Investigating the Research Practices of Agriculture Scholars: Findings From the University of Florida |
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| Authors: | Suzanne Stapleton Laura Spears |
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| Institution: | 1. Marston Science Library, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA;2. George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACTThe University of Florida (UF) George A. Smathers Libraries is one of 19 institutions that participated in an Ithaka S+R Research Support Services investigation of agricultural sciences. The authors conducted a qualitative analysis of research support services based on one-on-one semistructured interviews with 15 faculty of the UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences in 2016. A number of core themes emerged from the analysis of research practices in the local study at UF. Core themes included finding appropriate literature, data management issues and tools, repositories for sharing research products, and research dissemination. This report summarizes a subset of these results, focusing on themes related to academic library services that support agricultural scholars research needs. |
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| Keywords: | research practices research support services data management issues data repositories research dissemination information literacy Ithaka S+R |
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