Assessing Undergraduate Nursing Students’ Information Needs and Perceptions of the Library: A Longitudinal Evaluation - Year 1

Abstract

This project will follow incoming undergraduate students in the traditional Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program over four years. Using both surveys and focus group interviews, we hope to better understand their level of information need and information seeking behaviors, perceptions of library resources and the role of informationists, and identify gaps in their needs and the library's integration in the curriculum. Gathering yearly data will help us improve and expand upon our current level of involvement in the U-M School of Nursing (UMSN) undergraduate curriculum by making incremental updates to our content and improve the timing for interventions and communication.