How unique are our users? Part 2: Comparing responses regarding the information-seeking habits of education faculty

Abstract

This follow-up study examines whether or not findings of single institution studies are applicable to other institutions by performing an institution-toinstitution comparison of the results obtained from an information-seeking behavior survey sent to education faculty at twenty research institutions. The results from this study corroborated what was found in the previous study conducted on the information-seeking behavior of engineering faculty in 2009. It indicates that general information about informationseeking behavior of faculty holds true across institutions, while information related to specific library services or facilities should be validated locally. © 2013 Authors.