User Studies

In the foregoing paragraphs the concept of user and the characteristics associated with users have been described and discussed. In this section let us try and understand what constitutes a user study and its development. It is the recognition of the paramount importance of users that leads us to user studies. In the literature of LIS, the earliest reference we come across is to the study conducted by L.R. Wilson in the late 1930s. It was an attempt to investigate the distribution and status of libraries in the USA and was not aimed at obtaining information relating to library use or users. The concept of users and their information needs found some expression at the first conference of Royal Society held at London and became a subject of discussion at the International Conference on Scientific Information held at Washington in 1958. Prof. J.D. Bernal’s paper entitled “The Transmission of Scientific Information: A User’s Analysis” received a great attention. It may be mentioned here that a pilot study on the use of scientific literature by _______ __________ ______ _______ __________ _______ _____ ___ ____ ___ ___.
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