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What are students doing in our library? Ethnography as a method of exploring library user behaviour

Author(s) -

Joanna Bryant

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

library and information research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2752-7336

pISSN - 1756-1086

DOI - 10.29173/lirg95

Subject(s) - ethnography , space (punctuation) , plan (archaeology) , sociology , computer science , academic library , mathematics education , knowledge management , library science , psychology , geography , anthropology , archaeology , operating system

Summarises an ethnographic study conducted at Loughborough University in 2007 which investigated user behaviour in a new open-plan learning environment. Seeks to encourage wider use of ethnography within library and information science research. Recommends the method as a particularly effective way to explore how library space is used. Encourages both practitioner-researchers and academics to consider using the methodology more frequently.

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