User Studies: How To Identify Potential and Actual User Needs.

Autor/in	Mchombu, Kingo
Institution	International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands).
Titel	User Studies: How To Identify Potential and Actual User Needs.
Quelle	(1987), (23 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Libraries; Course Objectives; Developing Nations; Educational Planning; Higher Education; Information Needs; Information Science; Information Transfer; Library Education; Literature Reviews; Methods Research; Needs Assessment; Public Libraries; Technological Advancement; Use Studies; User Satisfaction (Information) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? College; Colleges; University; Universities; Libary; Libraries; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Universität; Bibliothek; Hochschulbibliothek; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Bildungsplanung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Information need; Informationsbedürfnis; Informationswissenschaft; Informationsübertragung; Bibliothekarausbildung; Methodenforschung; Bedarfsermittlung; Public library; Stadtbücherei; Öffentliche Bibliothek; Technological development; Technologische Entwicklung; Benutzerschulung; Benutzerfreundlichkeit
Abstract	This report explores some key problems and issues in the teaching of a course--Identification of User Information Needs--to information professionals. Tentative practical recommendations are offered, largely as they pertain to developing countries, and the following considerations are discussed: (1) manpower needs for information professionals are mainly determined by social development requirements and national priorities; (2) the broad aim of curricula for information professionals should be to produce personnel with socially relevant competencies; (3) the low status of this topic is fading, and curricula should reflect this emerging reality; (4) the identification of user needs is important; and (5) there is adequate content to make up a full course on this topic. An outline for the course is proposed, and 28 additional readings are listed. (7 references) (CGD)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC