Information Behavior of Freshmen and Arguments for Their Orientation to The Library

Abstract

Abstract:

Fresh men orientation to the library should fulfill the demands of freshman. However, many scholars disagree in terms of the contents and time of orientation. Based on two surveys, this paper proves that the contents emphasizing library resources don’t respond to the characteristics of freshmen growing up in the age of intelligent mobile and Internet. And it proves that the orientation shouldn’t be scheduled on the first month. Instead, it proposes that library should act as an information-helper and devote much attention to the information organization of local community. In addition, freshmen orientation should be scheduled earlier and involve self-challenge programs, according to the result of which, library should then help the vulnerable group.

Key words: Library orientation, Freshmen, Information behavior

Wang Yan, Zhou Jian. Information Behavior of Freshmen and Arguments for Their Orientation to The Library[J]. LIBRARY JOURNAL.

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