24 (76) Spring 2000

E-mail lists and discussion lists
Cookman N.; Gannon-Leary P.; Nankivell C.; Sumsion J. Library and Information Research News, 24 (76) Spring 2000 p.39-44. A listing of UK and US e-mail and discussion lists which could be of interest to researchers in library and information science.

Open University students and libraries project 1999.
Bremner A.
Library and Information Research News, 24 (76) Spring 2000 p.26-38.

Report, which was awarded the Daphne Clarke Prize, on the findings of a survey of the UK Open University (OU) students, and their use of libraries, discussed in the context of how current library services fit into the OU method of teaching using distance learning.

What users actually do: a study of service-seeking behaviour in an academic library.
Ray K.; Heine M.; Winkworth I.
Library and Information Research News, 24(76) Spring 2000 p.18-25.

Describes a methodology for capturing the patterns and sequence of information seeking behaviour of students using 2 libraries at Northumbria University at Newcastle, UK.