Division of Libraries, LSUHSC, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Health Info Libr J. 2022 Sep;39(3):244-254. doi: 10.1111/hir.12426. Epub 2022 Mar 11.
Public health students need to use different resources to those used by other health science students.
To compare how users expect to interact with library resources and services with how they reported actual interactions and expected future usage, to inform library planning.
During first semester orientation, a paper questionnaire was administered to graduate students (n = 25), followed by an end of semester questionnaire in a mandatory public health course. Differences (orientation vs. actual and actual vs. predicted future) were analysed using chi-square tests.
Most graduate students utilized library resources as frequently as they anticipated at the semester's start. Regarding which library resources they would use, respondents' predictions during orientation were accurate. Respondent confidence in their abilities to use the library resources rose by the semester's end, and the group's expectations of using electronic books in the future semester increased significantly.
Graduate students had realistic expectations when predicting their library resource usage and difficulties and most expected to value the quiet space as much as they did.
Such tracking of group expectations, experience and predicted usage helps library managers' plan where support is required.
公共卫生专业的学生需要使用与其他健康科学专业学生不同的资源。
比较用户期望与图书馆资源和服务进行交互的方式，以及他们报告的实际交互方式和未来预期的使用方式，为图书馆规划提供信息。
在第一学期开学期间，向研究生（n=25）发放纸质问卷，然后在一门必修的公共卫生课程结束时发放期末问卷。使用卡方检验分析差异（开学时与实际情况的差异，实际情况与未来预期的差异）。
大多数研究生在学期开始时，其使用图书馆资源的频率与他们的预期相符。关于他们将使用哪些图书馆资源，受访者在开学时的预测是准确的。受访者对自己使用图书馆资源能力的信心在学期末有所提高，并且该群体对未来学期使用电子书的期望显著增加。
研究生在预测他们的图书馆资源使用和困难方面有现实的期望，而且大多数人预期会像现在一样重视安静的空间。
这种跟踪群体期望、经验和预测使用情况的方法有助于图书馆管理人员规划所需的支持。
