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Bussell, Hilary; Schnabel, Jennifer; Rinehart, Amanda K. – Public Services Quarterly, 2020
To better engage our graduate students, we asked them to describe their research strategy and challenges, helpful research support services, and their preferred venue for learning research skills. We conducted a thematic analysis and found that participants' top reported research strategies included "Research Topic Development" and…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Needs, Preferences, Research Skills
Ippoliti, Cinthya; Nykolaiszyn, Juliana; German, Jackie L. – Public Services Quarterly, 2017
Participatory and anthropological studies have blended with library customer service design and feedback practices as ways to engage users in deeper and more meaningful conversations about their needs. Formal user studies can be cumbersome, expensive, and time consuming however. Sometimes asking a simple question will work just as effectively in…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Services, Users (Information), Use Studies
Sowell, Steven L.; Nutefall, Jennifer E. – Public Services Quarterly, 2014
The Oregon State University Valley Library has been open 24 hours per day, five days per week, during regular academic terms since 2010. The authors collected survey data during 2012 to explore how students used the hours and whether they perceived that the provision of 24/5 hours contributes to their academic success. Nearly 90% of the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Services, Use Studies, College Students
Kane, Danielle; Schneidewind, Jeff – Public Services Quarterly, 2011
As part of a focused, methodical, and evaluative approach to emerging technologies, QR codes are one of many new technologies being used by the UC Irvine Libraries. QR codes provide simple connections between print and virtual resources. In summer 2010, a small task force began to investigate how QR codes could be used to provide information and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Libraries, Library Services, Coding
Demeter, Michelle – Public Services Quarterly, 2011
In March 2010, the first floor of the main library at The Florida State University was renovated as a learning commons. With this change in design, all tutoring that existed throughout the library was moved into the commons. The crown jewel of these programs is the library's in-house, late-night peer tutoring program that has seen incredible…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Services, Peer Teaching, Tutoring
Newton, Daniel – Public Services Quarterly, 2011
College students have a tendency to become stressed from both their schoolwork and their personal lives. As the end of a semester approaches, the stress levels begin to rise for everyone. The procrastinators, the planners, and even those ahead in their work become tenser even with small problems, such as slow printers or an unavailable book needed…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Services, State Universities, Stress Management
Seeholzer, Jamie – Public Services Quarterly, 2011
In an effort to market the library as a more inviting, student-friendly place, librarians at the main library of Kent State University have piloted several new events to lure students into the building and keep them coming back. With the transition to more social events hosted by the university libraries, a number of questions arose among…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Outreach Programs, State Universities, Case Studies
Muir, Gordon; Heller-Ross, Holly – Public Services Quarterly, 2010
Embedded librarians, connected with students and faculty inside the classroom, lab and studio, have new opportunities for preparing students for research and for collaborating with faculty on course-integrated information literacy, research assignment design, teaching, assignment interpretation, and timely student assistance. What makes embedded…
Descriptors: Librarians, Library Services, Outreach Programs, Academic Libraries
Adebonojo, Leslie G.; Campbell, Kathy A.; Ellis, Mark E. – Public Services Quarterly, 2009
East Tennessee State University has a diverse student population of approximately 12,500 students. Recent statistics have indicated that the student body is bypassing the physical library building, including reference services, and connecting to online sources from off campus. With only six public service librarians whose duties include…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Library Services, Reference Services, Librarians