User Research
Libraries are impacted by the ways in which individuals engage with technology; how they seek, access, contribute, and use information; and how and why they demonstrate these behaviors and do what they do. We're collaborating with librarians to shape their services around a set of expectations that have been influenced by consumer technologies and modern research and learning environments. By providing the library community with behavioral evidence about individuals’ perceptions, habits, and requirements, we can ensure that the design of future library services is all about the user. Our efforts are amplified by strategic partnerships and focus in these two areas:
Presentations
![People's Modes of Online Engagement: The Many Faces of Digital Visitors and Residents](/content/dam/research/presentations/connaway/connaway-iconference-vr-2018.pptx.thumb.1280.1280.png)
People's Modes of Online Engagement: The Many Faces of Digital Visitors and Residents
Sheffield (UK)
Learn more about OCLC's Digital Visitors and Residents work, identifying how individuals are engaging with technology, acquiring information, and why they make their choices.
Topics: Digital Visitors and Residents
![Online Engagement and Information Literacy: The Many Faces of Digital Visitors & Residents](/content/dam/research/presentations/connaway/connaway-bibliostar-2018.pptx.thumb.1280.1280.png)
Online Engagement and Information Literacy: The Many Faces of Digital Visitors & Residents
Milan (Italy)
Learn more about OCLC's Digital Visitors and Residents work, identifying how individuals are engaging with technology, acquiring information, and why they make their choices.
Topics: Digital Visitors and Residents, User Research, Information Literacy
![Studying Information Behavior: The Many Faces of Digital Visitors and Residents](/content/dam/research/presentations/connaway/connaway-vr-bar-ilan-2018.pptx.thumb.1280.1280.png)
Studying Information Behavior: The Many Faces of Digital Visitors and Residents
Ramat Gan (Israel)
Learn about the Digital Visitors and Residents project, which reveals the information behavior of students and faculty as they access information in the library.
Topics: Digital Visitors and Residents, User Research
![Investing in Library Users and Potential Users: The Many Faces of Digital Visitors and Residents](/content/dam/research/presentations/connaway/connaway-sla-agla-2018.pptx.thumb.1280.1280.png)
Investing in Library Users and Potential Users: The Many Faces of Digital Visitors and Residents
Muscat (Oman)
Silipigni Connaway shares results from OCLC's Digital Visitors and Residents work, which identified how individuals are engaging with technology, acquiring information, why they make their choices, and how libraries can use this information to make decisions to reach users.
Topics: Digital Visitors and Residents, User Research