Library and Information Services, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Monday, 16 August 2010

Researchers of Tomorrow

Researchers of Tomorrow website

Researchers of Tomorrow is a 3-year study tracking the research behaviour of 'Generation Y' doctoral students. The study is sponsored by the British Library and JISC, with the following aims:-

The study is tracking young doctoral students' (those born between 1982 - 1994) information-seeking behaviour, analysing their habits in online and physical research environments and assessing their usage of library and information sources on and off line.

More ...

  • Lives & technologies of early career researchers (pdf)
  • Towards a profile of the researcher of today (pdf)

NB The links to both reports have been "catalogued" in the Whittaker Library catalogue for permanent access. That's service for you!

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