The Forgotten Population: Using Assessment to Uncover the Library Needs of Graduate Students

Authors

Melissa Vetter, Washington University in St LouisFollow
Tara Baillargeon, Marquette University
Regina Beard, Kansas State University
Pat Berge, Marquette University

Affiliation

University Libraries

Publication Date

Spring 4-11-2013

ORCID

Melissa Vetter: orcid.org/0000-0001-9781-3056

Description

Graduate student library needs often differ from those of undergraduates and faculty. Focus groups at three separate institutions seek to better understand the needs of a user population whose demands are often great, but whose voices are not always heard. Presenters will highlight commonalities and differences in the findings, identify opportunities for libraries to better serve this population and suggest methods for taking what is learned about graduate student needs and translating them into action.

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Disciplines

Library and Information Science

Keywords

assessment, graduate students, library services, outreach

Comments

Presented at the ACRL 2013 Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, April 11-12, 2013. A link to this presentation is also viewable at the conference website.

Filename

Vetter_acrl_presentation_2013.pdf

Recommended Citation

Vetter, Melissa; Baillargeon, Tara; Beard, Regina; and Berge, Pat, "The Forgotten Population: Using Assessment to Uncover the Library Needs of Graduate Students" (2013). University Libraries Presentations. 8.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/lib_present/8