User Behaviour in Relation to Electronic Information Services within the UK Higher Education Academic Community
Title:
User Behaviour in Relation to Electronic Information Services within the UK Higher Education Academic Community
Author:
Rowley, Jennifer Banwell, Linda Childs, Sue Gannon-Leary, Patricia Lonsdale, Ray Urquhart, Christine Armstrong, Chris
Appeared in:
Learning, media and technology
Paging:
Volume 27 (2002) nr. 3 pages 107-122
Year:
2002-10
Contents:
The User Behaviour Monitoring and Evaluation Framework has been established to investigate and profile the use of electronic information services (EIS) within higher education in the UK. Electronic information services are defined as: collections of information tools/products delivered to requesting users electronically, and usually computer mediated. This encompasses media of all types. This article discusses aspects of the methodology of the Framework, and preliminary findings from the first annual cycle of the Framework. Findings are based on interactions with 1500 users, including academic staff, library and information services staff, and students. Executed through three strands, the framework methodology uses an array of quantitative and qualitative approaches to lend a variety of insights into user behaviour with electronic information services, factors that encourage the use of electronic information services, and those that act as barriers to the effective integration of electronic information services into the learning experience.