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Factors motivating use of digital libraries

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JCDL '06: Proceedings of the 6th ACM/IEEE-CS joint conference on Digital libraries

Pages 254 - 255

https://doi.org/10.1145/1141753.1141808

Published: 11 June 2006 Publication History

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Knowledge about how users use digital libraries and their contents is inextricably tied to a library's ability to sustain itself, grow its services and meet the needs of its users. This paper reports on the preliminary results of a study of how science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) instructors perceive and use digital libraries. Preliminary findings indicate that: they do not differentiate between digital libraries and other kinds of content that comes from the web, they seek content to supplement traditional teaching methods and their reliance on Google and personal networks impedes their ability to recall the primary sources of useful content.

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McMartin FIverson EWolf AMorrill JMorgan GManduca C(2008)The use of online digital resources and educational digital libraries in higher educationInternational Journal on Digital Libraries10.1007/s00799-008-0036-y9:1(65-79)Online publication date: 17-Apr-2008
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00799-008-0036-y

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Factors motivating use of digital libraries
1. Applied computing
  1. Education

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JCDL '06: Proceedings of the 6th ACM/IEEE-CS joint conference on Digital libraries

June 2006

402 pages

ISBN:1595933549

DOI:10.1145/1141753

General Chair:
Gary Marchionini
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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Program Chairs:
Michael L. Nelson
Old Dominion University
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Catherine C. Marshall
Microsoft

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McMartin FIverson EWolf AMorrill JMorgan GManduca C(2008)The use of online digital resources and educational digital libraries in higher educationInternational Journal on Digital Libraries10.1007/s00799-008-0036-y9:1(65-79)Online publication date: 17-Apr-2008
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