Studying Students: A Second Look official PDF of entire book
Studying Students: A Second Look revisits the ground-breaking ethnographic work done by the University of Rochester’s River Campus Libraries and serves as a follow-up to Studying Students: The Undergraduate Research Project at the University of Rochester (2007). Almost ten years after beginning the first study, the authors asked themselves how undergraduates had changed and whether they still engaged in the same work practices. To find out, the team conducted a new study, the Undergraduate Research Refresher, from 2011–2013. This book reports on the new study and draws comparisons to the original work.
Studying Students: A Second Look presents the results of further ethnographic projects at the University of Rochester’s River Campus Libraries. Topics range from how college students “learn the ropes” to their use of technology and how they study and write their research papers. The volume also discusses what professors expect of their students along with the similarities and differences among faculty, student and librarian research practices. Filled with ideas for applying the findings, the book provides additional insight into the place and role of libraries in the academy.
