What is it about?
In the first paper from Phase II of the Library Impact Data Project we built on previous research by exploring whether demographic characteristics such as age, gender, ethnicity and country of origin have an effect upon undergraduate library usage at the University of Huddersfield.
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Why is it important?
This paper shows a relationship between usage and demographic characteristics among undergraduate students, allowing librarians to consider how better to shape their services to meet student needs
Perspectives
Phase II of LIDP was an exciting time as we were commissioned to build on the data supporting the original hypothesis. We were really pleased to be able to show our findings, which suggested that there is a relationship between demographic variables and several dimensions of library usage at the University of Huddersfield.
Dr Graham Stone
Jisc
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: Library usage and demographic characteristics of undergraduate students in a UK university, Performance Measurement and Metrics, April 2013, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/14678041311316112.
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Resources
Library Impact Project Project Blog
Our project blog covering all phases of the project, with details and discussion of the work as we completed it
Library Impact Data Project: Looking for the Link between Library Usage and Student Attainment
Our first research paper on the findings of LIDP 1
Library Impact Data Project II: digging deeper into data
Phase II of LIDP seeks to deepen our understanding of this relationship by investigating additional data from the University of Huddersfield in order to understand better how library activity relates to student attainment, including causal relationships.
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