This report is part of a collaborative work done by the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Washington to understand the role of the library in supporting research productivity in their institutions. The Pitt team focused on the discovery part of the research process, with a specific focus on early career researchers in the hard sciences

Brink, Judith

Brody, Fern

Koenig, Anne

Przybylak, Daniel

Webster, Berenika M

As part of ARL’s Research Library Impact Framework initiative, a team from the University of Pittsburgh Library System conducted a study to understand the information-seeking behavior of early-career faculty in the hard sciences. The team sought to learn how those faculty discover published content and if they use library-purchased commercial databases in the process. Additionally, the team wished to understand how much time and effort researchers invest when looking for content and what pain points they experience. Another objective of this project was to develop and evaluate a methodology for collecting and analyzing information about the library’s role in the research discovery process, for any part of the research life cycle. Thus, the results will guide library services, as well as shed light on ways libraries can support researchers in research discovery.</jats:p

Przybylak, Dan

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Library Impact Research Report: Discovery of Published Information by Early-Career Science Faculty

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Discovery of Published Information by Early Career Science Faculty.

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