Open AccessAcademic researchers' use of the Internet, and their consequent support requirements.
Author(s) -
Neil Jacobs
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
library and information research/library and information research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2752-7336
pISSN - 1756-1086
DOI - 10.29173/lirg360
Subject(s) - staffing , gateway (web page) , work (physics) , the internet , computer science , engineering management , academic library , first line , knowledge management , library science , world wide web , management , engineering , medicine , mechanical engineering , economics
Because the lnternet has become such a pervasive
information medium, the Library at Sussex
University decided to investigate how local
academic researchers were using it in their work (if
at all), and thereby to assess their support
requirements. A total of 30 academics were
interviewed, and the results indicated that the
appropriate support arrangements were
decentralised and discipline-based, in terms of
staffing, training and maintenance of a local lnternet
'gateway'. These results are in line with those of
research on related topics.