Research publications are ultimately intended to be read by the scientists. What do these scientists want and need in a publication? How do they gather their information and decide what to read? When and how much do they read? User studies of various kinds have been done to try and find answers to these questions. The results of these studies are used by libraries to make decisions about collections and services, as well as by publishers and vendors to create better products related to scientific publication. A brief overview of selected user studies and methods will be presented, including a description of and preliminary results from a recent study that included University of Chicago students.

What do the readers think? The role of the end user in the evolution of publications

248th National Meeting (2014)

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