Rochester study on undergrads

Just a note to point you to the University of Rochester Library's new book Studying Students: The Undergraduate Research Project at the University of Rochester.

The University of Rochester folks are super smart! Over the past couple of years they've been undertaking an "ethnographic" study of better understand the students they serve and to get a better sense of their use of information. I've just requested the book through ILL so I'll make sure to share notes and post some highlights on the blog. Here's the table of contents:

1. Faculty Expectations of Student Research
Barbara Alvarez and Nora Dimmock

2. Asking Students about Their Research
Vicki Burns and Kenn Harper

3. Night Owl Librarians: Shifting the Reference Clock
Suzanne Bell and Alan Unsworth

4. Library Design and Ethnography
Susan Gibbons and Nancy Fried Foster

5. Dream Catcher: Capturing Student-Inspired Ideas for the Libraries’ Website
Jane McCleneghan Smith and Katie Clark

6. Photo Surveys: Eliciting More Than You Knew to Ask For
Judi Briden

7. Mapping Diaries, or Where Do They Go All Day?
Katie Clark

8. What an Experience: Library Staff Participation in Ethnographic Research
Helen Anderson and Ann Marshall

9. Then and Now: How Today’s Students Differ
Sarada George

10. The Mommy Model of Service
Nancy Fried Foster

11. Conclusion: Creating Student-Centered Academic Libraries
Susan Gibbons and Nancy Fried Foster