Candela Ollé|Ã�ngel Borrego
Librarians' perceptions on the use of electronic resources at Catalan academic libraries
Universitat de Barcelona|Universitat de Barcelona
purpose purpose paper expand previous quantitative qualitative research use electronic information resources impact information behaviour academics catalan universities designmethodologyapproach focus group set comprising seven members staff five catalan academic libraries findings participants confirmed increase amount journal reading among academics due increase number electronic journals available improvement tools locating accessing information especially offcampus access librarians well aware importance internet search engines first information source academics regretted failed provide users single interface information products academics perceptions usefulness bibliographic management software increased dramatically last years especially among phd students finally librarians stated complaints receive users platform breakdowns difficulties accessing resources offcampus discontinued resources originalityvalue large number studies measured use electronic journals databases surveyed users studies involved librarians order triangulate results