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Follow on Google News | University of Oxford, OCLC Research collaborate to study digital ‘residents’ and ‘visitors’University of Oxford and OCLC Research are collaborating in a six-month JISC-funded study to investigate the theory of digital residents and visitors
By: OCLC Titled “Visitors and Residents: What Motivates Engagement with the Digital Information Environment?” “This is timely research which will move forward our understanding of how learners engage with the Web,” said Mr. White. “It is especially exciting to be part of a trans-Atlantic partnership which allows us to compare students’ digital learning strategies in different cultural contexts.” Digital residents spend a portion of their lives online, using the Web to develop an identity and maintain relationships. They tend to use the Web in many aspects of their lives, including as a venue for conducting their social life. In contrast, digital visitors use the Web as a tool for achieving specific goals as needs arise. They do not develop an online identity nor participate in online culture in the same way, or to the same extent, that digital residents do. “We are very excited about collaborating with the University of Oxford and JISC, with support from UNC Charlotte’s J. Murrey Atkins Library, to learn more about beginning researchers’ Commenting on his organization’ “I am delighted to be working on behalf of Atkins Library, UNC Charlotte as a partner-researcher with colleagues at OCLC and Oxford University,” The Web page for “Visitors and Residents: What Motivates Engagement with the Digital Information Environment?” JISC is a UK organization supporting the innovative use of digital technologies in UK colleges and universities. It is hoped that this pilot project will support the development of a larger longitudinal study that would examine students and scholars in different stages of the educational lifecycle. More about JISC is at http://www.jisc.ac.uk. The concepts of digital residents and digital visitors used in this study are described in more detail on the TALL blog: http://tallblog.conted.ox.ac.uk/ UNC Charlotte is the fourth-largest institution in the University of North Carolina system. Its J. Murrey Atkins Library is the core of the university’s vast research and academic initiatives, serving over 25,000 students, 930 full-time faculty and the greater Charlotte community. The library currently houses over 1.087 million volumes and approximately 47,000 unique print and electronic serial subscriptions. Research support in every subject and/or classroom area is readily available by subject specialist research librarians. More information is available at http://library.uncc.edu. OCLC is a nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organization. More than 72,000 libraries in 170 countries have used OCLC services to locate, acquire, catalog, lend, preserve and manage library materials. OCLC and its member libraries cooperatively produce and maintain WorldCat, the world’s largest online database for discovery of library resources. OCLC Research investigates trends in technology and library practice and identifies technological advances that enhance library services. More about OCLC is at www.oclc.org. End
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