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Demographics
- Age: 30-70
- Potentially uses the library for research, teaching and publishing support
Academic/Research Experience Level
- Advanced research skills, frequently engaged in independent, original research
- Mastery of primary and secondary sources in main research domain, but potentially less when engaged in multi- or transdisciplinary work
- May have graduate students assisting in research
- May not have experience in directing undergraduate and graduate students on using library resources
General Motivators
- Check citations
- Find primary sources for use in original research
- Survey secondary sources around a specific topic or discipline
- Direct graduate students to find specific sources/citations
- Managing large sets of citations
Repository Tasks/Goals
- Find primary sources for use in class or a class assignment
- Survey available secondary sources to include on syllabus
- Find new secondary research in own field
- Find available primary sources for original research projects
- Find a previously accessed source to check a citation
- Identify campus faculty working in a particular discipline
Repository Content Desired
- Primary sources, including download capabilities
- Federated search of secondary sources available across library collections
- Citations
Primary Library for Access (onsite or remote)
- Often onsite, in subject specific collections
- Frequently access resources remotely as well
- Via subject liaison