A New Way to Improve Library Services--Conducting a Participatory Design Study of Faculty Research Practices

Abstract

The article discusses the results of the study which conducted an interview with the faculty members in order to determine their research methodology and the library services they used. The participatory design aims to improve the resources and library services. The key findings are the use of multiple research projects, materials they used such as specific databases or the library catalogs, and the tools and materials used in their teaching.