Faculty

Demographics

• 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

Frequency of Repository Use

• Infrequent to weekly

Primary Library for Access (onsite or remote)

• Often onsite, in subject specific collections
• Frequently access resources remotely as well
• Via subject liaison