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