Campello & Abreu, 2005;de Jong & Branch 2006;O'Farrell & Bates, 2009;Tracy & Searing, 2014), and they consult a wide range of resources (Campello & Abrue, 2005;Tracy & Searing, 2014). While LIS students report high self-efficacy and competence with computers, they are generally more comfortable using the computer to communicate or to conduct research for personal rather than academic purposes (Malliari, Korobili, & Togia, 2012), and some report a need for greater exposure to and training in the use of online resources (Okello-Obura & Ikoja-Odongo, 2010).…”

“…Further, those students seemed to be unaware of many of the library services offered by their program, and turned instead to local public libraries for resources. LIS students tend to consult with reference librarians only occasionally (Campello & Abreu, 2005;Tracy & Searing, 2014), with those in an undergraduate LIS program in Brazil relying most heavily on professors and classmates for advice (Campello & Abreu, 2005).…”