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Researchers of TomorrowA three year (BL/JISC) study tracking the
research behaviour of 'Generation Y' doctoral students
Some findings from Year 1
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Introduction
2007: The Google Generation Information Behaviour of the Researcher of the Future research (CIBER): focusing on ‘digital natives’ born after 1993
2009: Researchers of Tomorrow focusing on doctoral students born between 1982 – 1994, ‘Generation Y’
Aims to “establish a benchmark for research behaviour” and “provide guidance to the community of libraries and information specialists on how best to meet the research needs of Gen Y scholars and immediate successors.”
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Areas of research
mapping emerging research behaviour trends across the main subject disciplines;
investigating how doctoral scholars, in particular those from Gen Y, seek information both on and offline;
measuring the relative use of digital resources and physical resources;
understanding how Gen Y students search for and use digital content for research; and
if and how they use emergent technologies
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Methodology
Gen Y cohort: 60 Gen Y doctoral students recruited in a 2½ year longitudinal study: contributions in blog entries, discussion forums, one-to-one interviews and a discussion workshop held in February 2010.
Gen Y survey sample: 2,063 Gen Y doctoral students completed annual national context-setting survey in July 2009.
Wider survey sample: 3,347 other UK doctoral students also completed same annual national context-setting survey.
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The first year
Used the national survey to do some ‘ground-clearing’ research about resources used, training and support received, technology used
Results broadly bear out what is already known about the research community
The Gen Y cohort – early questions and blogs about who they are, what they are researching, their research environment, where they work etc.
One interesting discussion workshop with 45 participants in the cohort
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Ways of searching for information….
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What were they looking for?
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Research resources most used…
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Training in information and research skills
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Support in information seeking and research
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Using technology
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Where do they get help in using technology…
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Emerging findings 1
Not dramatic differences between Gen Y students and other age groups
Indications that– Gen Y students slightly less likely to turn to library staff
(especially subject librarians) for help– Gen Y more likely to rely on supervisors for
recommendations on research resources and technology support
– Gen Y more likely to turn to other students for help and support using technology
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Emerging findings 2
Gen Y students are – Conservative and risk averse in research
behaviour e.g. choice of information sources, awareness of the need for authority and authenticity
– Embrace technology readily and use it intuitively BUT
– Sceptical about the inherent merits of technology and do not equate ease of access with quality of resource
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Emerging findings 3
Gen Y students are willing to put in effort to learn to use new tools if the following factors are evident: – tools complement, not challenge ways of working
(essentially traditional and guided by their supervisors);
– pay back for effort is clear in terms of their research; – support in adopting new applications is readily
available, especially from peers or supervisors
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Questions for the next year
The role of supervisors and technology take-up Attitudes towards using mediated content and
intermediaries in research support Attitudes towards using open access
– As research resources– As places to publish their own research
What kinds of training and support would best serve their needs